UCSD Professor of Theatre Jorge Huerta interviews acclaimed playwright/filmmaker Luis Valdez, whose Teatro Campesino and groundbreaking "Zoot Suit" ushered in a new era of socially-conscious Latino theatre. Series: "Necessary Theatre" [5/1998] [Humanities] [Show ID: 3467]
@stovepipepappy Luis Valdez is the owner because HE started and FOUNDED Teatro Campesino in 1965 during the Delano Grape Strikes. That is HIS baby. Everyone who thinks they know anything ought to know that. He used to perform on flatbed trucks as a way to get people to understand they needed a union. The performers he recruited were not actors. They were migrant farmworkers. Luis Valdez wrote, produced, and directed all the "actos" the troupe performed.
CheckMate657879 7 months ago
Teatro Campesino was a developed communally .. Why is "uncle Louie" the owner ??
stovepipepappy 7 months ago
@CheckMate657879 ... while "uncle Louie" lives on top of the hill up in San Juan .. all the of Teatristas still struggle. He incorporated Teatro Campesino as his own when the reality is that the Teatro Method that had evolved through contact and research all over the world. In fact teatro campesino researched Zoot Suit but where are the ORIGINAL teatro campesino actors. They were all sold out and given the boot when a profit making opportunity came about.
stovepipepappy 7 months ago
@mbflys What's a lie? How old are you? Were you even around when any of these events took place? In other words, do you even know what you're talking about? Or, are you just talking - THINKING you know somethng when you're actually walking around in DENSE fog?
CheckMate657879 7 months ago
THIS IS A LIE !!!!!! The academics are bullshitters..... This individual almost single handedly precluded a true and well researched Chicano Theatrical Method by stealing Teatro Campesino and incorporating it. Teatro belonged to the people and this guy stole it for profit. But first he threw out the original Teatristas. I wonder how he sleeps at night.
mbflys 1 year ago
great!
cHaRrOcK 3 years ago