Speedy Gonzales Recast as a Zapatista!

original posting 6/6/09 | updated/fixed links 09/13/11

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The bread-and-butter of Tex[t]-Mex is the anchor-chapter on the hijinks of one Speedy Gonzales.  From time to time, I do image searches for Speedy and often run across the one above of Speedy recast as a Zapatista!

You can see/read my back-story on Speedy and Warner Brothers animation wizards here or (updated with more pictures) here.

What Else Would Speedy Gonzales Be Chasing?

Every time I relent and decide to reconsider the value of the criticism I have received for "outing" Speedy Gonzales as a handy purveyor of "Mexican"-ness in the Americas, I run into something like the bumper sticker below. The thesis of Tex[t]-Mex is pathetically simple: that the more you study it, the more you realize the semiotic history (and, unfortunately, destiny) of "Mexicans" in the Americas--"Mexican" are nothing more and nothing less that the choice U.S.A. synecdoche (part for whole, as in "all 'hands' [sailors] on deck") for criminality and sexuality.



Still and all, I love the little bugger and this bank does not totally suck!