Of Lupe Velez, Celebrity as Deity, and More: An Interview with Russell Brand | via Boingboing.net

"Lupe Icon" by Guillermo
Nericcio García
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In "the hardest to read"* chapter in Tex[t]-Mex, the forth chapter on Lupe Vélez entitled, "Lupe Vélez Regurgitated; or, Jesus's Kleenex: Cautionary, Indigestion-Inspiring Ruminations on "Mexicans" in "American" Toilets," I play with the idea of celebrities in the early 20th century as newly minted "saints," with la Lupe a kind of early 20th century martyr--of no little assistance in this vein are the findings of Jeffrey F. Hamburger on the vera ikon or "Veronica" (that scene in the new testament, immortalized in the stations of the cross, "station 6", where Jesus leaves his face on a "Veronica's" handkerchief, aka, the first snapshot).

You can see this idea reappear, with post-modern trappings, in this compelling interview with Russell Brand on boingboing.

*A recent comment by one of my "robotic" undergraduates!

Mexs(T)igmata and Salma's time travels

by Daphne Santana Strassmann
East Coast Correspondent | the Tex[t]-Mex Gallerblog



Guanabee pointed us to these magical images of la Hayek photographed by by Andy Warhol protegé Matthew Rolston for his 2008 book beautyLight.

Dora & Diego Versus Speedy Gonzales

Our August 12, 2007 entry below, wherein AT&T waxes eloquent regarding the beauty of a monolingual world in a 1920 advertisement provides the perfect segue to our next galleryblog installment, wherein a recently-hitched, Hollywood, Tejana celebrities start piling on Speedy Gonzales while giving themselves over to reverie regarding future the issue of rugrats, something like "hope" evanesces on the horizon of tomorrow! Click here for a tale that fuses celebrity, multi-lingualism, procreation, Hollywood, and an animated tag-team match wherein Dora and (Latino Himbo) Diego get medieval on Warner Brothers' ratoncito.