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Stereotypes In The Play 'Los Vendidos' By Luis Valdez

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Many great dramas have been written over time such as “The Doll House”, “Poof”, and “The Glass Menagerie”. There are also great playwrights most of which gained fame during the renaissance period in European history. The most popular playwright of all time has been William Shakespeare. There are all types of drama genres like tragedy, satire plays, and comedies. Luis Valdez was a California based theatre collective. One of his most popular plays ,in the 1960s, was a play called “Los Vendidos” which translates to “The Sellouts”. It showed the how prejudice Americans are toward Mexicans. “Los Vendidos” by Luis Valdez is a play about Honest Sancho who sells robots that represent Mexican stereotypes. The play utilizes comedy, satire, and irony …show more content…

She is looking for a dark skinned, but not to dark person. She wants a brown skin mexican that will not stand out so the governor can see diversity. Miss JIM-e mez shows a person who denies her heritage by the way she says her last name. Miss Jimenez also pretends to be ignorant to the Chicano ways while at the same time is unable to escape her own culture. Luis Valdez shows in the play that skin color is an issue. Miss Jimenez is looking for someone who was “Beige, just in tone”. That implies a staff member being beige in skin tone and in politics. Miss Jimenez rejected the farmworker because he does not speak english. She turned down the pachuco because he steals. The Revolucionario was also rejected because he was “Made in Mexico”. The only Mexican Miss Jimenez accepts is the Mexican-American because he resembles …show more content…

Honest Sancho sells robots that represent Mexican stereotypes. Honest Sancho controls the Mexicans and shows them to Miss Jimenez. The farmworker is the Mexican that is hard working but not educated. These are the Mexicans that come straight from Mexico. The Pachuco is the Mexican that is born here. He speaks english but does not like to work. He would rather steal then work. The Revolucionario is the Mexican that plays with the mexican revolutionary. It shows a picture of the Mexican you see in movies with a sombrero and a mustache. The Mexican-American shows the Mexicans born here in the United States. They go to school and get an education. They speak proper english and are clean. Miss Jimenez like the Mexican- American and pays for him. After she pays, he reveals himself as a human and leads the other three Mexicans in a revolutionary chant which scares Miss Jimenez. She runs out scared and the Mexican- American splits the money between each other. Honest Sancho shuts down which shows that he is the robot and not the

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