Arriba arriba, andale!! Welcome to our first gathering of
the summit about the Border here at the Tijuana/San Diego Border.
Welcome Ivon, Rudy, Charlie, Lauren, and David!
So I have some question for you guys!
If you had to make a show about the border what would it
look like? Would it be a cartoon, a novella, or one of those TV shows?
What would the romantic relationships be like?
Ivon: I’ll go last.
Rudy: You sure!?
(Hesitating) Ladies?
First.
Ivon: I’M SURE!
Rudy: Mine would be a crazy vato loco in cape, kind of like
batman and superman but better looking and Chicano. He would be super tough with muscles
everywhere especially down there and his theme song would be…. Shoot! I forgot
the name of the song.
What’s the name of the song about the lowrider? well that
one.
He would save damsels in distress and get all the chicks.
Haha!
The border patrol never catch him and he would cross all the
Mexicans across the border, because they just want a better life.
By the way Speedy, I love your show. I use to watch all the
time as a kid. (Ivon laughing at Rudy)
Charlie: Well, that’s kind of strange question, (smirking) but
what could you expect from a rat. I guess my cartoon would be about a border
patrol bulldog that saves the Mexican Chihuahuas from bad dogs. (Ivon rolls her
eyes)The border patrol dog would probably save a beautiful Chihuahua dog and
live together saving other dogs.
Lauren: Mine would be kind of like a female version of
superman. Her job would be as a journalist and dresses up in a costume when she
goes to fight crime. She would put all the bad people in jail and she would
cross the border back and forth chasing after the bad guys. Her love life would
probably be, I guess, waiting for Superman. (Ivon feels upset and confused)
David: Well, i do not live close to the US-Mexican border but
I guess living in Cuba and being surrounded by water is kind of like being
surrounded by a border. My characters would probably live in Cuba or Mexico. If
it lived in Mexico it would probably live by the border. I don’t know whether
the character would be animals or people or if it would even be a cartoon. If
it took place in Mexico it would probably be about a teacher who is also part
of a guerilla army. It would be a violent series. He would teach about
communism and what it means to be revolutionary. As for the gender of my
character you would have to get back to me Speedy, I think that is an important
question…
(interrupted by Ivon)
Ivon: Yes!!! The rest
of these panelist are a bunch of weirdoes and extremely problematic. I would
agree with David’s interpretation but the revolutionary will be a Chicana punk
character and not some stereotypical model-type of female hero. Her romantic
life would be one she controls, doing it with whomever she wants. She would define who she is and flip off
anyone that feels they could define her…
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