"Que le watcha a mis trapos, ese?"
As I heard these words read by Oscar during the beginning of third period, I knew I was off on a wonderful adventure-- able to explore a classic American play with my terrific senior students. I don't know about you, but so far reading Zoot Suit has just been so fun for me-- I'm learning, but it's so entertaining that sometimes I don't realize just how much I am absorbing. I hope you are enjoying the play as well.
I hope that you are also starting to think about some of the issues that Valdez writes about-- universal human concerns of fairness and justice. Some of these issues, will, I hope make you at least a little angry as well as entertained-- angry and sad for all of the Henry Reyna's, in East L.A., yes, but also around the world. I think these universal issues of justice are ones that we can all relate to, and appreciate, as well as coming away with the historical facts surrounding the real Zoot Suiters, living people who lived right here in our neighborhood.
