Zoot Suit

<p>This week we're traveling back to 1940s LA with Zoot Suit! Join us to learn more about the zoot suit style, the history of the word "Chicano", the CIO's work on the Sleepy Lagoon murder trial, and the real fate of main character Henry Leyvas. *</p> <p>*Note: Sofia would like to let readers know that she had a long day prior to recording this and was bitten by the "um" bug, so thank you for your understanding.</p> <p>Sources:</p> <p>Film Background:<br /> Siskel and Ebert Review, Zoot Suit: https://siskelebert.org/?p=7033<br /> Center Theater Group, "How 'Zoot Suit' Changed Theater Forever." https://www.centertheatregroup.org/news-and-blogs/news/2017/january/how-zoot-suit-changed-theatre-forever/<br /> Robert Ito, "Zoot Suit, a Pioneering Play, Comes Full Circle," New York Times, available at https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/26/theater/zoot-suit-a-pioneering-chicano-play-comes-full-circle.html<br /> Zoot Suit, IMDB: <a href= "https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083365/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083365/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0</a></p> <p>Chicano:</p> <p>Google Books Ngram, Chicano: https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=chicano&year_start=1800&year_end=2019&corpus=26&smoothing=3&direct_url=t1%3B%2Cchicano%3B%2Cc0#t1%3B%2Cchicano%3B%2Cc0<br /> Jose Limon, "The Folk Performance of Chicano and the Cultural Limits of Political Ideology," Unpublished working paper, UCLA.<br /> Code Switch, "You Say Chicano, I Say. . ." Available at <a href= "https://www.npr.org/transcripts/718703438">https://www.npr.org/transcripts/718703438</a></p> <p>Henry Leyvas:</p> <p>"Enrique "Henry" Reyes Leyvas (1923-1971)," American Experience, PBS. https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/zoot-enrique-henry-reyes-leyvas/.<br /> "Sleepy Lagoon Trial: The Sleepy Lagoon Murder Trial of 12," Zoot Suit Discovery Guide. https://research.pomona.edu/zootsuit/en/trial/ .<br /> Sleepy Lagoon Trial Photos: <a href= "https://digital.library.ucla.edu/catalog?f%5Bsubject_sim%5D%5B%5D=Sleepy+Lagoon+Trial%2C+Los+Angeles%2C+