Many of them are cameos of beloved Mexican celebrities and I’m going to cover some of them:
Pedro Infante:
Pedro Infante, was a Mexican actor and singer. Hailed as one of the greatest actors of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema, he is considered an idol of the Latin American people, together with Jorge Negrete and Javier Solís, who were styled as the Tres Gallos Mexicanos
Jorge Negrete:
The first nationally famous ranchera singer, Jorge Negrete appeared in three dozen films and recorded almost 200 songs during the 1930s, ‘40s, and early ‘50s, before dying at the height of his career.
El Santo:
El Santo, or in English The Saint, was a Mexican Luchador enmascarado (Spanish for masked professional wrestler), film actor, and folk icon.
María Felix
María de los Ángeles Félix Güereña was a Mexican film actress and singer. She was considered one of the most important female figures of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema.
Many of them are cameos of beloved Mexican celebrities and I’m going to cover some of them:
Mario Moreno Cantinflas
Mario Moreno, known professionally as Cantinflas, was a Mexican comic film actor, producer, and screenwriter and an iconic figure in Mexico and Latin America.
(By the way, there was actually a pretty good movie about this guy released in 2014. Here’s the trailer.)
Agustín Lara:
Agustín Lara was a Mexican composer and interpreter of songs and boleros. He is recognized as one of the most popular songwriters of his era. His work was widely appreciated not only in Mexico but also in Central and South America, the Caribbean and Spain.
Dolores del Río:
Dolores del Río, was a Mexican actress who was the first major female Latin American crossover star in Hollywood, with a career in American films in the 1920s and 1930s.
Emiliano Zapata
Emiliano Zapata was a leading figure in the Mexican Revolution, the main leader of the peasant revolution in the state of Morelos, and the inspiration of the agrarian movement called Zapatismo.
I’m a 18 year old who has lived her whole life in Mexico, I lived until I was 14 in Oaxaca (one of the states that inspired coco) and let me tell you something, that is the most accurate representation of my culture, it was full of color and happiness and music and flowers, people eating next to the graveyards of their loved ones, and that’s exactly how it is in Oaxaca, I was crying the whole time because it makes me miss my state (I live in the north of Mexico now and in here it’s nothing like Oaxaca) because we have such a beautiful culture on Día de muertos and we celebrate dead and being for at least one day with those people who left you too soon. I’m not laying when I’m telling you that Día de muertos is one of the most magical days for oaxaqueños, you can feel in the air the incense (copal) and the mole and flor de cempasúchil, if you ever had the chance visit Oaxaca or Michoacán on Día de muertos i promise you that you would feel like in the movie coco.
Thank you so much Pixar for showing the world or beautiful traditions and that we are more that “immigrants who jump the wall”
PS: THE ABUELA WITH THE CHANCLA IS THE MOST ACCURATE THING I SWEAR!! IF YOUR MOM OR GRANDMA TOOK IT OFF YOU KNEW YOU WERE ABOUT TO DIE ALSO ABUELAS FEED YOU WITH TOO MUCH FOOD EVEN IF YOUR NOT HUNGRY
Regarding Coco, I just want to point out how important it is they included Alebrijes in such a huge way, since they contribute to the economy of Oaxaca, one of the states with the highest numbers in poverty in Mexico and now suffered even more material (and human) losses after the earthquakes in September.
There is a huge effort from the government rn to promote tourism to this beautiful state and again, alebrijes are such an important part of Oaxaca (and Mexico’s) culture.
We know you think you know our culture. But you don’t know the half of it.
Jalisco, Mexico
Oaxaca, Mexico
Chiapas, Mexico
Yucatan, Mexico
Guerrero, Mexico
Veracruz, Mexico
And that’s still not even the half of it.
Look at those colors! I’ve been to Mexico, but I only went to the touristy part of the Yucatan where I stayed at an all inclusive where I could get any kind of food but Mexican.
Mexico City, Mexico State, Morelos and Puebla are in crumbles after the M7.1 earthquake registered this September 19th, at 13.16 hours. 32 years ago, a similar quake (M8.0) left over 10,000 deaths.
As of tonight (23:00), this is the death tollconfirmed by Protección Civil:
149 victims:
55 in Morelos
49 in CDMX
32 in Puebla
10 in Edoméx
3 in Guerrero
Catastrophe, chaos, weeping mothers, fathers, children… it’s a horrible thing to witness, the destroyed cities, the bodies, the screaming.
And still, Mexico shows its courage again and stands; mexicans, as always, reach out to offer a helping hand. You’d see civilians working hand-to-hand with the autorities to remove the debris, lifting cars, spending hours clawing through the wreckage of schools, buildings, homes.
I just want to thank the kind souls that offered their help, and the heroes from Red Cross, Protección Civil and Sedena. And of course, the dogs that still are participating in the rescue.
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