so you used to come here as a kid or this is a brand new - no, no, my dad did. my dad was wearing boots until i was like five years old. and then he started working in a factory. - you dress me cause this is your fam. i don t know what your family s going to respect. - yeah, to be honest with you, these hats look awesome. - they do, man, they look so badass. - yeah. i think, yeah, dude. - oh, this one fits me good. - oh, dude, look at that. - i could be a cowboy. why would all those like, people in brownface and all those eli wallach in the good, the bad, and the ugly. - don t die. i ll get you water. don t die until later. son of a - yeah. - he wasn t mexican. - well, because they wanted to be mexican. they wanted to - oh, they wanted. - they wanted that flavor. - they were jonesing. yeah, they - yeah, dude. - they wanted to appropriate. because yeah, they were like, dude, that looks so damn cool. - yeah, damn, i gotta be one of them. [laughter] - now you need a shirt, bro. -
the mexican magnificent mile. with over hundreds of shops, i needed a local guide, so i m meeting up with hollywood legend and chicago native, michael peña. you might have seen him in his breakout role in crash. - you talking about that bullet that came through your window? - or his huge hit ant-man. - yeah, this dude sounds like a badass, man. - michael went from the hood to hollywood, but he always comes back home. michael, what s up? how you doing? - what s up, bro? - how s it going, dude? i m sorry i m overdressed. - no, no. i think you re the first person i ever seen with a suit here. - in this town? - no, not in this neighborhood, because there s a lot of quinceañeras here. - oh. - so you thought i was going to a quinceañera? - yeah, yeah. - [laughs] so this is your favorite spot, huh? - i ve been coming to this spot since i was four, you know? - wow. - my dad every time before and after soccer games, we would come here. it just it s always been a part of my life. and if i
established in 1937, that printmaking collective championed revolutionary social causes and gave people the tools to express their beliefs. hey, what s up, what s up? how you doing? - how s it going? - qué pasa, qué pasa? qué pasa, qué pasa? - welcome to grabadolandia. in english, it s printland. - printland. - so printmakingland. - got it, got it. - but we just call it in spanish, grabadolandia. - what about printmaking speaks to you? - printmaking is the most democratic form of art. - oh, yeah? why? - because you just need one block. - right. - and you can get the message everywhere. - why don t we get your hands dirty and try to get you to do some printing? - i d love it. - if you want, run a t-shirt with me. - yeah, i do. i love this one. following the tradition of popular movements in mexico, instituto gráfico believes that everyone deserves the opportunity to express themselves. - and i ll just keep a hand on it so it won t pop up. - by inviting local artists to teach th
- i can t wait to take part in michael s traditional mexican barbecue. and i hope they see that i put a little extra effort to honor their culture. - ladies and gentlemen, john leguizamo. [cheering] what s up? - i feel chill. how are you? - what s up, dude? - thank you for having me. - don t even don t even worry about it. he s just gonna blend in real quick, dude. [laughter] - he told me i would blend in. - yeah, yeah. [laughter] oh, this is sylvia. she really wants to meet you. - [speaking spanish] nice to meet you. - hey, hey, hey, hey, hey. easy. - how are you? - careful, sylvia. - welcome, john, to my home. - thank you. what a beautiful home you got. - yeah. - these are the gamblers right here. well, this is my son. - yeah, yeah. [laughter] - this is everybody else, the gamblers. - these are the gamblers? oh, yeah. the domino players. that s your pops? - yeah. [all speaking spanish] - you got a very talented son. that s what you do like, normally here,
yo, i want to wear this i want to wear this one. - no. - come on. - hey, papi chulo - if that ain t me. papi chulo for real. would you look at that? - dude, what about one of these? - that s like papi likes math. math with a couple of pencils here and a little protractor. - what about this one right here? - oh, i like this sort of like referee, gucci. so when you guys play soccer, i can go, ok, you got a foul, fouled out, mike. - yeah. if there s a fight, and you re like, [imitates whistle] - ok, guys, let s do that fight over again. keep your hands to yourself. keep your hey, hey, stop fighting. stop fighting. - [chuckles] - but neither one of us are tall enough. [both grunt] - dude, it s like high-fiving an nba player. you re like, what s up, man? - what s up, shaq? - what s up, shaq? [laughter] - what do you think? boots, too? - yeah, exactly. i think these bad boys will be absolutely perfect. - that s right, my brother man. what kind of leather is this, brother? - monster f