Zoot Suit and
American Me, the series, from Elgin James and Kurt Sutter, explores a subculture made up of disparate cultures.
With season three of
The Crown,
Battlestar Galactica from beginning to end for the first time).
The A.V. Club spoke with Olmos about flawed characters, his famous
Blade Runner ad lib, what was so difficult about making
Selena, and how a motorcycle club became his family.
Zoot Suit (1981) “El Pachuco”
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The A.V. Club: This was your breakout role, and you got to do it on Broadway and in a film. What was it about the part that first caught your attention?
martha: so, basically, this congressman is saying that there are other congressmen in congress, right now, who would like to see people lynched. that is exactly what he said. this andre carson, i call him a clown. you know, this guy is one of the head people in the congressional black caucus. he is inciting racial tension in our country. this is very irresponsible. instead of debating and talking about the failures of the progressives and their policies, he is going around in his little puppet road show in the black communities and these little meetings, complaining and spewing this racial rhetoric which is very irresponsible. he s trying to rip up these individuals and, you know, this is all in an effort to get black voters to get out and vote. this is what this is about. this is racial politics and it is wrong. martha: you know, you think back to nancy pelosi s saying the tea party movement was astroturf and