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Zoot Suit

El Pachuco Henry Reyna

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Henry: ¿Ese? ¿Ese?

Pachuco: (behind him) ¿Que pues, nuez?

Henry: (turning) Where the hell you been, ese?

[... … …]

End:

Pachuco: The barrio needs you carnal. Fight back! Stand up to them with some style. Show the world a Chicano has balls. Hang tough. You can take it. Remember, Pachuco Yo!

Henry: (assuming the pachuco style) Con safos, carnal.

Luis Valdez, Zoot Suit: A Bilingual Edition, Arte Público Press, 1992, pp. 9-11.

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