BEN WATERHOUSE - WILLAMETTE WEEK
La Carpa del Maestro (Miracle Theatre)
(photo by Stephanie Davis)
Mexico, like most Latino cultures, has a pervasive cult of the dead that sees its fullest expression in the ancestor worship and macabre partying of Dia de los Muertos. In the U.S., we go to great lengths to ensure our ancestors stay buried, pumping them full of preservatives and dumping concrete on their coffins. We’ve replaced ancestor worship with a cleaner and more profitable reverence for nostalgia that sees fullest expression in early evening programming on public television. Why not combine the two?
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(Oct 29, 2008)