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Los Vendidos by Luis Valdez and Satirical Elements

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expected within American society. The play includes a Mexican American, Ms. Jimenez, who has denied her heritage and pretends she is ignorant to the Chicano ways while at the same  time is unable to escape her own culture. In addition to the development of satire to expose Ms. Jimenez, Valdez also employs satire and irony to show how the government  needs the support of the Mexican Americans but does not return that support and how the Mexican Americans themselves are able to play stereotypes for Americans in an attempt to  obtain what they want. Luis Valdez who is a graduate of San Jose University and a drama instructor at the University of California,  Santa Cruz has written a great deal about Mexican Americans, or Chicanos, within American societies. He was the founder of the Teatro Campesino in 1966 which has toured throughout the  United States and parts of Europe performing the works of Chicano playwrights. Throughout his career he has also be awarded the 1971 Drama Critics Award, the 1970 Los Angeles Drama  Critics Circle Award and the 1968 Obie Award in New York for his political plays regarding workers survival (Valdez). "Los Vendidos" outlines  the political intimidation regarding the grape growers and farmers toward their Chicano field workers in Delano, California. Not obvious from the script but obvious when the play is seen performed,  the play not only contains "stereotypical" elements of the lifestyle and language of the Chicano workers but also contains a great deal of Chicano music, dance, dress to accent the  Spanish influence and the Chicano struggle for recognition within American society (Valdez). Luis Valdez "Los Vendidos" (The Sell-Outs) is a play depicting the