A song from a Luis Valdez musical suggests that “it was a secret fantasy for mi vato” to don one of these articles of clothing in a “boogie” titled for them. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name these high-waisted outfits popularized by people of color like Cab Calloway. The Sleepy Lagoon murder case precipitated 1943 race riots between the U.S. Army and largely Chicano teens wearing these outfits.
ANSWER: zoot suits [or zuit suit; accept Zoot Suit Riots; accept “Zoot Suit Boogie”; prompt on suits]
[10h] Songs like “Los Chucos Suaves” were composed for Zoot Suit by this “father of Chicano music” who parodied “The Ballad of Davy Crockett” in a song about Pancho López.
ANSWER: Lalo Guerrero [or Eduardo Guerrero Jr.]
[10m] Zoot suits were popularized by this Chicano subculture that spoke the often rhyming caló dialect. Germán Valdés’s character of Tin-Tan was based on this subculture that originated on the Chihuahua-Texas border.
ANSWER: pachucos [accept pachucas]
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