Reading a Video (Part Eight): Enter Durito
27/08/2004
- Opinión
When, after the last words, the screen has turned blue
(okay, I know it's paper, but it's understood that I'm
continuing with the video), a very few people stay and wait
(they know that in some videos there's something else after
the end). And so, when no one is expecting it (including
me), a beetle appears on the screen (or on the paper) with
the following speech:
Come! Come! No applause. May the women contain their sighs,
may the men control their jealousy, may the children not
throw insecticide on their Spiderman posters. Calm
yourselves, because I, the great Don Durito of La Lacandona,
will be here only for a few seconds and for the sole purpose
of raising the ratings of this…video?
In truth, we're just including this part to be difficult, in
order to ruin the predictions of those who thought there
were only going to be seven parts, about the first gods and
blah, blah, blah. And so this is the eighth, and another
time there might well be a sixth.
In the name of the Management Committee (or the top dogs) of
the Zapatista System of Intergalactic Television, we are not
asking for your forgiveness for having distracted or
disturbed you. We're leaving you once again with those so
very "passionate" programs about ousters, ribbon cuttings,
silver medals, the resounding progress of the "CU stadium
box party" (dixit regarding the bribes), and, last but not
least, the government report (I don't know why that appeals
to you if you already know the outcome of that soap opera).
In the improbable event that someone would like to stay
tuned to our channel, you will have the opportunity to
witness…live and direct!…The Zapatoooooooooooona
Olympiiiiiiiics! Yes, with the slogan of "lower, slower,
weaker", the zapatistas will be demonstrating why they have
trained for so long in order to lose. Just get in touch with
your conscience, and you'll have the event wherever you are.
Those who subscribe first will receive, in addition to our
exclusive programming, an autographed poster (of modest
proportions, five by five meters) of just me, but in a pose
for which there aren't enough "X"s (restrictions apply).
Don't change the station, we will be back…
(Not to be continued…or, okay, yes, but later).
From the mountains of the Mexican Southeast.
The Sup, running to the latrine thanks to some tamales,
being careful not to go too fast, so he can arrive in second
place (let's see if that way they might even "call" us
first).
Mexico, August of 2004, 20 and 10.
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