Zoot Suit Page #3

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Hank, I'd really like

a cigarette.

Oh, yeah?

Yeah.

Okay, let's go for a smoke.

hey, sailor.

How you doin'?

Hi. Outta my way.

Hey,carnal!

What do you say, brother?

Ese.

How do you feel?

I'm flying high, jackson.

I'm feeling good.

Sabes qu, carnal?

I'm gonna join the army air force,

carnal.

Yeah?

Simn,tail gunners.

Button up your fly,

gunner.

Oh,simn, ese.

Huisa, lupe-lu.

Rudy, if you go home drunk again,

mi ap'sgonna use you for a punching bag.

Yeah, right.

hey, hank. Are you and your tomato

going out to the sleepy lagoon?

Why? You need an excuse

to take my sis,cabrn?

What are you

looking at,ese?

Jesus, hank, have

a little finesse, huh?

Hey!

Hey,vato!

Huisa.

Ese, rafas.

Estoy guachando, ese.

Maybe we should take rudy home.

Relax.

Everything's under control.

Come on. Let's dance.

Tocan Mambo Sabrosn

Se Alborota El Corazn

Y Con Una Chavalona Vamos

Vamos A Bailar El Mambo

Hey, man!

Don't push me around, man!

It was an accident,ese.

You're chickenshit!

Rudy! Rudy!

Come on,carnal.

I can take care of myself.

Rudy, you're drunk.

I told you not to mess

with myfamilia,rafas.

We were after the navy bean.

Agutala, ese.

Let's kick that swab jockey's

ass together.

I don't like the odds.

You think you're some kind of hot sh*t

just because the navy accepted you?

As if you didn't try. You better go back

to downey, ese,before you regret it.

Don't let him tell you that,ese.

I'toma, ese!

That's what I think of yourputanavy,

army and marines.

What are you gonna do about it?

I'm gonna have to teach you some manners.

I'cImenla!

You and how many queers?

Just me and you,cabrn.

E!I es tuyo, rafas.

All right. That's

the way you want it?

You got it.

All right!

Come on.

Hank!

Pues, that's exactly what the

show needs right now,ese.

Two more mexicans

killing each other.

I'guacha!

Everybody's looking

at you,ese.

Don't give me that bullshit.

I got thisfilerofrom you.

Did I tell you

to kill thevato?

Control yourself, hank.

Don't hate yourraza more

than you love the gringo.

Get out of Here.i'pntate!

What? Oh, sh*t!

Estsuave, ese.

I'll see you later.

Anytime,cabrn.

After the war.

Rafas! I'o"rale pues!

I'ese puto!

I'chinga a tu madre!

Hey, you did it,ese!

I'se escamaron todos!

You were solid, hank!

That was "all reet"!

Ha! He didn't do nothing.

The old hank would have

slit that rafas's belly...

Like a fat pig.

That's all I'm gonna take

from you, bertha. It's over.

Come on, baby.

I'o"rale pues!

Buy US. War bonds!

Defeat downey! Thirty-eightrifa!

De Los Bailes Que Ment

El Bolero Y El Beguine

De Todos Los Bailes Juntos

Me Gusta Bailar El Swing

Hey!

Henry reyna?

Hello,

my name is alice bloomfield,

and I represent the congress

of industrial organizations.

Okay. So?

Henry, I'm here to offer you...

The support

of the working people.

And you're gonna need the support

of the working people, henry,

because the press has been saying

that this pachuco crime wave...

that this pachuco crime wave

is fascist-inspired.

Can you beat that?

No.

They claim it's sinarquismo.

Sinar qu?

Sinarquismo.

"A fifth column fascist movement dancing to

tunes played by rome, tokyo and berlin...

As relayed through mexico city."

Did you ever hear of it?

This one's all yours,ese.

Look, lady, I ain't stupid, but I don't

know what the hell you're talking about.

I'm talking about you, henry, and what

thedaily press has been saying about you.

Are you aware you're in here...

Because some big shot in

san simeon wants to sell papers?

It's true.

So what?

So he's the man that started all this mexican

crime wave stuff. You get the picture?

Somebody's using you

as a patsy.

Who you calling "patsy"?

I meant a political victim.

What do you mean "victim"?

Uh, look,

let's back this whole thing up

and start over again, okay?

Henry reyna, hello?

My name is alice.

I'm with the C.IO.

Puro pedo. she's nothing but a dumb broad,

only good for you-know-what.vmonos.

Look, thanks a lot,

Miss bloomfield,

but I'd rather be

left alone, all right?

Wait a minute.

Please.

I'm someone who wants very much...

To be your friend.

Can you believe that?

Why should I?

Because I'm with you. Yeah?

Well, how come you ain't in jail with me?

We're all in jail, henry.

Some of us just don't know it.

Alice?

Hey, george.

What the hell are you doing here?

Never mind. I should know better than to ask.

Have you two met?

I introduced myself. Twice.

Oh, figures. Figures.

Alice has volunteered

to help me in this case.

She's gotta be the most red-hot

organizer the C.IO.'s ever had.

George, that's a lot of red-hot...

You-know-what. You see what I mean?

You two have a lot of work to do,

and my ego is killing me.

Whoa, alice. Just a minute.

I'll be right with you.

Guard.

Well, henry, uh,

tomorrow's the big day.

Anything you need? Anything I can

get for you besides clean clothes?

Some socks. Some underwear.

I can't go to court looking like this.

I want you to, uh,

take a look at this, son.

Illegitimi non carborundum.

That's latin for

"don't let the bastards get you down."

Excuse me, um,

do you have a light?

Sorry, there's

no smoking here.

Trust me.

Thanks a lot.

Thank you.

I didn't even see it.

Come on, alice.

Let's scram.

Good luck, henry.

We're gonna

beat this rap.

"Good luck, henry.

We're gonna beat this rap."

You really think

you stand a chance,ese?

Yeah, I think I stand a chance.

'Cause that white broad says so?

Nel, ese. Because hank reyna says so.

The political patsy, huh?

Mira, ese.

Hank reyna's no loser.

I'm gonna come out

of this thing on top.

Me entiendes, mndez?

Don't try to

out-pachuco me,ese.

Pues,we'll see

who comes out on top.

Let's go to court.

The superior court of

the state of California...

In and for the county of Los Angeles,

department 43.

The honorable FW.

Charles presiding. All rise.

Please be seated.

Call this case,

bailiff.

"The people of the state of

California versus henry reyna,

"ismael torres,

thomas roberts, joey castro...

And 18 other 'pa-coo-cos.'"

Uh, your honor,

it was reported to me on friday

that the district attorney...

Had absolutely forbidden the sheriff's office

to permit these boys clean clothes or haircuts.

Now, your honor, it has been two

months since these boys were arrested.

Your honor, the boys

of the 38th street gang...

Are characterized by their haircuts.

Two months, your honor.

The thick, heavy heads of hair,

the ducktail comb, the pachuco pants.

You're trying to make these boys

look disreputable, like mobsters!

Yet clothes like these are being

worn by kids all over America.

The zoot clothes

seem to be necessary...

For purposes of identification

of the defendants by witnesses.

I don't believe we'll have any

difficulty if they get a little dirty.

What about their haircuts,

your honor?

They didn't go to jail looking like marines,

Mr. Shearer.

Their hair was long

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