I was thinking about what to do to engage our students on the first day of AMS 100 in the fall, and what came to mind was El Vez. His work, as a homosexual, Mexican American Elvis impersonator, engages all of the big themes we came up with at our last meeting. And he's fun to watch. Here's a live video of his "Star Spangled Banner/C.C. Rider":
There's also this great clip from a documentary on Elvis impersonators, in which El Vez articulates in a minute and a half all of our themes: America, how culture works, power, and difference:
And for context, here's Elvis' performance of the "American Trilogy":
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