![]() ![]() "Every day we hear about the corruption, the killings, the impunity, and it feels like all of that is closer and closer to us, yet no one does anything, no one says anything" said Semiramis Huerta, a cabaret actress in another show, "The United Narcos of Mexico," which closes with corrupt police and drug traffickers dancing in a chorus line. Other estimates peg the body count at around 40,000. "It's a thermometer for society."Įven as the art flourishes, audience reaction and public support have been mixed, mirroring Mexico's ambivalence about how to cope with the wave of violence that government figures show has so far taken at least 35,000 lives. "Art always tries to talk about where we are heading," said Ana Francis Mor, a performer with Las Reinas Chulas, who have been invited to perform in the U.S. ![]() A famous narco-ballad about a female drug trafficker who kills her lover becomes an opera. Pieces of a car window shattered in a shootout provide material for glittery bracelets that are part of an art installation. Many artists say they also hope their work helps to spark change in a society that seems to be growing numb to the daily bloodshed.ĭead bodies, blindfolded and hands tied, blot bucolic landscape paintings. From paintings to movies to opera, the killings and kidnappings that dominate headlines are now the topic du jour for artists trying to process what's happening to their country. Like other aspects of Mexican society, violence now pervades the arts. ![]()
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