My name is Ashauri, and I live in Mexico — a country that, despite being plagued by violence and injustice — is known throughout the world for its beautiful landscapes, its rich history, and, perhaps above all else, for its legendary drunks. They call liquor a truth serum, and I’ve always felt that our drunks are a window into the sentimental psyches of the Mexican people. As Octavio Paz once pointed out in his book El laberinto de la Soledad, it must mean something that a country as troubled as ours has so many epically fun parties. Parties are a space where el mexicano can let loose; an unbridled release of our desires and feelings; a chance to let the mask drop and be real. That’s why the Mexican drunk can be the best or worst thing to ever happen to a party. I’ve always loved it when we make international news for being wasted, like the Mexican who attempted to put out the eternal flame beneath the Arc de Triomph by peeing on it, or more recently, the guy who dove off a cruise ship in Brazil as a joke and was never heard from again. Mexico is a nation of parties, where getting drunk is basically a cultural obligation. Maybe (probably) this has contributed to many of the issues we face today, but nonetheless, beholding the genius that unfolds when you put a drunk Mexican on-camera is one of the deepest and most bizarre pleasures we have. ---------------------- Lee la primera parte de este análisis y recuento sobre los videos de borrachos mexicanos más legendarios de la historia en Remezcla. Gracias por leerme en inglés remezcla/lists/5-youtube-videos-drunk-mexicans/
Posted on: Wed, 03 Dec 2014 03:17:34 +0000
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