A review by bamwhamshazam
Los Vendidos by Luis Valdez

4.0

Satire done right. The author set out with a purpose and meaning for his writing in his head and perfectly executed his goal. I must confess that I did find myself chuckling at a couple of the jokes in this play. Probably my favorite thing about this work is the amount of significance and meaning it is able to put into just a few pages. The deliberate conciseness of the work forces the author’s words and meaning to shine and accurately portray poignant messages of the effects of racism and whitewashing of Hispanic culture. Additionally, the plot twist at the end is probably one of drama and literature’s best kept secrets because it is so great and more people should know about this one act play.