Analysis Of 'El Que No Corre, Vuela !'

!El que no corre, vuela! is part of a series of Mexican comedy films made by Maria Elena Velasco, from 1972 to 1999, that tells the life of Indigenous Maria in the city. The film uses comedy to approach the injustice that Indigenous people often face when moving to the cities, such as discrimination by the locals. The film does a great job in characterizing Maria as an honest, hardworking, and clever individual, regardless of how clumsy she might be. The character of Maria serves to give a voice to Indigenous people, who make up only 11 percent of the total population of Mexico and over 70% of whom live in poverty. The film follows the same formula, Maria vs. society, as many of Velasco's other films. The themes in her films vary from Maria vs conservative hometown (La presidenta municipal), to Maria vs American society (ni de aqui ni de aya and OK Mr. Pancho), and Maria vs urban Mexico, as is the case with !El que no corre, vuela! This particular film focuses on how Indigenous people struggle in the city, particularly with how they are treated by whites and Mestizos. From a comedic point of view, she is seen as a clumsy woman with no idea what she is

Her films do a great job displaying the emphasis an Indigenous culture places on religion and family values. It is a pleasant surprise to have even my grandparents understand the plot of the film, regardless of their weak Spanish. Even though in each film the hometown of Maria changes, she continues to use word such as tata, which she uses to refer to her grandfather and that is very similar to my Mixtec language’s word of ta which is used to address an elderly male family member. It is because of these things that when visiting remote Indigenous towns, the people are very happy to welcome Velasco and praise her for her many films (Velasco, “ Mi misión es hacerlos reír como