Paul Saucido, the saucy Chicano comedian whose "La Migra" ringtone caused a national furor, hasn't hung up the phone on his budding cellular career. He's used the newfound celebrity to launch a range of voice ringtones starring parody Latino characters, available now from Spanish-language portal zukamovil.com.
I am way too Anglo to understand this round of Saucido's satire, because all of his ringtones this time are in Spanglish -- possibly a way to insulate himself from the criticism that followed his parody of a Texas border-control agent.
But new spoofs of anti-immigrant forces are on their way, Saucido said, including a new "La Migra" ringtone and a parody of the Minutemen, the volunteer civilian border-patrol group.
Even Saucido's edgiest jokes are likely to find less controversy on Zuka's deck than on Cingular's. When the original "La Migra" ringtone was discovered by journalists at the Brownsville Herald, they didn't think it was satire and took its overblown anti-immigrant posturing at face value. But Saucido's new tones are sold under his own brand, so those who buy them will know they're getting humor.
The unspoken question is, will listeners? It depends. Brownsville Herald reporters found that local Latino teenagers got the joke, while the president of the League of United Latin American Citizens didn't.
Saucido also said his ringtones will be available at dalevida.com, a portal currently selling ringtones to Guatemala, El Salvador, and Venezuela. So while some folks may disapprove of Saucido's kind of funny, it looks like actual Latin Americans are giving it a thumbs up.
October 3, 2006 2:13 PM
hola a todos yo tengo un sansung SGH-X156