Couple of years ago there was an exhibition titled "¡Che! Revolution and Commerce."...

This is a review of the exhibition from Ann Althouse' web page....

'In the United States, Che's life story and ambitions seem beside the point, or maybe they've just been reduced to caricature. The guy's face is shorthand for "I'm against the status quo." He's politics' answer to James Dean, a rebel with a very specific cause. And since very few people know anything about the cause, or the rebel -- besides the basics -- the Che shirt has about it the whiff of inside info. It makes you part of the thrift-store intelligentsia, even if your real focus is beer pong.

This, in brief, is why capitalism won. It's the only system that understands that we'd all like to change the world, but we are way too lazy for that sort of thing. Especially if there's ice cream around. When you get done with a Cherry Guevara, you're left with a wooden stick with the words "We will bite to the end!" stamped on it. If there are nails in Che's coffin, this, no doubt, is what they look like.

I know a lot of people get really mad about all the Che imagery.

This article takes the attitude that the runaway popularization actually defeats Che's politics. Revolution is processed into rebelliousness.

Are we supposed to feel good about the way our culture drains serious meaning out of things?'


Thank you Ann