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Polo Shirt is Polo Che in Spanish
As I understand it, a Polo shirt in the US has a collar, a Tee Shirt does not. Poloch? in the DR seems to refer to either.
Poor Che was prevented from becoming a Polo pro by his asthma, and became a nonpracticing doctor and revolutionary icon instead. But I think his true fame depends more on his being photogenic.
The Red Star has been usurped by both Macy's and Heinekin Beer. Che seems to be a favorite of the keychain industry.
Che could have been a greater symbol of revolutionary youth had he not commanded so many firing squads.
Poor Che was prevented from becoming a Polo pro by his asthma, and became a nonpracticing doctor and revolutionary icon instead. But I think his true fame depends more on his being photogenic.
The Red Star has been usurped by both Macy's and Heinekin Beer. Che seems to be a favorite of the keychain industry.
Che could have been a greater symbol of revolutionary youth had he not commanded so many firing squads.
Bingo
Some have said that he enjoyed pulling the trigger himself on a few occasions.
Che's picture, not Che, is the hero. Everyone recognizes it, just as everyone recognizes the Coca-Cola logo and the Mercedes Star.
When I visited Loja, Ecuador on a double-decker bus tour which was especially exciting because the guide tooted an airhorn when low-flung electrical wires were strung across the street, and we all had to duck to avoid electrocution, we visited the provincial University there. In the center of the campus, there was a very nice tower, and on two buildings on either side, the usual campus revolutionaries had painted four figures: Che, Fidel, Marx and Engels. At the time, I did not recognize Engels and asked the university person who the fourth figure was. No one could name who it was. Someone helpfully remarked that it was not Chairman Mao.
La Universidad de Loja has a very pleasant campus.
The one figure everyone recognized was Che. I think it is safe to say that he is the revolutionary with the best fashion sense (berets are classy, baseball caps and even Fidel's squared off cap are not), as well as easily the most photogenic.
Runners up would surely be Emiliano Zapata, Pancho Villa, Nikolai Lenin, and Chairman Mao, with honorable mention for Mustapha Kemal Ataturk and Theodore Roosevelt.
Chairman Mao ironically is one every bill of the Chinese currency, even as the leaders of the PRC ignore his Great Leaps and Cultural Revolution entirely.
When I visited Loja, Ecuador on a double-decker bus tour which was especially exciting because the guide tooted an airhorn when low-flung electrical wires were strung across the street, and we all had to duck to avoid electrocution, we visited the provincial University there. In the center of the campus, there was a very nice tower, and on two buildings on either side, the usual campus revolutionaries had painted four figures: Che, Fidel, Marx and Engels. At the time, I did not recognize Engels and asked the university person who the fourth figure was. No one could name who it was. Someone helpfully remarked that it was not Chairman Mao.
La Universidad de Loja has a very pleasant campus.
The one figure everyone recognized was Che. I think it is safe to say that he is the revolutionary with the best fashion sense (berets are classy, baseball caps and even Fidel's squared off cap are not), as well as easily the most photogenic.
Runners up would surely be Emiliano Zapata, Pancho Villa, Nikolai Lenin, and Chairman Mao, with honorable mention for Mustapha Kemal Ataturk and Theodore Roosevelt.
Chairman Mao ironically is one every bill of the Chinese currency, even as the leaders of the PRC ignore his Great Leaps and Cultural Revolution entirely.
He is not my hero. All I say is that his image is heroic, because he LOOKS heroic, just like the Mercedes Star looks elegant. You miss my point here, I am discussing publicity and images as logo, not reality.
I don't think Che Guevara ever did anything he did not want to do.
The Marine Corps Eagle, Globe and Anchor has easily the best logo of the US Armed Forces.
The picture that Korda took of Che in his beret is recognized everywhere, by people who have no clue about what Che Guevara did. No one can deny that.
I don't think Che Guevara ever did anything he did not want to do.
The Marine Corps Eagle, Globe and Anchor has easily the best logo of the US Armed Forces.
The picture that Korda took of Che in his beret is recognized everywhere, by people who have no clue about what Che Guevara did. No one can deny that.
I hope most people are less shallow than you are.
Many are more concerned about depth of character than looks.
Here's the worst of it:
Reason # 6 of 13 All those college kids wearing their Che T-shirts might be surprised to learn that he supported the repression of rock ‘n roll in Cuba.