Who is El Inca and Should Depp Make his Biopic

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Should John really take another role as a drug dealer or cop on the take who ends by taking the fall??? After some second thoughts about the role that Hanks and Bigelow are offering John right now, I am inclined to say that it is actually a step down from what he has managed to do with The Tourist. In essence, John has stepped into a more mature set of opportunities which will allow him to be the lead male in very serious epic films.

Given the fact that this 'Triple Frontier' sort of role is one of those cross-over films which attempts to address multiple cultures and contemporary issues as the complexity of modern day living, one would imagine that it is likely to have epic value and global proportion which would finally lead John to academy level recognition. In short, 'Sleeping Dogs' or 'perros el dormir' would seem to be offering a bankable niche.

The truth is that such films are are often 'back door' entries to the academy through what turn out to be supporting roles given how much of the good acting ends up on the academy floor if you will.... Its really all about who is in charge of the editing and who is the producer. Given the fact that someone has to play the fall guy and someone is going to look really good when all is said and done.... nominations are no guarantee that the script will hold any pivotal moments or options for poignant character revelation.

Playing contrasting leads is certainly tempting but the more stereotypical the character and the setting, the less chance there is that the actor will break out of the 'mould' to measure some sort of depth. Some formulas begin to hurt the hollywood regulars or at least blind them to the greater value and opportunity which can be defined when truly going cross culture such as when the people of a culture see themselves and their individuated standards as far beyond the 'monoculture' diatribe which is inherent in industry.

My hope is that John thinks about this kind of situation and decides for himself if the character offers some latitude for delivery.... I have decided to offer is a much better 'cross-over role' for John to consider as historically correct representation of a man who might have changed history with his writings and his belief in the dignity of a people... namely the latin people at a point in history which it was possible and this stereotypical 'drug runner' culture might not have limited the indigenous tribes to indentured servitude.

The role is called 'El Inca' and its specifically about a spaniard descended from a noble race and recognized as a true scholar... this is the sort of role that would be widely accepted by the Latin and Hispanic people with open arms and which someone like Jennifer Lopez would gladly put her money behind so that she might play the Queen of Spain as a bid to step up her game as a mature Latin in future roles to the global market.... My money is on the smart art here.... John should do his own thing and not get sullied through the mud and blood of the old soft shoe of Hollywood's formulaic successes.



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Is this not the John you want to see ladies... and guys (ehem)... come on!

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From another time we might be able to understand how character is a persistent process of becoming.... I offer you the idea that John has much more capability and power to deliver ideas to the world than we know.... I am a believer in the cross cultural influence of the view that we need to understand the persistance of mind and sentiment thoughout history

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El Inca Warrior

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El Inca in indigenous dress


Biography of Inca Garcilaso de la Vega (as a prelude to a Visa Run)

February 10, 2009 in Bolivia | Tags: conquistadors, Incas, Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, history

My ninetieth day in Bolivia will mark the halfway point of my time there. It will also signify that I need to get out; to briefly cross the border – any border – so I can start the baroque 30 days + 30 days + 30 days Bolivian visa process again.

I find myself reluctant to leave Bolivia and Sucre, even for a short time. There is much to be done here and I have only begun to do it. It doesn’t feel like the time to be travelling. And yet, in my three months in Bolivia I’ve seen a grand total of three towns. So the time has come to expand my horizons; I’m off to Lake Titicaca, straddling the Bolivia/Peru border. And I’m going to drop by La Paz too, where I hear there is amazing Lebanese food.

In preparation for the forthcoming crossing into Peru, here is a short article that doesn’t even mention Bolivia or Sucre, but does talk about a guy who gave his name to a street, a district, and a sporting complex here. I’ve been writing articles about anyone and anything, building a database of information for Condortrekkers to use for promotional and training, and for other generally erudite purposes. Here is the first of many that will be pasted into this blog…

Given that he spent more than fifty years of his life living in Europe, it is remarkable that ‘El Inca’ Garcilaso de la Vega is so widely regarded and esteemed in South America. Given his lifelong struggle for legitimacy and recognition, and the symbolic relevance of this struggle today, it isn’t so surprising at all that all over the Americas, and particularly in the Andean lands of the Incas, you can find streets and districts, universities and stadiums dedicated to him.

The question of legitimacy hung over de la Vega’s life from the time of his birth in Cusco in 1539. The firstborn son of a somewhat nefarious conquistador and an Inca princess made concubine, he was one of the first Peruvian mestizos, and received an education that included his father’s native tongue of Castillian and his mother’s, Quechua.

Despite his mother’s royal lineage, she was later married off to a commoner so his father could marry a Spanish woman. In spite of this seeming abandonment, his father’s will later provided sufficient funds for de la Vega to complete his education in Europe. At the age of 21 he set sail for Spain. He would never see his homeland again.

There was a great deal of strife in the new Spanish colonnies of the 16th century. When de la Vega arrived in Spain he found that his noble heritage counted for nothing, as mixed marriages were not recognised in Spain. His father’s swashbuckling reputation did nothing to advance his cause either. Proud of all of his heritage, de la Vega fought futilely to rehabilitate his father’s name and reputation, even as he took on the nickname ‘El Inca’. Although he received the rank of captain during his short military career, he remained an outsider, living with relatives in Andalucia and never gaining proper acceptance at the court.

In 1572 de la Vega inherited money from these relatives, and finally had the means to return to Peru. By this time, however, the rebellion and execution of Tupac Amaru made it dangerous for anyone of royal Inca heritage to be seen in Peru.

Caught between two unaccepting worlds, de la Vega turned his attention to literature and study. In this field he could express his defiance of the institutions around him, translating for instance a Renaissance Italian work that was partially banned by the Inquisition. His translation was also banned.

De la Vega’s most famous writings were La Florida del Inca and Comentarios Reales de los Incas. The first of these was an epic tale of conquistadores in what is today the south-east of the USA. In it the conquistadores are portrayed as grand and heroic figures, while the indigenous people are portrayed as noble pagans, like the ancient Greeks and Romans.

In his two-volume Comentarios – his best known work – de la Vega laid out the history of the Incas before and after Spanish conquest. His sources were accounts sent from Peru and memories of the tales told to him while growing up in Peru. His account of the Inca empire spoke of a well-run, civilised and efficient state, again similar to Rome. The great weakness of the empire, he wrote, was that it wasn’t Christian, and for the bringing of Christianity to the new world he praised the Spanish. Still, in spite of these two noble peoples, something had gone profoundly wrong, and de la Vega’s account of colonial Peru did not shy away from this glaring reality.

To rectify the profound problems of the Spanish colonies, de la Vega argued, a new approach was needed that recognized the language and culture of both the Spanish and indigenous people. The colonies needed to be ruled by people sympathetic to both groups (such as de la Vega). Against the prevailing attitudes of the time, he wrote of the need for integration and understanding, ideas centuries ahead of their time.

These ideas were to little avail, though, and Comentarios was officially banned, not to be re-printed until the 19th century. De la Vega spent the remainder of his life petitioning for royal recognition, and for the publication of his writings.

De la Vega died in Spain in 1616, largely unappreciated, but destined to become one of the heroes of the Latin America struggle for legitimacy and recognition in the post-colonial world.


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