Analysis Of Pelea De Gallos: Fight Of The Roosters

One of the biggest things that stuck out to me was the converging of two different cultures. Like in the series video the piece “Pelea de Gallos (Fight of the Roosters) by Miguel Luciano (Puerto Rican, born 1972). Looking further into his work this piece is about how American advertising appropriates from other iconic characters in other cultures. It shows mainly two rooster mascots one from a major American brand (Kellogs) and another from one of Puerto Rico’s major poultry companies called Pollos Picu. Both are fighting and are bleeding, the Pollos Picu rooster is missing an eye even. While they’re fighting there’s a “saint” like image of the Colonial from one of America’s favorite fast food chains KFC feeding live chickens from a bucket