Caracortada Direct

But the tragedy of Caracortada is that the scar does not only cut the face. It cuts the soul in two.

From that moment forward, Tony transforms. He covers the disfigurement with a fake confidence. The scar represents the American Dream eating its own. To be Caracortada is to arrive in America, get chewed up, spit out, and still demand more. Tony’s scar is a physical manifestation of his trauma, which he tries to bury under mountains of cocaine and neon-lit opulence. Caracortada

Before Tony Montana, there was Al Capone. The original "Scarface" was the infamous Chicago gangster who received three slashes to his left cheek during a brawl at the Harvard Inn in 1917. In the Spanish-language press of the 1930s, Capone was frequently referred to as Al Capone, el Caracortada . But the tragedy of Caracortada is that the