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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Troodon, post: 380277, member: 4626&quot;]Could have an entire thread just on Che (though would be more appropriate in the PRWE forum) but the main thing I&#039;ve always found interesting about him is how the <i>image</i> of Che has become so much more famous and well known than he is.&nbsp; The iconic portrait of him is everywhere it seems... though I&#039;ve stopped and asked people wearing Che T-shirts how much they knew about Che Guevara.&nbsp; Most didn&#039;t even know what his last name was, much less any details about the person himself.&nbsp; There&#039;s just something about the whole image and symbol of him that seems to have transcended the actual person.</p><p><br /></p><p>Of course it could just be multi-cultural chic rather than his status as a revolutionary that popularised him image.&nbsp; On a similar note, I recall a prerson in Japan wearing a Malcolm X hat being asked what he knew about Malcolm X... he was under the impression he was a famous rap star.&nbsp; I think the same thing may explain the prolific nature of the Che image... people just think the image looks cool despite having no knowledge of what it was originally intended to represent.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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