La usurpación ideológica: representación y propaganda en "Dicen que soy comunista" (1951)

Abstract

Dicen que soy comunista (Alejandro Galindo, 1951), co-produced by RKO and Estudios Churubusco, stands as the most significant example of the anti-communist film policy promoted by the United States and integrated into the modernizing and pro-capitalist project of Miguel Alemán’s government. Starring Adalberto Martínez Resortes, the film blends political comedy and film noir to represent a false communist party functioning as a criminal organization. This qualitative study analyzes the ideological representation of the communist group and the ideological discourse articulated by its author. Through a formal-discursive analysis of the scenes featuring the leaders, following Van Dijk’s framework, it examines mise-en scène and dialogues in constructing a corrupt elite that manipulates ideology as a façade. The labyrinthine set design and the reformist figure of Gildardo Molina embody the ideological roles: the State restores order, while communism appears as a moral and political usurpation.