Zoot Suit Riots in Los Angeles. Zoot Suit is a 1981 film adaptation of the Broadway play "Zoot Suit". The case is considered a precursor to the Zoot Suit Riots of 1943. Tin-Tan played a "pachuco" character appearing with a zoot suit in his films. Stan and Ollie are musicians travelling across the country as "The Original Zoot Suit Band". Today, the event is known as the Zoot Suit Riots. Two separate music videos were filmed for "Zoot Suit Riot". Labor leader Cesar Chavez sported zoot suit attire in his younger years. It resembled the zoot suit but combined different bright colors. Zoot suit fashion found its origins in the urban black scene during the 1940s. He adds that "Zoot Suit" is a blend of Cantinflas and Brecht. She also had a bit part in the 1981 feature film Zoot Suit. He wears a zoot suit and his headquarters is a basement Italian restaurant. "I'm the Face" b/w "Zoot Suit", the band changed its name back to The Who.