Cafe y Chisme Corner
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The Lucha Libre Mask: Why the Most Important Th...
When El Santo died in 1984, he was buried wearing his silver mask. He had worn it for nearly his entire career — from his debut in 1942 until a...
The Lucha Libre Mask: Why the Most Important Th...
When El Santo died in 1984, he was buried wearing his silver mask. He had worn it for nearly his entire career — from his debut in 1942 until a...
Lucha Libre: The Art, the Masks, and What the R...
In Mexico City, the Arena México seats sixteen thousand people and has been doing so, on most Friday nights, since 1956. The building is old enough that the paint on...
Lucha Libre: The Art, the Masks, and What the R...
In Mexico City, the Arena México seats sixteen thousand people and has been doing so, on most Friday nights, since 1956. The building is old enough that the paint on...
La Tele de Antes: Las Telenovelas Que Nos Criaron
Había una hora. En mi casa era las ocho de la noche. En otras casas era las siete, o las nueve, dependiendo del canal y del país y de los...
La Tele de Antes: Las Telenovelas Que Nos Criaron
Había una hora. En mi casa era las ocho de la noche. En otras casas era las siete, o las nueve, dependiendo del canal y del país y de los...
Betty La Fea: The Colombian Telenovela That Bec...
In 1999, a Colombian television network aired the first episode of a telenovela about an ugly woman. Not metaphorically ugly. Not "ugly" as in conventionally attractive with unflattering glasses. The...
Betty La Fea: The Colombian Telenovela That Bec...
In 1999, a Colombian television network aired the first episode of a telenovela about an ugly woman. Not metaphorically ugly. Not "ugly" as in conventionally attractive with unflattering glasses. The...
El Chavo del 8: Why a Mexican Sitcom About a Ho...
There is something that does not immediately make sense about El Chavo del 8. The premise is not comfortable: a small boy of indeterminate age lives alone in a barrel...
El Chavo del 8: Why a Mexican Sitcom About a Ho...
There is something that does not immediately make sense about El Chavo del 8. The premise is not comfortable: a small boy of indeterminate age lives alone in a barrel...
Telenovelas: The Shows That Raised Us and Never...
There was a time of day when everything stopped. Dinner was done, or nearly done. The kitchen was winding down. And then it started — the theme song, the opening...
Telenovelas: The Shows That Raised Us and Never...
There was a time of day when everything stopped. Dinner was done, or nearly done. The kitchen was winding down. And then it started — the theme song, the opening...