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Lucha culture may seem like an unlikely path for queer liberation, but that's only if you don't know the real-life story of Saúl Armendáriz, the "exótico" who turned wrestling in Mexico and north of the border upside down. He's the subject of the new Amazon film "Cassandro," played by Gael García Bernal; the movie also features Bad Bunny and Roberta Colindrez. It follows Armendáriz as he finds self-acceptance and uses his example to nudge Mexico into becoming more accepting.
The film's star power echoes its subject, showing how celebrities can normalize LGBTQ+ identities in the ring and out. Bad Bunny is perhaps the most influential Latino of his generation. García Bernal has been making waves as a well-respected actor for decades. And Colindrez, from "Vida" and "A League of Her Own," while lesser known, is beloved in the queer community. Not only does the film feature an impressive cast,...
Lucha culture may seem like an unlikely path for queer liberation, but that's only if you don't know the real-life story of Saúl Armendáriz, the "exótico" who turned wrestling in Mexico and north of the border upside down. He's the subject of the new Amazon film "Cassandro," played by Gael García Bernal; the movie also features Bad Bunny and Roberta Colindrez. It follows Armendáriz as he finds self-acceptance and uses his example to nudge Mexico into becoming more accepting.
The film's star power echoes its subject, showing how celebrities can normalize LGBTQ+ identities in the ring and out. Bad Bunny is perhaps the most influential Latino of his generation. García Bernal has been making waves as a well-respected actor for decades. And Colindrez, from "Vida" and "A League of Her Own," while lesser known, is beloved in the queer community. Not only does the film feature an impressive cast,...
- 9/19/2023
- by Cristina Escobar
- Popsugar.com
Disney's The Little Mermaid Remake not only highlights Halle Bailey's Ariel but her sisters for the first time in live-action.
In the 1989 animated movie, Ariel and her sisters represented the seven seas, and they were named Attina, Alana, Adella, Aquata, Arista, and Andrina.
However, in the live-action remake, a tie-in book confirmed that the remake changed the names of Ariel's sisters into Karina, Tameka, Mala, Caspia, Perla, and India.
Read full article on The Direct.
In the 1989 animated movie, Ariel and her sisters represented the seven seas, and they were named Attina, Alana, Adella, Aquata, Arista, and Andrina.
However, in the live-action remake, a tie-in book confirmed that the remake changed the names of Ariel's sisters into Karina, Tameka, Mala, Caspia, Perla, and India.
Read full article on The Direct.
- 9/6/2023
- by Aeron Mer Eclarinal
- The Direct
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