Mexican wrestlers
February 3, 2007 2:58 PM Subscribe
Striking photographs of the masked wrestlers of Mexico, Lucha Loco by Malcolm Venville. [via the amazing everlasting blort] [more inside]
I had a dream last night that I traveled back to New Orleans, and, while the town remain pretty devastated, there was an enormous store open in the Irish Channel that sold only Lucha Libre stuff, including masks and capes. It was the greatest store I had ever been to. I was sorely disappointed when I woke up.
posted by Astro Zombie at 3:26 PM on February 3, 2007
posted by Astro Zombie at 3:26 PM on February 3, 2007
Except four minutes into your Irish Channel dream you were carjacked, beaten, and left to the night on the steps of Parasol's.
posted by four panels at 3:31 PM on February 3, 2007
posted by four panels at 3:31 PM on February 3, 2007
Ah. I was going to mention the book of photographs by Lourdes Grobet which I own. It also delves into the home life of many of these men and women. A supremely fascinating subculture.
posted by vacapinta at 3:42 PM on February 3, 2007
posted by vacapinta at 3:42 PM on February 3, 2007
Also its not just masks. For example, in that photo of Tinieblas you link, Grobet spends several pages describing the mythology they have built around themselves. Here's an excerpt:
He is the prototype of the Mexican science fiction superhero: a survivor of a superior pre-Hispanic race that cultivated physical, mental and intellectual powers; a civilization bonded by the magical energy emanating from the universe. His name is Tinieblas ... a direct descendant of beings from another world, who, mistaken for gods, arrived with our forefathers. One of their vessels that reached the Earth, a pyramid-shaped spacecraft, was covered by boulders somewhere in the southeastern jungle...
And so on...
posted by vacapinta at 3:59 PM on February 3, 2007
He is the prototype of the Mexican science fiction superhero: a survivor of a superior pre-Hispanic race that cultivated physical, mental and intellectual powers; a civilization bonded by the magical energy emanating from the universe. His name is Tinieblas ... a direct descendant of beings from another world, who, mistaken for gods, arrived with our forefathers. One of their vessels that reached the Earth, a pyramid-shaped spacecraft, was covered by boulders somewhere in the southeastern jungle...
And so on...
posted by vacapinta at 3:59 PM on February 3, 2007
Heh. If you want a giggle, picture in your head somebody actually sitting down at a computer and writing this.
Actually, take that mental image and keep it handy for reading just about any MetaFilter comment...
posted by Rhomboid at 4:44 PM on February 3, 2007
Actually, take that mental image and keep it handy for reading just about any MetaFilter comment...
posted by Rhomboid at 4:44 PM on February 3, 2007
El Serpento is the whitest Mexican I have ever seen.
And I'm a partly hispanic girl who glows in the dark at night...
posted by miss lynnster at 6:48 PM on February 3, 2007
And I'm a partly hispanic girl who glows in the dark at night...
posted by miss lynnster at 6:48 PM on February 3, 2007
Love the photos, hate the interface.
posted by Chinese Jet Pilot at 9:47 AM on February 5, 2007
posted by Chinese Jet Pilot at 9:47 AM on February 5, 2007
Thanks all for the great additional links and information. taosbat, that flash animation is hilarious and jtron, Lucha Wiki is excellent.
posted by nickyskye at 8:32 AM on February 6, 2007
posted by nickyskye at 8:32 AM on February 6, 2007
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A little about masked wrestlers, Wikipedia and Mexican wrestling films.
Luchadores music.
Where can we find a baby mexican wrestling mask?
Wonderful vintage lucha libre posters.
Previously and previously on MetaFilter. The Blue Demon and Tinieblas, Alushe y Tinieblas Jr. by Lourdes Grobet. Stats about the Ewok wannabe, Alushe.
posted by nickyskye at 3:01 PM on February 3, 2007