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Showing posts with label Lucha Libre Wrestling. Show all posts

Showing posts with label Lucha Libre Wrestling. Show all posts

Thursday, March 29, 2018

What the Fest!? ’18: Lowlife

We have seen Lucha Libre wrestlers heroically campy in the El Santo movies (courtesy of MST3K ) and grotesquely depressing in Arturo Rips...

Monday, July 11, 2016

Lucha Mexico: Who Are Those Masked Men?

American “professional” wrestling is “scripted.” Prep, collegiate, and Olympic wrestling is totally real and woefully under-appreciated. ...

Monday, January 18, 2016

Ripstein’s Bleak Street

Skid Row looks mostly the same everywhere, but in Mexico City, you can also find down-on-their-luck luchador wrestlers. In the case of “L...

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J.B.: J.B. (Joe Bendel) is a veteran of the trade book publishing industry and has taught jazz survey courses at NYU's School of Continuing and Professional Studies. He has written for print and online publications, like The Epoch Times, Cinema Daily US, Criminal Element, and Signal to Noise. He also coordinated instrument donations for displaced musicians on a volunteer basis for the Jazz Foundation of America during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Send e-mail to: jb.feedback "at" yahoo "dot" com.

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