- nytimes.com
- “Border Patrol” leader and professional wrestler “El Patrón” Oliver John.
“Lucha Libre is the cheapest form of therapy there is,” according to luchadore Blue Demon Jr. in “Border Patrol Body Slam,” one of the latest releases in the ongoing New York Times Op-Doc series. From the Times:
(Wrestling promoter) Gabriel Ramirez wanted to bring lucha libre, traditional Mexican-style professional wrestling, to the United States. When he dressed American professional wrestlers as Border Patrol agents to play the main villains, he knew he had a lucrative idea that would appeal to Latino audiences. More than entertainment, however, what he built is a type of Theater of the Oppressed, where social hierarchies are turned upside down and where, unlike in some media coverage, the Mexicans are the heroes.
The mini-documentary, a companion piece to a full-length project in the works, can be seen at NYTimes.com.
This article appears in Jul 4-10, 2013.
Funny how our Congress is playing out the same fantasy, but with the BP as the good guys.
The BP ARE The Good Guys!
These brave men and women are out in harsh conditions, getting spit on, hit by rocks, shot at and KILLED…to DEFEND your ungrateful ass. If you don’t like what they do, change the law and the leadership, Big Sis Janet “IS” incompetent and a LIAR, so don’t kill the good guys for doing their job, to keep you safe.
Two BP were killed in the last three years, while the BP killed 18 Mexicans in the last two years. And I know some of the people they killed were armed with spit and rocks, but some appeared to be unarmed, like the guy in handcuffs that they beat to death within sight of the border on the US side. I don’t feel any safer.