Oh, the Places We'll Go: Mexican Movies
On today’s episode of Talking Movies with My Mom, we travel to Mexico for this season’s installment of our "Oh, the Places We’ll Go" series.
Our first stop is "Y tu mama tambien," where we lay bare the idea that sex-fueled teenage road trip movies can be surprisingly poignant, winning the "prize" can come with unforeseen consequences, and an end-credit song can add an unexpected exclamation point to a movie’s themes.
Next up, we cross the border into B-Horror with "Santo vs. the Vampire Women." We honor its star, luchador El Santo, for his enduring legacy as a pop culture icon and folk hero, grapple with the concept of werewolf vampires, and pin down Santo’s playbook for how to kill the undead with crosses, sunlight, and a blast of pyrotechnics.
For additional information, resources, and a transcript of the episode, visit https://www.podcastics.com/podcast/talking-movies-with-my-mom/ You can also follow us on Instagram @talkingmovieswithmymom. And we’d love to hear from you, so feel free to leave us a voice message at https://www.speakpipe.com/TalkingMovieswithMyMom
On today’s episode of Talking Movies with My Mom, we travel to Mexico for this season’s installment of our "Oh, the Places We’ll Go" series.
Our first stop is "Y tu mama tambien," where we lay bare the idea that sex-fueled teenage road trip movies can be surprisingly poignant, winning the "prize" can come with unforeseen consequences, and an end-credit song can add an unexpected exclamation point to a movie’s themes.
Next up, we cross the border into B-Horror with "Santo vs. the Vampire Women." We honor its star, luchador El Santo, for his enduring legacy as a pop culture icon and folk hero, grapple with the concept of werewolf vampires, and pin down Santo’s playbook for how to kill the undead with crosses, sunlight, and a blast of pyrotechnics.
For additional information, resources, and a transcript of the episode, visit https://www.podcastics.com/podcast/talking-movies-with-my-mom/ You can also follow us on Instagram @talkingmovieswithmymom. And we’d love to hear from you, so feel free to leave us a voice message at https://www.speakpipe.com/TalkingMovieswithMyMom
Resources mentioned in today’s episode:
"Santo in the Vengeance of the Mummy"
"MST3K Samson vs. the Vampire Women"
El Santo: Wrestling, comics, and movies
"El Santo and the Anti-Fascism of Lucha Libre"
Roger Ebert’s review of "Y tu mama tambien"
Guillermo del Toro announcing Alfonso Cuaron Best Director at the 2019 Academy Awards
"Ten Years Ago: Y Tu Mama Tambien"
Frank Zappa’s widow allowed use of "Watermelon in Easter Hay"
Why Alfonso Cuaron hired Diego Luna for role of Tenoch
"Foreign Film Fridays: 'Y Tu Mamá También' (Mexico, 2001)"
"'Y Tu Mama Tambien' goes to IFC Films"
"Y tu mama tambien" box office success in the U.S.
"Children of Men" ambush scene
So Count Chocula never turned into a bat 😮
h/t to the title "Oh, the Places You’ll Go" by Dr. Seuss
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