WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.260 align:middle line:84% Inside El Colón, I am closer to my people than I will ever be 00:00:04.260 --> 00:00:06.450 align:middle line:90% outside in the stinging sun. 00:00:06.450 --> 00:00:11.610 align:middle line:84% We, we are a collective here, and strong. 00:00:11.610 --> 00:00:14.580 align:middle line:90% Nobody can deny us that. 00:00:14.580 --> 00:00:17.700 align:middle line:90% Just look at Pedro. 00:00:17.700 --> 00:00:21.360 align:middle line:84% No actor on the face of this Earth 00:00:21.360 --> 00:00:25.100 align:middle line:84% has done more acting with his eyebrows. 00:00:25.100 --> 00:00:28.140 align:middle line:90% [LAUGHTER] 00:00:28.140 --> 00:00:32.520 align:middle line:84% Not to mention his arms, the most expressive arms 00:00:32.520 --> 00:00:34.260 align:middle line:84% that I have ever seen, whether they're 00:00:34.260 --> 00:00:37.620 align:middle line:84% hanging there in those cute little sweaters 00:00:37.620 --> 00:00:39.870 align:middle line:90% that he used to wear. 00:00:39.870 --> 00:00:42.450 align:middle line:84% Few men could get away with wearing 00:00:42.450 --> 00:00:45.780 align:middle line:84% that tight-fitting sweater or those loose suits 00:00:45.780 --> 00:00:48.690 align:middle line:84% that they used to wear in the '40s and '50s. 00:00:48.690 --> 00:00:51.540 align:middle line:84% You put a suit on that on one of our modern actors, 00:00:51.540 --> 00:00:52.830 align:middle line:90% what do you get? 00:00:52.830 --> 00:00:53.970 align:middle line:90% Payasoville. 00:00:53.970 --> 00:00:56.280 align:middle line:90% [LAUGHTER] 00:00:56.280 --> 00:00:59.160 align:middle line:84% Most men have lost their natural grace. 00:00:59.160 --> 00:01:04.410 align:middle line:84% And whether his arms just hang there, fisted or still, 00:01:04.410 --> 00:01:06.000 align:middle line:90% they are full of meaning. 00:01:06.000 --> 00:01:07.660 align:middle line:90% And he can stride. 00:01:07.660 --> 00:01:13.470 align:middle line:84% Even his legs are expressive, not to mention his feet. 00:01:13.470 --> 00:01:17.850 align:middle line:84% God help us if he takes off his shirt. 00:01:17.850 --> 00:01:21.750 align:middle line:84% Who would have thought that a man's nipples could 00:01:21.750 --> 00:01:24.360 align:middle line:90% express anger. 00:01:24.360 --> 00:01:26.760 align:middle line:90% Hoomm, bleh-bleh-bleh-bleh. 00:01:26.760 --> 00:01:30.690 align:middle line:84% Hoom, ha, ha, ha, ha, the old man in front of us 00:01:30.690 --> 00:01:32.085 align:middle line:90% clucks like a demented rooster. 00:01:32.085 --> 00:01:34.320 align:middle line:90% Ho, ha-ha-ha-ha. 00:01:34.320 --> 00:01:37.332 align:middle line:84% He has something stuck in his throat and, for a while, 00:01:37.332 --> 00:01:38.790 align:middle line:84% we think he's not going to make it. 00:01:38.790 --> 00:01:40.960 align:middle line:90% Hooh-raaah! 00:01:40.960 --> 00:01:42.180 align:middle line:90% And then he rallies. 00:01:42.180 --> 00:01:43.980 align:middle line:90% Hoorrr-hah! 00:01:43.980 --> 00:01:48.020 align:middle line:84% And he spits out the offending glob right by Nyvia Ester. 00:01:48.020 --> 00:01:50.680 align:middle line:90% 00:01:50.680 --> 00:01:53.080 align:middle line:90% And she is not impressed. 00:01:53.080 --> 00:01:55.960 align:middle line:90% [LAUGHTER] 00:01:55.960 --> 00:01:59.080 align:middle line:84% It is hard to concentrate with so much happening 00:01:59.080 --> 00:02:01.450 align:middle line:84% around us, with the noise of people laughing, 00:02:01.450 --> 00:02:04.360 align:middle line:84% crying, sighing, chewing, burping, hiccuping, applauding. 00:02:04.360 --> 00:02:07.480 align:middle line:84% Not to mention the meddling, cajoling, rebuking, 00:02:07.480 --> 00:02:11.800 align:middle line:84% interrupting, interceding, and encouraging 00:02:11.800 --> 00:02:13.450 align:middle line:90% words that go back and forth. 00:02:13.450 --> 00:02:14.740 align:middle line:90% Ay Pedro, te quiero. 00:02:14.740 --> 00:02:17.830 align:middle line:90% 00:02:17.830 --> 00:02:19.240 align:middle line:90% I admit it. 00:02:19.240 --> 00:02:23.110 align:middle line:84% I've never been good at hiding my feelings in the dark. 00:02:23.110 --> 00:02:25.150 align:middle line:90% It's been my undoing. 00:02:25.150 --> 00:02:29.920 align:middle line:84% I started dreaming when I was a little girl. 00:02:29.920 --> 00:02:32.545 align:middle line:90% And I haven't stopped yet. 00:02:32.545 --> 00:02:36.580 align:middle line:84% La vida no vale nada, it's really a very violent movie 00:02:36.580 --> 00:02:38.860 align:middle line:90% when you think about it. 00:02:38.860 --> 00:02:43.930 align:middle line:84% At the end, Pedro-as-Pablo wrestles with Wolf Ruvinskis. 00:02:43.930 --> 00:02:49.360 align:middle line:84% Wolf wants sole possession of the squirrelly hussy 00:02:49.360 --> 00:02:53.020 align:middle line:90% named Magda. 00:02:53.020 --> 00:02:55.970 align:middle line:84% Go figure what Wolf would want with Magda. 00:02:55.970 --> 00:02:58.300 align:middle line:84% She's been sleeping with Pablo's father, 00:02:58.300 --> 00:03:02.620 align:middle line:84% one of those aging Mexicanos who have to prove 00:03:02.620 --> 00:03:07.330 align:middle line:84% their barrel-chested manhood by either dyeing their hair 00:03:07.330 --> 00:03:09.070 align:middle line:90% jet-black-- 00:03:09.070 --> 00:03:12.640 align:middle line:84% I don't want to mention any names, Vicente Fernández-- 00:03:12.640 --> 00:03:15.610 align:middle line:90% 00:03:15.610 --> 00:03:18.670 align:middle line:84% or taking up with a younger woman. 00:03:18.670 --> 00:03:23.090 align:middle line:84% And she, Magda, has been chasing Pedro-as-Pablo as well. 00:03:23.090 --> 00:03:26.170 align:middle line:84% But he doesn't want to have anything to do with her, 00:03:26.170 --> 00:03:28.360 align:middle line:84% even though she throws herself in front of him 00:03:28.360 --> 00:03:33.040 align:middle line:84% all the time, like a beached mermaid. 00:03:33.040 --> 00:03:36.310 align:middle line:84% Everybody gasps in fear as Wolf Ruvinskis 00:03:36.310 --> 00:03:39.490 align:middle line:84% punches Pedro-as-Pablo, and he drags him into the salty water 00:03:39.490 --> 00:03:43.120 align:middle line:84% to drown him while the spurned and vindictive Magda looks on. 00:03:43.120 --> 00:03:46.680 align:middle line:84% Pedro-as-Pablo flounders as Wolf violently pushes him 00:03:46.680 --> 00:03:47.680 align:middle line:90% under the lapping waves. 00:03:47.680 --> 00:03:49.480 align:middle line:84% Then he gathers himself up, and he 00:03:49.480 --> 00:03:52.960 align:middle line:84% flings Wolf back from the beach with a battery of blows, then 00:03:52.960 --> 00:03:57.670 align:middle line:84% leaves him in a broken heap on the sandy shore. 00:03:57.670 --> 00:04:02.380 align:middle line:84% Meanwhile, back at the pueblito, Pablo's 00:04:02.380 --> 00:04:06.070 align:middle line:84% mother and siblings struggle in the most abject poverty. 00:04:06.070 --> 00:04:09.940 align:middle line:84% The two men, father and son, finally come to the realization 00:04:09.940 --> 00:04:15.460 align:middle line:84% that they need to get back home to take care of their kin. 00:04:15.460 --> 00:04:17.440 align:middle line:90% All is well. 00:04:17.440 --> 00:04:19.089 align:middle line:90% All is safe. 00:04:19.089 --> 00:04:24.460 align:middle line:84% All is as it should be for the men. 00:04:24.460 --> 00:04:26.380 align:middle line:90% A 'lo macho, bravo! 00:04:26.380 --> 00:04:28.780 align:middle line:84% And yet, I am left with questions. 00:04:28.780 --> 00:04:31.270 align:middle line:90% I look around El Colón. 00:04:31.270 --> 00:04:33.130 align:middle line:90% Isn't anyone else upset? 00:04:33.130 --> 00:04:35.860 align:middle line:90% What about Madga? 00:04:35.860 --> 00:04:37.840 align:middle line:90% What's going to happen to her? 00:04:37.840 --> 00:04:39.760 align:middle line:90% Does anybody care? 00:04:39.760 --> 00:04:42.280 align:middle line:84% A glowering and bitter Magda casts a long glance 00:04:42.280 --> 00:04:44.740 align:middle line:84% as Pedro-as-Pablo walks away into the hopeful 00:04:44.740 --> 00:04:49.540 align:middle line:84% sunset with his father, Leandro, both men 00:04:49.540 --> 00:04:54.070 align:middle line:84% the bane of her small, useless existence. 00:04:54.070 --> 00:04:57.460 align:middle line:84% Wolf sputters nearby, trying to catch his breath. 00:04:57.460 --> 00:05:04.540 align:middle line:84% And Magda looks at him with disgust and resignation. 00:05:04.540 --> 00:05:07.630 align:middle line:84% Even in the darkness of El Colón, 00:05:07.630 --> 00:05:12.220 align:middle line:84% I want to change my dreams, Magda's dreams, 00:05:12.220 --> 00:05:15.490 align:middle line:90% but the movie credits roll. 00:05:15.490 --> 00:05:22.300 align:middle line:84% La vida no vale nada, Pedro Infante, Rosario Granados, 00:05:22.300 --> 00:05:28.060 align:middle line:84% Lilia Prado, Domingo Soler, Magda Guzmán, Wolf Ruvinskis, 00:05:28.060 --> 00:05:30.460 align:middle line:90% Hortensia Santoveña. 00:05:30.460 --> 00:05:34.270 align:middle line:84% Nyvia Ester picks up her purse and shimmies out of her seat, 00:05:34.270 --> 00:05:38.350 align:middle line:84% with bobbing and teetering crab-like movements, 00:05:38.350 --> 00:05:41.560 align:middle line:90% getting her land legs. 00:05:41.560 --> 00:05:45.220 align:middle line:84% Irma takes her mother's hand and assists her 00:05:45.220 --> 00:05:49.660 align:middle line:84% up the incline to the door that says salida, the exit. 00:05:49.660 --> 00:05:52.240 align:middle line:84% The woman behind us smacks her lips, 00:05:52.240 --> 00:05:58.120 align:middle line:84% hoists her large, very large body out of her seat 00:05:58.120 --> 00:06:01.570 align:middle line:84% and disappears into the uncertain night. 00:06:01.570 --> 00:06:06.700 align:middle line:84% The soundtrack rolls and flares dramatically, full of reckless 00:06:06.700 --> 00:06:07.990 align:middle line:90% abandon. 00:06:07.990 --> 00:06:12.680 align:middle line:84% I sit in the theater a little longer, 00:06:12.680 --> 00:06:22.030 align:middle line:84% my eyes full of tears, sad tears, tears of hope. 00:06:22.030 --> 00:06:26.470 align:middle line:84% My heart hurts the way it hurts when 00:06:26.470 --> 00:06:32.330 align:middle line:84% you can't love the man that you want to, 00:06:32.330 --> 00:06:37.870 align:middle line:90% [DEEP SIGH] a man like Pedro. 00:06:37.870 --> 00:06:41.020 align:middle line:90% 00:06:41.020 --> 00:06:41.520 align:middle line:90% Thank you. 00:06:41.520 --> 00:06:43.620 align:middle line:90% [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] 00:06:43.620 --> 00:06:49.020 align:middle line:90% 00:06:49.020 --> 00:06:50.870 align:middle line:90% Thank you!