Gerardo Reyes

A musical variety present on tv having a somewhat chubby singer of Mexican ranchera amounts is suddenly interrupted by way of a strange masked lawbreaker named Magnus, who announces he’s going to present the kidnapping of the famous actress, go on tv. Actuality or fiction? It’s the last mentioned, but with a dash from the former because the vocalist, Gerardo Reyes, is in fact playing himself, but not quite. Starting his professional profession sometime following the end of the next World War being a cafe vocalist in his indigenous Mexico, Reyes is becoming something of the father body or “padre” to the complete Latin music community. He provides cut a large number of albums in a number of styles while proceeding up and collaborating with countless different rings. The man that is a favorite choice for the honor of “un Padrino from the Cinco de Mayo” celebrations in lots of Mexican cities does not have to hold back until May 5 to become honored in karaoke pubs, where his paths are frequent options among those attempting to sing along in Spanish. It really is fairly hard to examine any facet of Mexican tradition without operating into Reyes: He actually turns up on shows from the extremely popular group of movies starring Santo, the infamous masked wrestler superhero. The cinematic masterpiece using the British name of Santo Vs. it Killer was the foundation from the picture described above, one of the movies where Reyes portrays Reyes, even though screen character from the vocalist seems to maintain even busier compared to the real-life Reyes. Within the Santo movies, Reyes’ character can be a reporter and law enforcement agent. Ironically, an excellent investigative reporter using the same name actually did begin composing for Miami’s Nuevo Herald within the ’90s, although there is absolutely no connection. The display personality of Reyes writes for Un Sol de México, nevertheless, which is in fact a real paper. Reyes acted in a good number of movies within the chaotic Mexican film sector in the past due ’70s and early ’80s, which the Santo series, categorized as “lucha” movie theater, appears to have got the most interest, though this isn’t the consequence of great quality. The genre of movies offering masked Mexican wrestling heroes continues to be studied comprehensive by learners of so-called “camp,” supposedly productions regarded so bad they are in fact great, or at least which has been the idea behind viewing these movies. The camp part seems blended on Reyes, whose recordings and rings actually are great, not poor/good. Other performers who appeared with this series, such as for example Jorge Rivero, are believed to become more suitably buff actually and therefore worthier of addition in action movies.