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Cinco de Mayo is tomorrow—celebrate it today with this pagan production number, shot in Mexico, starring latin bombshell Raquel Welch (nee Jo Raquel Tejada). Razzle-dazzlers like this don’t often happen in the daylight—or even in the daytime—and this clip has a great, unusual blend of down-in-the-dirt reality and showbiz fakery. Kind of like Raquel herself! —JQS
Bonus beats: Raquel’s minimal sci-fi dance, from the same TV special as “Aquarius.”
Marc Felion says:
May 4, 2007 at 12:02Love the videos. I’ve never seen Raquel in Myra Breckinridge where she plays a tranny.
They say Raquel had her bottom ribs removed to make her waist smaller, but I don’t know if this is an urban legend or not.
I know it gets done, but whether she did it or not I don’t know for sure.
Fausto Fernós says:
May 4, 2007 at 15:48Nobody has ever gotten their ribs removed to make their waists smaller.
Marc Felion says:
May 4, 2007 at 16:22I heard Selena had her’s removed too. I’m sure some people do it no matter what snopes says.
Snopes is not always right. I’d like to hear it from a doctor.
jmauro says:
May 4, 2007 at 18:28And let’s not forget the FOF connection between posts here, as Raquel took over ‘Woman of the Year’ from…yeah, Lauren Bacall.
Re ribs - I’m with Fausto. I’m no doc but I have a serious hunch that removing ribs is very likely fatal. Let’s keep it to yanking wisdom teeth, in the tradition of Dietrich and Crawford. You get sensational cheekbones AND your lungs don’t collapse.
John Q Sanchez lives in Brooklyn, New York. He went to art school with
Fausto Fernós in the mid-90s in Chicago where he wrote for local
publications including Babble, edited by Jim Pickett. He's worked at
several high-profile magazines in New York and was an editor for the
web-zine Blair. He's fascinated by oddball divas, bombastic child
stars, and the everyday person capturing their unique performances for
an online audience.
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Fausto Fernós says:
May 4, 2007 at 11:51The tempo change is so whack!