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Feast of Fun: Gay Talk Show

FOF # 2880 - Mucho Mucho Amor & The Voyage of Walter Mercado

Feast of Fun: Gay Talk Show

Fausto Fernós

Tv & Film, Comedy Interviews, Documentary, Society & Culture, Comedy, Tv Reviews

4.4834 Ratings

🗓️ 13 July 2020

⏱️ 96 minutes

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Summary

Audiences are raving about Mucho Mucho Amor, the new documentary on the incredible life of Puerto Rican TV astrologer Walter Mercado.

The film, titled after Mercado’s catchphrase “lots and lots of love,” gives audiences
lots and lots to chew on with an unprecedented look into the private life of Latin America’s most beloved tv personality whose mysterious, gender non-conforming made them a queer icon.

Today queer Latinx historian Larry La Fountain joins us to take a look at Mucho Mucho Amor and the life of Walter Mercado the bejeweled gender and sexually ambiguous superstar who meant so much to so many people around the world.

LARRY LA FOUNTAIN:
https://www.facebook.com/larrylafountain

A BETTER HELP:
http://www.betterhelp.com/fun

Plus--

➤ #BoycottGoya: why did the CEO of one of the most iconic food brands in the world praise Trump?

➤ Chicago’s gay neighborhood of Boystown is looking to reinvent itself.

➤ And what wild and fabulous things did the documentary leave on the cutting room floor?

Transcript

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0:00.0

Greetings.

0:06.0

Audiences are raving about much, much,

0:09.0

Amor, the new documentary on the incredible life

0:14.0

of Puerto Rican TV astrologer Walter Mercado.

0:18.0

The film, titled after Mercado's catchphrase, lots and lots of love, gives audiences

0:23.2

lots and lots to chew on with an unprecedented look into the private life of Latin America's

0:29.5

most beloved TV personality, whose mysterious gender nonconforming ways made them a queer

0:36.2

icon. Today, queer Latin ex-historian, Larry LaFontaine,

0:40.3

joins us to take a look at Mucho Amor, and the life of Walter Mercado, the bejeweled,

0:46.3

gender, and sexually ambiguous superstar who meant so much to so many people around the world.

0:51.3

Plus, hashtag boycott goya, why did the CEO of one of the most iconic food brands

0:58.0

in the world praise Trump?

1:00.0

Chicago's gay neighborhood of Boys Town is looking to reinvent itself.

1:04.0

And what wild and fabulous things did the documentary leave on the cutting room floor?

1:10.0

I'm Fausto Farnas.

1:11.9

I'm Mark Fillion.

1:12.9

And this is Feast of Fun.

1:22.0

Feast of Fun.

1:26.5

Feast of Fun is made possible today because of fierce, fabulous people just like you.

1:31.7

And by BetterHelp, H-E-L-P.com slash fun.

1:36.8

You know, right now, you're not going to be going to any therapist's office.

1:39.8

At least not face-to-face to you.

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