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Cassandro - Queen of Lucha Libre
The world of Mexican wrestler Cassandro, who performs in drag and is challenging ideas of masculinity.
Cassandro is no ordinary Mexican wrestler. He is an exotico - or drag queen - who wears long Liberace gowns, sequins and flamboyant make-up. Over an extraordinary 27-year-career, Cassandro has won two championship belts and pioneered the idea that a Mexican wrestler can be openly gay. At home, in the training ring, and backstage before his big fight, Cassandro takes us into a spectacular world of lucha libre and shines a fascinating light on Mexican culture and ideas about masculinity.
(Photo: Wrestler Cassandro wears a flamboyant dress. Credit: Arturo Lopez)
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