>One of the last shots of the film encapsulates very well what lucha libre can be. Kemonito is completely alone in front of the Arena Mexico mural in which he does not appear, even though he is one of the most recognized lucha libre characters in the whole country. How did you film this? What was the idea behind it?I think that, given the amount years he was a mascot, he was not taken seriously as a wrestling icon, and the fact that he is not in the mural shows that. For a long time maybe he was only seen as a character to make the crowd laugh or for the children. He didn’t have the status of a lucha icon that he has now, so I wanted to know how he feels about not being part of that mural, which at the end of the day is the place where the legends of lucha libre are. He is a very humble person who is never looking for the spotlight, in fact, he pretty much made the documentary to help us out, not because he wanted to have a great film about himself. So, he explains it in the film: when they proposed to include him in the mural, it was no longer possible because it was already finished. There were some intentions to make a sculpture of him, but well, nowadays, given the situation between Kemonito and CMLL, I don’t think it will happen. He is an icon of Mexican lucha who does not appear in this mural, and for me that is sad, and I guess for many fans too.
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https://www.voicesofwrestling.com/2023/11/14/an-interview-with-kemonito-the-final-fall-director-teresa-de-miguel/JUSTICE FOR KEMONITO
