![]() And I think for an immigrant community, that was really important. And he would come into our homes every day and read our horoscopes and tell us that tomorrow was going to be a better day. I mean, the capes, the jewels, the hair - all of it just was so enthralling. And although I didn't speak Spanish super well at that point, I would - was just fascinated by this person. And she would babysit us, and I would sit next to her. What drew you to this story? Cristina, you start, and then Kareem.ĬOSTANTINI: Yeah, you know, I grew up watching Walter with my grandmother. It is hard to overstate how popular he was. At the height, he was in hundreds of millions of Spanish-speaking households in North America, across South America, Central America. GARCIA-NAVARRO: So I grew up watching Walter Mercado because I was a Hispanic kid in America in the 1980s, and he was everywhere. And the filmmakers Cristina Costantini and Kareem Tabsch got unprecedented access to the man and his family and his foes. He'd been a fixture in Latino households for decades, but what lay behind the flamboyant cape's flashy jewelry and theatrical delivery? And why did he disappear so suddenly from view at the height of his fame? The new Netflix documentary "Mucho Mucho Amor" looks at Mercado's life and legacy. The Puerto Rican TV and radio personality died last year at the age of 87. Walter Mercado was many things - an astrologer, a celebrity, a fashion icon, a queer hero and also a mystery. ![]()
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