Super Amigo Documentary Analysis
Super Amigos Documentary Super Amigos by director Arturo Perez Torres, was an intriguing documentary that brought to light the different struggles that are faces on the daily. For instance: sexuality, animal protection, and environmental issues. The different super heroes embody something greater than just looking silly in a wrestler’s costume—to make a change and fight for social justice. Each one of the Super Amigos served with a different purpose, but all came together to achieve one sole duty—to fight and defend those who in their mind were “humble”, and all of the “amigos” considered themselves to be “social wrestlers”. One of them was Super Barrio; he encountered himself with a gentrification that had already displaced thousands of
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Sometimes it is easy to forget that emotions can not be controlled—that we are only human. The Super Amigos, decided to take on each a challenging role; one that offered no legitimate reward for themselves, but instead benefited society as a whole. If I had the opportunity to be one of the Super Amigos, I would definitely choose to be Super Gay. Super Gay was-- I feel making the best out of a extremely tough experience. What he was doing makes perfect sense and attempts to make a change in his community, to alter the way that the community viewed homosexuality--it was absolutely startling. Ultimately what then happened was that Super Gay came to the conclusion that he had a duty—that his duty was to fight and to protect those that felt they had no say—in his case, the gay. Overall, Super Amigos was a commendable documentary. Director: Arturo Perez Torres, did a stupendous job exposing the different social issues that many encounter on the daily. There are those who presuppose that there are no longer “good people”, and this serves to show that there still are people who fight for equality and strive to make a
Sometimes it is easy to forget that emotions can not be controlled—that we are only human. The Super Amigos, decided to take on each a challenging role; one that offered no legitimate reward for themselves, but instead benefited society as a whole. If I had the opportunity to be one of the Super Amigos, I would definitely choose to be Super Gay. Super Gay was-- I feel making the best out of a extremely tough experience. What he was doing makes perfect sense and attempts to make a change in his community, to alter the way that the community viewed homosexuality--it was absolutely startling. Ultimately what then happened was that Super Gay came to the conclusion that he had a duty—that his duty was to fight and to protect those that felt they had no say—in his case, the gay. Overall, Super Amigos was a commendable documentary. Director: Arturo Perez Torres, did a stupendous job exposing the different social issues that many encounter on the daily. There are those who presuppose that there are no longer “good people”, and this serves to show that there still are people who fight for equality and strive to make a