More on Superbarrio: My
understanding is that there is more than one Superbarrio.
Supposedly the careful observer can tell because his physique and
his speaking style (highfalutin' vs. street talk) change from day
to day.
Superbarrio may have influenced Zapatista leader Subcomandante
Marcos in his habit of wearing a ski mask at all times to
disguise his civilian identity.
Superbarrio has visited the US on occasion, once for an event I was
associated with, which is where I learned the scoop about his
multiple alter egos.
A member of the Mexico delegation at the conference gave me a
souvenir which was one of my most prized possessions until it
disappeared in a move. It was a poster drawn in comics style
showing Superbarrio and Wonder Woman flying through the air over a
giant condom with the exhortation, "a1Usemos el condf3n!" (Let's
use a condom!). Since I lost mine I've never been able to track
down another, but, coincidence of coincidences, it appears blurrily
in the background of Richard Linklater's movie Waking Life.
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