EL HOMBRE ARANARyan McGinley Gets Hoodwinked at the Mexico City ZooIn the fall of 2006 I was on the Morrissey Tour. I had been touring since March ‘06, traveling all over the world photographing his concerts and fans. These pictures were taken in November at the Mexico City Zoo.
I was walking into the park where the zoo was located and the first craft cart I encountered was amazing. It had all these pictures of celebrities with their faces painted like clowns and superheroes. I asked the woman how much the Eminem-as-Spider-Man picture cost. She said 50 pesos and I said I'll buy it, psyched at the idea of having new piece of art from Mexico to put on my wall when I got home. Then she said sit down and I got very confused. She then proceeded to start drawing on my face. I was freaked out at first and then it slowly dawned on me what was going on. After about ten minutes I was turned into a half Spider-Man. I never questioned why she only did half of my face but I was pretty enthusiastic about the whole deal. Being over six feet tall and white in Mexico City already made me feel like Spider-Man even without my face painted. I towered over everybody and all the Mexicans just stared. With my new identity I was a marked man. Once I entered the zoo all the little kids wanted to be my friend—they ran up to me and tugged on my clothes. One young girl wouldn't leave me alone and kept trying to kiss me. I spent all day wandering around looking at the animals and then went to the concert that night as is. I think I freaked out the Mozzer and his fans. Nobody really got the joke.
See all articles by this contributor Anonymous, on Jul 21, 2009 wrote:
im from mexico, the zoo its chapultepec and its so fucking awesome! folklore everywhere! jajaja eminem as spiderman | |
| TillyRiot, on Jun 4, 2009 wrote:
What were other celebrities painted as? | | Anonymous, on Dec 23, 2008 wrote:
Mcginley looks like David Bowie | | Anonymous, on Jul 22, 2008 wrote:
What the fuck, why does this fag exist? | | Anonymous, on Jul 12, 2008 wrote:
this is funny. | | Anonymous, on Jul 10, 2008 wrote:
thankyou vice. now i know that its "HOMBRE ARANA’’. i often sing "aracno hombre, aracno hombre" to the spider-man tune to myself. what a dick. | | Anonymous, on Jul 7, 2008 wrote:
I think this is a valid insight into the tormented Mexican inner sould.... CHIMICHANGA!!!! | | Anonymous, on Jun 21, 2008 wrote:
no one cares about some rich white guy get his face painted in mexico. white people are so fucking boring. | |
| ken_sters, on Jun 19, 2008 wrote:
goddamn, ryan mcginley is hot. | | Anonymous, on Jun 17, 2008 wrote:
HAHA! nobody got the joke? it was you. You gave the lady 50 pesos to look like you stepped off a special bus | | Anonymous, on Jun 16, 2008 wrote:
Meš suš ķ eyrum viš spilum endalaust? | | Anonymous, on Jun 14, 2008 wrote:
booo | | |
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