NEWSLETTER

INTERVIEWS BY RODRIGO TEIE PHOTOS BY MARTHA ÁLVAREZ


JESÚS
Vice: Have you seen Shrek around? A little guy, like ten years old, chubby, with orange hair?

Jesús: Oh, I know who you mean. No, he doesn’t work here anymore.

Really? Why did he stop coming?

I think his name is Cristian, but we used to call him “Carnitas” [“little meat”]. I think his stepfather forbade him to come. He is still in school, so maybe it took too much time from his homework. He was very funny though, we liked him very much.

How long have you been working here?

Two years.

Are you in school right now?

No. I applied to study medicine but I failed the exam. I am going to do it again, but this time for accounting. It’s easier to get in the university that way.

But don’t you want to study medicine?

Yes, but it’s easier to change your major after you pass the exam. Once a teacher showed me a medicine book and I really liked the pictures. That’s when I decided I wanted to become a doctor.

What were the pictures of?

Diseases. The ones I liked best were gangrene and syphilis.

Which characters have you been?

I have been Barney and the Coca-Cola Bear. But those costumes were too small and hot for me. Now I am Spiderman. I like it better. I can identify with him, Things don’t always go right for him, and sometimes he messes stuff up, but then he struggles to make everything better—just like me. Sometimes I can be hurtful to people I love but then I try to win them back.

Is there another character that you would like to be?

Yes, Captain America. I am a big comics fan and Captain America has always been my favorite. I asked Doña Laura to make a costume. It’s almost finished, but they haven’t been able to get the mask right yet.


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