VERY RARE MARIO MONTEZ APPEARANCE

WARHOL DRAG STAR MARIO MONTEZ, NOW 75, WILL SPEAK AT AT COLUMBIA
UNIVERSITY. SHE WILL ALSO PERFORM WITH CARMELITA TROPICANA ON EASTER
SUNDAY. BOTH EVENTS ARE FREE!



THE DAILY NEWS WROTE UP MARIO'S APPEARANCES AND HERE ARE 2 OF MY FAV EXCERPTS:

“Mario opened
up a space to be a Puerto Rican artist at a time
and a place wher...e people did not put those two words together very
often,” says Negrón-Muntaner, who is also an author and filmmaker.

“I learned my
acting basically from watching old movies,” says Montez.

Warhol gave him the
“superstar” status he bestowed on his protégés. But in spite of working
in many of his films, Montez never developed a close relationship with the
famously laconic artist.

“I was not
into drugs or pot, so they never invited me to these big things at The
Factory,” he says.

He didn’t get
much money from his “stardom,” either. “With Warhol, everyone
was forced to sign releases before you did anything,” he says. “We
were all naïve and we signed away.”

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