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  • SF Weekly

    Identity Plagiarism

    A blogger steals someone else's life story and calls it her own.

    By Ashley Harrell

  • Westword

    Fuel's Gold

    How William Orr's quest for better, cheaper gas became a crime.

    By Alan Prendergast

  • Miami New Times

    Mold Over Miami

    The family of a dead judge blames a creeping fungus in the federal courthouse.

    By Tim Elfrink

  • The Pitch

    McCain Girl

    I worked at Kmart with John McCain's director of strategy.

    By Alan Scherstuhl

The Moppet Show

A Mexican-wrestling beatdown — bring the kids!

By Clay McNear

Published on February 07, 2008

El Marques. El Chucky. Hijo de Hurracan Ramirez. Aquaman. Fishman. All ages. Children welcome. Ooooo-kaaaay. It’s safe to say that the abyssal fiends who’ll be grappling at the Superstars of Lucha Libre of Mexico bash won’t be staging a south-of-the-border High School Musical. Rather, they’ll be trying to rip off each other’s máscaras (masks), which is a pretty emasculating thing to a luchador. All things considered, we’ll give it a PG-trece.
Sun., Feb. 10, 5 p.m., 2008



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