10 years after the first edition of the book “I have to die every night” by the writer Guillermo Osorno, focused on what happens at the Disco Bar El 9 in Mexico City, the homonymous series adaptation for the Amazon platform emerges. which was recently released.
During the presentation of the new edition of his book at the opening of the second edition of the LGBTIQAP+ Book Fair in La Bazarita de La Moira, located in a large house in San Miguel Chapultepec, the author reflected on what he captured in the pages of his book, compared to what the series reflects.
“For the screen they did sexual cannibalization, explicit sex, unlike the research for my book, which I gave that historical focus, of the place where personalities from politics, from the entertainment world, the hotbed of prostitution and the appearance of HIV,” he mentioned.
The atmosphere of the Zona Rosa location, open from 1977 to 1989, “gave rise to the bonfire of changes in society and politics in this underground meeting center for those who made the history of Mexico, founded by the Frenchman Henri Donnadieu and where former president Ernesto Zedillo, Alfonso Cuarón, Silvia Pinal attended.”
However, the writer highlighted a point in favor of the series directed by Ernesto Contreras, “having called artists who sing, dance, act, such as Alejandra Bogue, La Bruja de Texcoco and other characters who are currently part of the night; to the same Bogue that goes from one generation to the next, including them was very smart.”
A DISRUPTING BOOK
Osorno maintains that since the 80s he began the fight for freedom and non-discrimination, “it was one of my primary approaches. When I presented the idea to the publisher 10 years ago, I found that the publisher had never published gay stuff, and they were doubtful of this market.
“And the other point was that they had a very great fear because the book could have been read and pursued like a photo album leafed through by old people and they remembered a bygone era, but my interest in making the book was not so that those who were read it to me. to Bar 9. Fortunately, these two fears did not come true. And on the day of the presentation there was even over capacity and many people were left out.
“The publisher there saw the thermometer of what was going to be the book that was presented at the Chopo Museum in 2014. And many people saw the presentation on a television monitor from so many people who attended. The book sold out two weeks later and another pop-up printing had to be done and now in Pride Month 2024 it goes on sale again,” he commented.
Omar Ramos and Ro Banda, in charge of La Bazarita de La Moira, accompanied the author, who also offered an autograph signing for the new edition of this book that, he stated, “has transcended generations; We have to talk about these stories, do workshops, because they tell us our past, where we come from, investigating that is not difficult, but it is having the patience and desire to tell who came before us.
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“The tribe was formed, which is what is powerful about the book. Many of the codes have changed, such as the fluidity of coming out that apparently is not that complicated, that the city is freer, it can be done and will be done on Saturday the 29th at the Pride March, but there are many people who He was there before, for this to happen.
“And there will be more books from the predecessors, for example, in the 1950s, Daniel Mont opened a fantastic bar in Mexico City with the plastic artist Mathias Goeritz, which was the most chic thing at the time for the gay tribe.”
