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More nutty Nacho Libre mail
A while back I blogged about the strange stuff I get in the mail as The Middletown Journal’s entertainment writer, and guess what? More strange stuff has arrived from the weird world of Nacho Libre, Jack Black’s new wrestling movie, out tomorrow.
On the left in the photo below is my very own Nacho Libre bobble-head doll, which our staff photographer initially mistook for a shaggy-haired Burt Reynolds (which I can see, actually).
The copy on the side of the box reads, “Cook by day, luchador by night, Nacho must fight to save the orphanage he has called home since he was a boy. The fight will take more than his love and faith alone. It requires Atomic Elbow Drops, Strangling Choke Holds and the Santo Torture Rack.”
Maybe I’m being picky, but considering all that hyperbole, shouldn’t they have sent out a doll with karate-chop action? After all, it is a wrestling movie. Then again, I suppose a bobbling head fits wrestling in its own way.
The other item is my very own Nacho Libre “loteria,” or bingo game, I guess. I haven’t actually tried to play it, but it looks fairly amusing. The cards include a diablo (devil) figure, which made me lament cross-promotional opportunities with Fox’s Omen remake. Think of the possibilities: Three pairs of dice with sixes on all sides — or maybe twos on all sides.
Finally, unseen in the cropped photo below is my very own Nacho Libre candle. I’m not sure what this is for. Maybe you inhale the fumes and it makes you stronger? Or maybe you just fend off unwanted visitors with it? (Back, BACK, I say!)
Wow, all these clever gimmicks make me wonder if Paramount is trying to compensate for something …. uh-oh.
(To be continued…)
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