{"id":8838,"date":"2025-08-25T17:18:45","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T15:18:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/predication.net\/?p=8838"},"modified":"2025-08-25T17:18:46","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T15:18:46","slug":"pulled-out-of-the-abyss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/predication.net\/?p=8838","title":{"rendered":"Pulled out of the abyss."},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The most famous Spanish transvestite, Pedro <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Almod\u00f3var&#8217;s<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> partner and symbol of the LGBT movement, found the meaning of life in Christianity.<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The name tells you something\u00a0<\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, La Movida Madrilena<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">? All Spaniards know what it is. This term refers to the Madrid countercultural movement that emerged in public after the death of General Franco. These were belated echoes of the 1968 revolution that only appeared after the fall of Francoism. Only then was it finally possible to reach for the forbidden fruit with a sticker\u00a0<\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">sex, drugs <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">and<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> rock and roll<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">.<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Prim artists from the so-called alternative scene, who declared their apolitical nature, at the same time demanded moral freedom, breaking taboos, and the possibility of exceeding all norms in art. Their weapons were irony, ridicule, and satire. The name of the movement was already a mocking word\u00a0<\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">movida<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">,\u00a0related to\u00a0<\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Movimiento Nacional<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, which was General <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Franco&#8217;s<\/span> <span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">main<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> political institution.<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Over time, underground musicians, painters, cartoonists, directors, photographers, poets <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">and<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> fashion designers began to enter the mainstream. The movement was losing its subcultural character and had become part of the commercial market of mass culture. Other artists achieved successful careers in Spain and abroad. The most famous face of this company today is the world-famous director Pedro Almod\u00f3var, who immortalized the atmosphere\u00a0<\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">La Movida Madrilena<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0in his first two films:\u00a0<\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Pepi, Luci, Bom and other girls from the party<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0a\u00a0<\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Labyrinth of passions<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">.<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">All the sins of this world<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The second most famous character of the movement was Fabio de Miguel, better known under the artistic pseudonym Fanny <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">McNamara \u2013<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> singer, model, performer <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">and<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> actor.<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> This eccentric <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">transvestite<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, who was one of the key figures of <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Madrid&#8217;s<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> gay underworld, was also an iconic figure\u00a0<\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">La<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> Movida Madrilena<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">. In the aforementioned film\u00a0<\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Pepi, Luci, Bom <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">and<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> other girls from the <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">party<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">,<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> played under the influence of transvestite drugs. <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">In the next production\u00a0<\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Labyrinth<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> of <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">passions<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0he played the role of a star of pornographic films.<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Before his conversion, <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">what<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> was said <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">about<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> St. Augustine <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">was that there was no<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> sin <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">that he did not commit<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">.<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> However, it is highly likely to say that the Spanish dandy and decadent was definitely<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> \u201e<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">better<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201c <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">than the author of the Kingdom of God in this competition.<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Participants in drug orgies in Madrid nightclubs could say something about it. Of course, those who did not die of AIDS or overdose.<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Fabio McNamara <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">used to be<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> described as a postmodernist <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">because he did not recognize any<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> hierarchies <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">in art<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">constantly experimented<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">played<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> with form, <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">juggled<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> styles <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">and<\/span> <span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">broke<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> conventions.<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> He also did not recognize any truth \u2013 in this sense <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">was<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> a representative of radical cognitive and moral relativism. His life was a constant search for emotional experiences, perceptions <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">and<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> impressions.<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Sometimes postmodernism is referred to as a culture of exhaustion because it is based on the assumption that everything has already been and that nothing new can be invented. However, in the case of McNamara, the term takes on even further meaning. This culture exhausted all the possibilities it could offer him. He tried everything, and yet it did not bring him luck. Nothing satisfied the deepest desires of his heart. He fed his affects, satisfied his senses, but he had no joy in anything. The constant change of partners was a never-ending pursuit of happiness. However, other relationships did not bring happiness, because happiness cannot be found in opposition to nature.<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">And then there was conversion.<\/span><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The most famous Spanish transvestite, Pedro Almod\u00f3var&#8217;s partner and symbol of the LGBT movement, found the meaning of life in Christianity. The name tells you something\u00a0, La Movida Madrilena? All Spaniards know what it is. 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