"Ugly like a hooded monk"

[Dr. Cool]

"You got a really ugly cock. It looks like a hooded monk."

This is what a richer and circumcised Mexican teen says to his poorer and uncut friend in the movie "And Your Mother Too" ("Y tu mamá también"), which I just finished watching.

The poorer teen is avenged later on during this trialogue with an older woman:

Tenoch [the richer teen]: Plus, Julio [the poorer teen] has a really ugly cock.
Luisa [the older woman]: Oh really? Why do you say that?
Tenoch: It looks like a deflated balloon. It has a hood on it; it's really gross.
Luisa: Mmm, yummy. Foreskins. I love them!
Tenoch: Well, I think a hood is just gross.
Julio: Ah, you're just jealous 'cause I'm bigger.

Apparently uncut men are stigmatized in Mexico. This is odd, because I know that this isn't the case in Brazil, even if, like in Mexico, circumcision there is more common among boys from well-off families. Could the film be exaggerating the stigma in Mexico?

[z726]

As far as I know, it's just a portion of the upper class in Mexico that has had a trend toward circumcising, probably as a result of US influence. Doesn't happen in other Latin American countries, as far as I know.

My guess is that with that part of the movie they were speaking to the wealthier demographic who are more likely to see the movie and more likely to circumcise.

Actor Diego Luna wore a prosthetic penis in that scene to appear circumcised. He talked about it briefly in a 2003 interview with the film's director, Alfonso Cuaron:

AC: Now, Diego, is it true that what we see in Y Tu Mama Tambien is not your member?

DL: It's true. You wanted me to have a very specific type of penis. I didn't want to cut my...

AC: You know, any serious actor would have been circumcised for the part. [Luna laughs] Would you circumcise for Kevin Costner?

DL: How many zeros? [both laugh] No, I won't do that for anyone. I like my penis as it is.

AC: Well, I'm very happy for you and your penis. What is your next movie?…

[Joseph]

It should be interesting to know that Diego Luna, an actor, and someone whom I would assume to be "well off" is NOT circumcised, much to the film's message.

Check out the following links:

http://circumstitions.com/MoviesM-Z.html#entertainment
(scroll down to "Y Tu Mama Tambien")

http://circumstitions.com/Famous5a.html#actors
(Scroll down to "Nobody Said Cut", towards the bottom...)

[Someone mundane]

It confuses me as to why people joke about it, reading over that interview. It just isn't a laughing matter.

[martin]

Some of my best friends are monks !