Chapter Thirteen, "El Mariachi: The Release" Summary and Analysis

This is the last chapter extracted from Rodriguez's diary and the entries go from February 1st to February 26, 1993. Accompanied by his wife, Rodriguez travels to every corner of the country because now that the movie is being released nationally, he has to promote it in the media. He finds himself on The Howard Stern Show and Late Night with David Letterman. He is interviewed on TV by Ted Dawson, Peter Jennings, Charlie Rose and by the Spanish language channels, Univision and Telemundo. An Entertainment Tonight crew films him for an entire day. He also gives several interviews to members of the press and even goes to a photo shoot for Vogue. Some interviewers seem skeptical, so Rodriguez needs to constantly explain how he managed to keep the...