Charo: My Lady of Cuchi-cuchi
A Taliswoman Short
Published in
Jul 10, 2022
In the 70s when I was a very little girl, we’d gather around the flickering blue console TV as if it were a hearth. Charo was ubiquitous on popular variety shows & game shows then.
Like Dolly and Cher, Charo enchanted me with her over-the-top femininity and sequins. But her thick Spanish accent made her seem impossibly exotic to me.
I remember being spellbound as she, a brilliant Flamenco guitarist, would twist about and exclaim “cuchi-cuchi!” as the light glinted off her shining skin.
I was three, and her talent was far less important to me than her glamour.
