Saturday, May 13, 2006
Barrera May 12 Part One
Hola! I'll fill in the first part...
Apparently they have "aged" the first generation of Barrera by prescribing glasses for nearly all of them. Victor has a grey beard.
Maite and Elvira (looking much better as an EX-whore) are holding Veronica's dolls and missing her. Maite finds Magdalena's letter to Adolfo in the doll Vera's head and realizes Veronica and Valeria are half-sisters. She tells Victor. They wonder why Magda never revealed Veronica's true identity but then realize it was probably out of fear for Jacinta. They are glad she is far from Jacinta's influence.
Unibrow and Andres have a conversation about him missing an appointment somewhere. Andres lets his dad think it is because of a woman. In reality Andres was out playing toreador.
Manola and Federico are still doing the horizontal bop after all these years. They are in bed and for the first time she's not wearing her white cap! Federico's hair is greying; this look becomes him I think, he looks better than ever. He talks about how alike he and Rodrigo are in character.
Later, he and Jacinta are outside talking about buying horses. This reminds her of Pedro and what a great horseman he was. Federico wishes he could have known him. Jacinta says she will never forget the night he died and has a flashback. Jacinta reminisces about her favorite horse, "Shake." Federico squirms. Remember, this is the horse he poisoned way back when to make Adolfo look bad. (I can't remember if the horse died from this stunt.)
Valeria and Juanita are walking to class. One of them mentions how odd it is that Veronica talks to herself all the time. The other thought it was from the next dorm room. "No, the voices come from our room." "Maybe she has multiple personalities," they joke.
Veronica, as Vera, is in a store trying on a slutty dress. It looks great on her.
At Gustavo's huge, modern dairy Rodrigo is in the office. He should be working but is surfing the net for a ticket to Aspen. His hair is slicked back and he slouches so we know he is a slacker and a playboy. The good worker Omar comes in and scolds him for surfing the net instead of working. Gustavo enters and Rodrigo pretends to be a good employee.
In Canada there is a nun who looks and acts a lot like Veronica's "Violetta" personality. This must confuse the hell out of Veronica. (Now that I think of it, maybe the nun IS Violetta and is only in Veronica's head. I'm confused.) Anyway, Sister Violetta tells Veronica she shouldn't lie. Veronica switches personalities from Vera to Veronica and can't remember saying goodbye to Valeria and Juanita who have left for Aguascalientes. She sees "Vera's" suitcase on the bed with "Vera's" clothes and wonders to whom they belong.
Daniel finds Andres's toreador sword in the closet and scolds him for not giving up the habit. Andres says bullfighting is his passion. They argue about keeping this info from Unibrow. Daniel suggests that at the very least Andres do a better job of hiding his stuff.
Update: Apparently the nun I referred to as Sister Violetta really exists because she is the nun who speaks to the other girls about Veronica's lies. Sorry about the confusion. Carry on Jean...
Apparently they have "aged" the first generation of Barrera by prescribing glasses for nearly all of them. Victor has a grey beard.
Maite and Elvira (looking much better as an EX-whore) are holding Veronica's dolls and missing her. Maite finds Magdalena's letter to Adolfo in the doll Vera's head and realizes Veronica and Valeria are half-sisters. She tells Victor. They wonder why Magda never revealed Veronica's true identity but then realize it was probably out of fear for Jacinta. They are glad she is far from Jacinta's influence.
Unibrow and Andres have a conversation about him missing an appointment somewhere. Andres lets his dad think it is because of a woman. In reality Andres was out playing toreador.
Manola and Federico are still doing the horizontal bop after all these years. They are in bed and for the first time she's not wearing her white cap! Federico's hair is greying; this look becomes him I think, he looks better than ever. He talks about how alike he and Rodrigo are in character.
Later, he and Jacinta are outside talking about buying horses. This reminds her of Pedro and what a great horseman he was. Federico wishes he could have known him. Jacinta says she will never forget the night he died and has a flashback. Jacinta reminisces about her favorite horse, "Shake." Federico squirms. Remember, this is the horse he poisoned way back when to make Adolfo look bad. (I can't remember if the horse died from this stunt.)
Valeria and Juanita are walking to class. One of them mentions how odd it is that Veronica talks to herself all the time. The other thought it was from the next dorm room. "No, the voices come from our room." "Maybe she has multiple personalities," they joke.
Veronica, as Vera, is in a store trying on a slutty dress. It looks great on her.
At Gustavo's huge, modern dairy Rodrigo is in the office. He should be working but is surfing the net for a ticket to Aspen. His hair is slicked back and he slouches so we know he is a slacker and a playboy. The good worker Omar comes in and scolds him for surfing the net instead of working. Gustavo enters and Rodrigo pretends to be a good employee.
In Canada there is a nun who looks and acts a lot like Veronica's "Violetta" personality. This must confuse the hell out of Veronica. (Now that I think of it, maybe the nun IS Violetta and is only in Veronica's head. I'm confused.) Anyway, Sister Violetta tells Veronica she shouldn't lie. Veronica switches personalities from Vera to Veronica and can't remember saying goodbye to Valeria and Juanita who have left for Aguascalientes. She sees "Vera's" suitcase on the bed with "Vera's" clothes and wonders to whom they belong.
Daniel finds Andres's toreador sword in the closet and scolds him for not giving up the habit. Andres says bullfighting is his passion. They argue about keeping this info from Unibrow. Daniel suggests that at the very least Andres do a better job of hiding his stuff.
Update: Apparently the nun I referred to as Sister Violetta really exists because she is the nun who speaks to the other girls about Veronica's lies. Sorry about the confusion. Carry on Jean...
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I had good laugh from reading your recap, thanks Slyvia. It was great that you were able to fill in.
I too noticed the eyeglass thing, something in the water must make their eyes go bad! :)
-Marie
I too noticed the eyeglass thing, something in the water must make their eyes go bad! :)
-Marie
Permalink posted by 
: Saturday, May 13, 2006 at 12:15:00 PM EDT
: Saturday, May 13, 2006 at 12:15:00 PM EDT
Thanks Sylvia for bailing me out! Great recap. I think all the 'good' characters have glasses because they work hard and are conscientious while the baddies don't work and preserve their site. That nun did look like Veronica in her Violeta personality.
It's weird, this novela has raced through the plot lines so far. We'll have to see if it is going to slow down now. I hope they resolve Veronica's multiple personalities soon. It's going to get old real soon.
It's weird, this novela has raced through the plot lines so far. We'll have to see if it is going to slow down now. I hope they resolve Veronica's multiple personalities soon. It's going to get old real soon.
Hey Sylvia, I was looking at the comment I made before and I noticed I spelled you name wrong. Sorry about that.
I have been wanting to ask this question a long time, in general- is there a length of hair requirement in these shows?
3 feet or more of hair = good woman
1 foot or less hair = bad woman
In period shows I understand, they all had long hair-Is there a hair fetish I am not aware of?
-Marie
I have been wanting to ask this question a long time, in general- is there a length of hair requirement in these shows?
3 feet or more of hair = good woman
1 foot or less hair = bad woman
In period shows I understand, they all had long hair-Is there a hair fetish I am not aware of?
-Marie
Permalink posted by : Saturday, May 13, 2006 at 4:55:00 PM EDT
: Saturday, May 13, 2006 at 4:55:00 PM EDT
Hi Marie: Concerning long hair, I think there is an old, old idea that women should never cut their hair. There is the saying: "A woman's hair is her glory." I have heard men say that they want their woman to have long hair. I think it's part of some people's ideal of a beautiful woman along with a narrow waist, big breasts, etc. Add to that the fact the reason that most women cut their hair - it is a real pain to take care of. So on novelas, you have these 'unreal' women: they are pale skinned with Caucasian features from a country where the majority is dark skinned and has Indian features; they have large, frequently augmented breasts; they are absurdly thin and they have this beautiful, long shining hair that is never tangled or mussed. In other words, it is long hair that is only possible if it washed and styled by professional every single day. The 'bad' women don't have to have all these 'good' woman characteristics so they can have short hair.
Hello Jean.
It's funny, I've heard that saying all my life, "A woman's hair is her crowning glory". :) The reason why this question always burned in my mind is even the older women have majorly long hair. On the novela Contra & Viento (Or something like that title-I only watched once)a woman maybe in her 70's had hair down to the middle of her back-it was her's too, not a wig from what I could tell. Here in the U.S., after a certain age the shorter the hair gets. Even though this guideline seems to be changing.
Big boobs,little waist and long hair seem to be the prize in almost every society. >sigh<
Thanks,Jean!
-Marie
It's funny, I've heard that saying all my life, "A woman's hair is her crowning glory". :) The reason why this question always burned in my mind is even the older women have majorly long hair. On the novela Contra & Viento (Or something like that title-I only watched once)a woman maybe in her 70's had hair down to the middle of her back-it was her's too, not a wig from what I could tell. Here in the U.S., after a certain age the shorter the hair gets. Even though this guideline seems to be changing.
Big boobs,little waist and long hair seem to be the prize in almost every society. >sigh<
Thanks,Jean!
-Marie
Permalink posted by : Sunday, May 14, 2006 at 9:35:00 PM EDT
: Sunday, May 14, 2006 at 9:35:00 PM EDT
I loved this scene of Manola and Fredrico in bed. She says to him what I guess is the bad character's I love you - she says "Te odio". Fredrico, with two cigarettes in him mouth answers "hunh?" Then from what I understood she pays him an actual compliment explaining she hates him because he makes it so she can never be satisfied with another in bed.
Then Fredrico visited me in my dream last night. He was still bad, but... he was good.
-Lilian
Then Fredrico visited me in my dream last night. He was still bad, but... he was good.
-Lilian
Permalink posted by : Monday, May 15, 2006 at 10:44:00 PM EDT
: Monday, May 15, 2006 at 10:44:00 PM EDT
Lilian, you made me laugh out loud! Thank you for clarifying their conversation. I must admit I didn't take the time to try to figure out that "te odio" thing. But I thought Federico's reaction was pretty funny. It makes much more sense now and it's even wackier.
Marie, my name gets misspelled all the time. No big deal, the only variation I don't really care for is Syliva. Say it out loud.
Marie, my name gets misspelled all the time. No big deal, the only variation I don't really care for is Syliva. Say it out loud.
Permalink posted by : Tuesday, May 16, 2006 at 12:08:00 AM EDT
: Tuesday, May 16, 2006 at 12:08:00 AM EDT
Any woman who has LONG hair is indeed a good woman! And, uh..., she is usually tres hotter than her short-locked counterparts. Just the facts, from my testosterone-addled head. RS
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