Monday, February 05, 2007
Acorralada
Buenos, amigos. I'm Alex, and I'm thinking of joining the Recappers' Club with Acorralada, which I saw for the first time this weekend. Melinama graciously invited me to share a few initial impressions of the main characters with you:
Frances Ondiviela (Octavia) is not a particularly charismatic WOW (Wicked Older Woman). She scowls and schemes and lays down the law. She has a good plastic surgeon and flaunts her clearance-rack chic with well-practiced nonchalance. Alas, she hasn’t got the tawdry, psychotic glamour of Joselyn “la Mapache” on Mundo de Fieras. And she is certainly no Bertha de Aragón, whose dark eyes smoldered with that compelling blend of rage and self-pity as she strode through capítulo after capítulo of Heridas, meting out destruction with often deadly precision. No. I think Octavia was picked from the Villainess Tree before she was ripe.
Alicia Plaza (Bruna), on the other hand, has possibilities. She came off the same branch that bore fruit to Doña Jacinta and Darth Tere. With her slicked-back bob, heavy eyeliner, and tailored uniform, she looks like an updated version of the sadistic lesbian reform-school matron in Diary of a Lost Girl. Her screen time was limited to maybe three minutes on Friday; hopefully she will have more than a few lines this afternoon.
David Zepeda (Maxi-Maxi-Maximiliano) is a mighty tasty-looking slab of beefcake who looks only 10 years younger than his screen mother. Although Zepeda was first runner-up in the Manhunt International 2000 pageant, he did not win any of the individual categories, such as Talent or Personality. In Friday afternoon’s episode of “Acorralada” he managed to look attractively worried and attractively perplexed. His acting range may be even wider. We shall see.
Maritza Rodríguez (Marfil/Deborah) is pretty, blonde, and understands the need to Keep Her Audience Informed. A particularly fine example was a scene where she faced the camera, with her back to Octavia. Rodríguez cleverly kept her eyes in constant motion to indicate to the viewers that her character was listening and thinking and not made of the substance she was named after. (Am I alone in thinking that calling your daughter “Ivory” qualifies as child abuse?)
As for me, I started watching telenovelas to improve my aural comprehension of Spanish (my fourth language, so a little shaky). I stumbled across this blog by accident while searching for capítulo recap of La Fea that was better than the ones that esmas has to offer. Y'all do a fabulous job here, I must say.
Frances Ondiviela (Octavia) is not a particularly charismatic WOW (Wicked Older Woman). She scowls and schemes and lays down the law. She has a good plastic surgeon and flaunts her clearance-rack chic with well-practiced nonchalance. Alas, she hasn’t got the tawdry, psychotic glamour of Joselyn “la Mapache” on Mundo de Fieras. And she is certainly no Bertha de Aragón, whose dark eyes smoldered with that compelling blend of rage and self-pity as she strode through capítulo after capítulo of Heridas, meting out destruction with often deadly precision. No. I think Octavia was picked from the Villainess Tree before she was ripe.
Alicia Plaza (Bruna), on the other hand, has possibilities. She came off the same branch that bore fruit to Doña Jacinta and Darth Tere. With her slicked-back bob, heavy eyeliner, and tailored uniform, she looks like an updated version of the sadistic lesbian reform-school matron in Diary of a Lost Girl. Her screen time was limited to maybe three minutes on Friday; hopefully she will have more than a few lines this afternoon.
David Zepeda (Maxi-Maxi-Maximiliano) is a mighty tasty-looking slab of beefcake who looks only 10 years younger than his screen mother. Although Zepeda was first runner-up in the Manhunt International 2000 pageant, he did not win any of the individual categories, such as Talent or Personality. In Friday afternoon’s episode of “Acorralada” he managed to look attractively worried and attractively perplexed. His acting range may be even wider. We shall see.
Maritza Rodríguez (Marfil/Deborah) is pretty, blonde, and understands the need to Keep Her Audience Informed. A particularly fine example was a scene where she faced the camera, with her back to Octavia. Rodríguez cleverly kept her eyes in constant motion to indicate to the viewers that her character was listening and thinking and not made of the substance she was named after. (Am I alone in thinking that calling your daughter “Ivory” qualifies as child abuse?)
As for me, I started watching telenovelas to improve my aural comprehension of Spanish (my fourth language, so a little shaky). I stumbled across this blog by accident while searching for capítulo recap of La Fea that was better than the ones that esmas has to offer. Y'all do a fabulous job here, I must say.
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Welcome, Alex. I began watching last Wednesday. I was actually surprised to see poor, clueless Larry dressed. Wednesday he was modeling underwear and bathing suits and Thursday he was modeling a towel. I missed the episode where he won "Mr. Playa del Sol." I'm sure it was memorable.
Your description of Bruna nails her to a T. In the episodes I've seen, she's done a lot of pinching, arm grabbing, pushing down stairs, and threatening.
Your description of Bruna nails her to a T. In the episodes I've seen, she's done a lot of pinching, arm grabbing, pushing down stairs, and threatening.
As for skimpy attire for the men, there's the ridiculous scene from last week where poor Diana gets attacked by evil doctor Montiel at the Irazabels. Nice piano teacher catches him in the act and warns him. Why wouldn't he expose him for the scoundrel that he is . . . oh, yeah, wouldn't have a story, then.
Instead he offers to get her a better job--hah!
And he's supposed to be in love with Diana. He sends her over to some other rich family he knows, and she is interviewed by the nasty woman of the house who wants her to take care of an old man. The long-term maid warns Diana to watch out, as he is very "hands on."
No sooner does viejo start the grab assing, then she is accosted by his son, a middle-aged horndog. Then finally she is accosted by grandson, who is wearing nothing but a Speedo. Sexual harassment is alive and well in this novela. So then she goes back to the Irazabals, where she is preyed upon by Max (in my opinion--I'll have more to say on this later).
Instead he offers to get her a better job--hah!
And he's supposed to be in love with Diana. He sends her over to some other rich family he knows, and she is interviewed by the nasty woman of the house who wants her to take care of an old man. The long-term maid warns Diana to watch out, as he is very "hands on."
No sooner does viejo start the grab assing, then she is accosted by his son, a middle-aged horndog. Then finally she is accosted by grandson, who is wearing nothing but a Speedo. Sexual harassment is alive and well in this novela. So then she goes back to the Irazabals, where she is preyed upon by Max (in my opinion--I'll have more to say on this later).
I bought the dvd of this show, but episodes one to four are hard to understand, I know whats going on alittle but could someone plz explain the beginning of show.
thanks
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