Saturday, March 17, 2007
Mundo de Fieras 3/16/07: "Some Mothers' Answered Prayers and Certain Other Mothers' Worst Nightmares"
Tiberio tells his daddy he's taking the blame for all the fraudulent dealings at Demian's construction company. Dolores runs in seeing the cops are handcuffing him. She screams that it is Demian who is really to blame. Ti tries to stop her. "Let me do my duty, Mom. Calm down. Everything will be fine." Dolores is as impactada as the rest of us. We all knew Ti was a dopey fool, but this self-sacrifice thing was totally unexpected.
The detectives ask Demian if this is true. Demian tells them all that that is true. Everybody holds their breath. Huh? Demian has his chance, but true to form --and our highest hopes-- he decides to let his sap of a son take the fall. "Tiberio just finished confessing to me that he's to blame for all the business abuses that I've been accused of."
Ingrid warns Miriam that they have no more credit with their European fabric suppliers. Since she hasn't paid the bills they refuse to fill any more orders and they will not be able to handle their customer's orders now. Miriam yells that that was what she was paying her to do! Ingrid complains that she was only able to do so much and the rest was her responsability. Miriam, she argues, was aparently too busy arguing with Karen and Jos to pay attention to her warnings and to the design business. Now Miriam stands to lose everything because the creditors are about to seize it all. "Ay! Damnation!"
Otilia asks Soraya out of the blue if she still wants to see her son. "More than anything in the world!" Otilia asks her if she's had word from him recently. "Not a single call." Otilia has somebody send in a visitor and it is her long lost son and Fabio wannabe --anybody even remember Fabio?-- Jorge who, unexpectedly enters the office and immediately gets on his knees asking Soraya to be forgiven. (A mother's dream, right?)
Yes, somehow Otilia has managed to find Soraya's son, Jorge, who had rejected his momma to this point because of her former job as a lowly cabaret dancer. (Momma's come a long way, baby! From cabaret dancer to personal design assistant for the hottest design studio in Mexico City. Take that, kid!) Soraya looks sternly at him then tells him that his rejection hurt her terribly but that she will forgive him. "A mother always forgives her children," she answers. Otilia leaves them to catch up on things.
Elsa and Candy go back to Candy's place. Candy is determined to help her daughter. She tells her that everybody falls victim to evil. In a one-hanky scene, Elsa finally confesses to Candy that she cannot help herself. She's a worthless tramp. She is addicted and has done all sorts of vile, low and disgusting things to get hold of drugs and hootch, including hootchy-coo with El Mastín. They cry together and she promises her daughter that with the help of God they will fight one day at a time to keep her from falling back into her old bad habits.
Jos tells Miriam she's worried about Gabe finding out she really did "off" El Coyote. He's associating Mariangela's kidnapping with her also. Although she of course denied everything to him, the way he looked at her with mistrust really got her scared this time. She worries that the jig is finally up. She is frustrated that everything she's managed is falling through her fingers now and she's losing control.
Miriam tells her that with this circus that's been going on around them it's no doubt, but they have got to maintain a calm appearance or they will give themselves away and that will definitely be their undoing.
Nic tellsGabe that Ti has taken the fall for his daddy's dastardly deeds. It looks very grim. Gabe admires Demian for having a son who would do this for his father. He asks Nic if he can try to do something for Ti to get him out free and clear of this mess. Nic says he would love to for Dolores' sake, but Ti's case is complicated by the fact he was already a fugitive from the law.
At his jail cell, Dolores tries to talk Ti out of this. She tries to get Tiberio to tell the truth to the authorities and not to sacrifice himself for his crazy, no-good, evil and selfish, abusive father. She reminds him how rotten things were for her when she was in the joint. He admits to her that it is his last opportunity to demonstrate his deep love for his daddy and to inspire some sort of affection.
Dolores tells Ti that Demian is not the admirable man he thinks he is. He's evil. This is a lost cause. The ingrate will remain free while he spends the rest of his life behind bars for nothing. She's been there and knows what she's talking about. Ti, though, has decided to follow it through to the end.
Alone in his office Demian tells himself that he is not going to soften. He didn't ask Tiberio to do this and he won't soften for any of them. If Ti is stupid enough to take the fall then let him.
Everyone eventually follows Dolores and Tiberio to the lock-up. First Nic comes in. He tries to get Ti to tell the truth for the love of his suffering mother. He says they both know he's lying. Nic warns him he has no idea what is waiting for him behind bars if he continues this lie. Ti again refuses and just keeps screaming like stupid Federico did: "I'm guilty! I'm guilty and nobody can make me change my mind!" (Talk about your misplaced loyalties.....)
Next, Gabe is in the jail lobby trying to comfort Dolores. "It's so sad that my brother could permit his son to do this." Pau and JC then arrive to lend her their support during this time of trouble. They bemoan the fact that history is repeating itself only this time it is her son that is going to go to jail, and all because of Demian. Dolores says she doesn't know if she can handle seeing her son imprisoned wrongly like she was.
Elsa goes home and Candy is then all alone. Candy suffers heart pains while asking the Virgencita why this had to happen to Elsita. (Bad move I guess, to question the Virgencita's motives.) Candy is ready to kick the bucket when suddenly Karen appears and walks right on in, uninvited, with a bag of goodies. She asks Candy what is wrong and how can she help. Candy tells her to get her medicine bottle from the bedroom.
Elsa sees her whiskey bottle with a few good swigs still in it and fights the urge to gulp it all down. In fact she takes the bottle and throws it onto the floor. It breaks into pieces.Sylvestre hears the breaking glass and accuses her of drinking again, but she explains what really happened. She actually fought the urge and threw down the bottle, but he doesn't want to believe her.
Sylvestre threatens to send Elsa away to the sanitorium to dry out. She tells him he's right to doubt her, but that she even confessed to her momma, just a bit ago, in fact. So he gripes at her for frightening her sick mother by confessing all the godawful truth. (I thought that was what he just told Elsa a few hours ago that she had to do to get on his good side and to prove to him she was ready for help so he wouldn't commit her. Damn, man, make up your mind already!)
Sylvestre has laid such a guilt trip on Elsa that when he runs out to see about Candy's health, she tries to slit her wrists. Fortunately she doesn't commit that sin, too. (Good one, Sylvestre --not!)
Dolores sees Demian entering the jail lobby and runs over and jumps him. Demian gets to smirk at her, "Get off me you crazy woman!" She starts beating him in front of the whole family and screams at him that he's a petty coward and willing to let his son take the blame for all his misdeeds. "You're crazy! I am not taking the blame for what your son did!"
Syl finds Candy with Karen. She's fine so Karen leaves after telling her that she cannot take the blame for whatever bad things Elsa does. Look at her and her mother and grandma, she says. Sylvestre and Candy agree that with the Virgencita's help they will save Elsa.
Leo at his new office in the boonies lights a candle, and is praying for patients (uh-gain). Nobody is bringing their children in for their free vaccinations. Leo is griping to himself that he has got to find a way to get them to come in when that same mysterious young woman appears at his office door. She tells him she came to apologize for her earlier behavior. They discuss her father's strictness. She thanks him for listening. He gives her an old armband with a picture of the Virgencita on it that was a gift from his mother on his 14th birthday. It is to protect her. She smiles and leaves. He cannot stop making puppy-dog eyes at her.
Pau, Karen and JC all confess they feel very close to Dolores. Karen says she thinks of her more as a mother than her own.
Demian visits Ti at his jail cell. Ti tells him he is doing this as the only way to show him how much he loves Demian, despite the fact he knows he's never loved him because he wasn't Regina's. JC was always his favorite. Demian says he never expected this from Tiberio and always felt Ti did what he did was not out of love or loyalty, but for convenience sake. Demian cannot tell Ti in the end that he loves him. He fights for words to tell Tiberio that at least he will feel some ".....gratitude". The reason is that he cannot love. He has only loved once and it was Regina.
Before Demian leaves he pats Ti on the cheek. "Good boy. --Now, do not to say anything to the police." Ti smiles and tells him despite his daddy never having appreciated him, he will stay quiet and sacrifice to demontrate his love. Ti then smiles through the bars like an expectant puppy.
Dolores remembers she hadn't had a chance to check with the nun about Paulina's birthmother. She hands Pau the name and adress on a card.
Demian aparently turns his back on Ti and walks out. Gabe confronts Demian on his way back. He demands that Demian come clean and stop letting his own flesh and blood rot in jail when everyone knows he's to blame. Every bit of proof pointed to his guilt and not Tiberio's. Demian tells his twin pretty much to go fly a kite. Gabe promises to stand up for Ti with the authorities and Demian warns him not to dare try it or he'll be sorry he did.
Next one in to see Ti is JC. Ti still is taking the fall but JC says there's no reason to since he knows that Demian is lying, because nothing happened at that company that Demian didn't first know about or authorize. He tells his half-brother that although it is painful, their dad will have to pay the consequences. He should be thinking about the suffering and fear his mother is dealing with now. Ti says he appreciates everything but this is his destiny and he has to comply with it.
Miriam and Jos see the headlines about Demian's company in the newspaper. Miriam figures this would be a good time to ally themselves with Demian again since all three of them have been left on the outs with the rest of the extended clan. The three of them have allied themselves on many other occasions and he needs them now as much as they need him.
As Demian attempts to leave the jail lobby Dolores see him and yells again that he's to blame. He tells her that no, it is all her fault. She was the one who gave Nic the remote control device and had him initiate investigations. So, she has nobody but herself to blame. He smirks evilly again and triumphantly walks out the door.
Nic and Gabe come to Dolores to tell her that Ti is being transferred to prison. He sealed his fate when declaring himself guilty. Gabe promises to look for any proof of Demian's guilt. Dolores breaks down in tears and blames herself. She tells them it is all her fault. Demian was right. She had Nic start investigating. Nic tells her that it was his fault. He was the one who started the investigation, not her. Nic will try to ask for a light sentence while appealing his case.
Miriam and Jos meet with Demian to discuss their reasons for alligning themselves against Gabe and Mariangela. Those two are now much stronger with JC's backing as now he's turned his back on Demian. (JC, remember, has become a huge stockholder after inheriting from Regina.) If he doesn't want Gabe and Mariangela to tromp them he has no choice but to join forces with the two fieras. Demian begins to think things through.
Gabe and Mariangela return to the manse to check on the baby. Mariangela says she's going to be sad at leaving the mansion and little LG. She cannot explain it but she has a special tug at her heart with him just as strong as the one she has for her own little boy. Mariangela bends over and checks Luis David right then. She becomes frightened when she realizes the baby is cold as ice. They race to the hospital with him.
Demian goes back to the office and starts burning all the hard copies of files that prove he's to blame for all the dirty dealings in the construction company. "They must blame Tiberio. I have to destroy anything that shows I am to blame." He sets fire to a number of files in a trash can on top of his desk. "Poor Tiberio," he laughs. "How he loves his daddy. How he loves his daddy! Ah-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!!!" (He better hope the sprinkler system is busted. I wonder if he was smart enough to deqausse all the office's computer drives, too......) Burn, baby, burn!!
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how they'll wrap everything up in one week.
I've enjoyed this story because it is about
the fight of good and evil. I can't wait for the
evil ones to destroy themselves.
Also, just a general question. My girlfriend and I are new to novelas. We are watching La Fea Mas Bella and I watch Mundo occasionally because it comes right after LFMB. I know LFMB is different because of the comedy. But, are all novelas like Mundo, because Mundo seems really bad to me. I just can't seem to relate to any of these wacky people. I know LFMB has it's own set of wacky characters, but it just seems so different to me
thanks, Miranda
Others may tell you differently, but not all telenovelas are this dopey. What saves this butchered monstrosity are the fine actors. They have made some really imaginitive saves with some poorly conceived characters and/or scripting. Take Helena Rojo and Margarita Isabel for example.
Some novelas have been wonderful and truly well written, acted, and directed with gorgeous sets and costuming. --I've only been able to get Univision for a few years. My favorites so far are La Otra, El Manantial, Amarte es Mi Pecado, Alborada and Amor Real. I have seen ten times that number.
Sometimes you get lucky, but most times you don't. Above all, I try to remember that this is melodrama taken to a high art that I believe even Snidely Whiplash and Company would be very satisfied with. Nobody, but absolutely nobody, does it better than the Latins.
Thanks again - Miranda
P.S. beckster - when I read your comments at work, my co-workers think I'm crazy. I just can't control my laughter and I can't even control myself enough to read it to them. thanks
I liked Karen's tranformation and I'm wondering if either Jos or Mir will experience some sort of last-minute redemption as well. Sort of like that time when Darth Vader came to his senses and stuffed the Emperor down the whatchamacallit to save Luke's life during Return of the Jedi.
On the other hand, if someone wants to take the two of them to the Island of the Dolls, or run them over with a car, that's cool too.
Turn on your Closed Captioning.
Also record the show and go back to review what you couldn't understand. Those words can then be looked up in your dictionary.
People don't always realize that the novela captions are in Spanish and you can see what they're saying and eventually associate the spoken words with the written ones. It doesn't happen overnight, but it does happen. There is a 3-4 second delay but you get used to that. Now, Uni has begun to put captions even on its news shows and Despierta America, as well as with their reality/Jerry Springer type programs.
I hope that helps?
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