Caray, Caray!

To your right is Willa without her pirate costume near the Rio Grande where we walk most days. We hope your fall is this lovely too. Pirate Ethel Bonney and Pirate Poodle Willa are substituting for Schoolmarm aka Cap'n Cash for the next two Fridays.

In honor of Schoolmarm and Sylvia, err Cap'ns Cash and Sharkbait I decided to use the time and space I would have gladly given to gaze at Juan Q. and try to get down the crazy dialog, to add some vocabulary about films and tv.

Some cognates are easily recognized: el drama, el actor, la actriz, el/la productor/a, el/la director/a, el/la director/a de iluminación, la producción, el programa, el diálogo, el clímax, los subtitulos, el final. Other words are either false friends that seem familiar or some words are simply unique to Spanish:

la actuación = performance
el anfitrión/la anfitriona = the host/hostess
el/la antagónico/a = the adversary of the hero or protagonist
el anuncio = ad or advertisement
el capítulo = episode in a telenovela or chapter in a book
la critica = the critique or review
el desenlace = the outcome or dénouement of the plot or story
el elenco = the cast or the team
el ensayo = rehearsal
el escenario = the set or stage
un exitazo = blockbuster
la filmación = filming
el foro = the set
la grabación = the taping or recording
el guión = the screenplay or script
la película = the film or movie
la película extranjera = foreign film
un personaje = character in a play, film or book
el plató = the set
los premios = prizes
el/la protagonista = the main character or hero/heroine
el relato = the story
la representación = performance
el rodaje = filming
la reseña = review or critique
rodar = to film
el tema = the theme
la trama = the plot
tocar or actuar = to perform
transmitir = to broadcast

Hope this helps and makes it more fun.

Labels: Juan, Vocabulary