Tuesday, February 05, 2008
Guapos 02-05-08 "All Roads Lead to Rome"
Okay..time for another episode of “Why the Death Tax Should Never be Repealed” or should we really leave vast wealth in the hands of incredibly stupid people? We start out with Luci coming into the servant’s room and seeing her beloved Jasmines. Luci goes BSC and screams calling Mili a thief. Actually Mili is a thief, but roomie servant girl points out that they are a gift from Mili’s Novio. Well here comes Novio or Al. Since Ma (Luci) wants to call the cops and put Mili in jail. Al keeps his mouth shut. Mili says flowers are from a boyfriend, not a RatBastard like Al. Okay the RatBastard is my part. Mili throws the flowers on the floor. Luci weeps and falls on the floor trying to pick them up. Egads these were the self same flowers that were to be entered in the big, “My Husband Treats Me like Toilet Paper Stuck to his Shoe” show held by middleage wealthy women. The gloved guy, I forget his name, (I’ll just call him Gloves), watches all with a look of disdain, the family he has served for an eternity is headed toward critical mass. Is it too late for “Truck Driving School”?
Meanwhile over in Eugenio’s office of Psychology, the wife is confronting him with the trip to Roma, that is Rome to we none Latin types. Who else is going. Eugenio is like it is a business trip. The wife further grills him. “Can I go?” “Hey it is strictly business, it will be crowded”. Wife having been clued in by the ever pathetic Connie, presses on. Finally Eugenio agrees to take said wife.
Now we go back to said RED-EYED Luci, she is all dressed up and Mr. Gloves is in the room with her. Eugenio calls but she tells Gloves to tell him she has gone out. She tells Gloves she feels she is dying in that house little by little.
----Don’t ya like when we come in at the middle of a story, so we can ask questions like, Hello, why in the Hell have you stayed this twenty some years?----
Karla with all the skills of an Hunting Dog, tracks Damien (who is my hero, I mean come on what are you gonna do with these people? Might as well get it while you can), down out in the gardens. He asks her for money. ---What happened to the big check Connie was writing, for the info about Eugenio?—
Karla says she doesn’t have any dinero, Ma keeps all the money. Damien puts the pressure on.
Later we see Karla slipping Damien tres mil pesos, or about $300 dollars. He says he will return it tonite, he will also give her some high class lovin. Mili observes all this and when he leaves, she chastises Karla. Telling her she will never see the money again.
At some point Mili went to visit crazy, but kinda cute Hugo. He has given her a key for his room so she can come and visit anytime. Gloves confronts her in the hall, he finally says; you gotta a key, fine you feed him.
Now Connie takes Luci out for a big night at a restaurant, he is laying it on thick, when who do they encounter? Why it is Eugenio and Wife. Greetings all round with, you look stunning , Oh so do you. Wife says they are celebrating their trip to Roma and a second honeymoon. Connie makes this a big deal like, oh how romantic and so on.
Connie and Luci are seated at their table and something is said about their marriage, how it was an arrangement of convenience between their parents.
----At this point I’m thinking, Luci must have been pregnant by some unacceptable guy or maybe she was a young Amante and they married her off to Connie, cause Al is at least four years older than Mili, so they must have been married a while when Connie “Soy Un Perverto”, was nailing the help.---
Connie is now sucking her finger like plump Vienna Sausages and Wife of Eugenio is laying a big one on him. I guess this is to show Luci & Eugenio that their romance has no future.
Meanwhile back at the Hacienda de Dyfunctiono, Mili brings dinner to Hugo, who is not there. Al sees her go in and starts beating on the door. Finally Mili opens it and tells him that Hugo is indisposed. Al and Mili get in an argument basically about what a stellar Prick, Al is. Mili is uber close to knocking his lights out with her drawn cliched fist. Here comes Miss Princess, sister Val, she can’t believe the crap Al takes off the Naca help. Mili spits out more words of contempt and exits stage left.
Connie and Luci arrive home all romantic and intertwined. Oh what a marvelous evening, it was so wonderful. Well it is not over yet. Connie tells his little woman “Go upstairs and I will be up soon”.
As soon as she is out of sight he scoffs and makes hand gestures. The phone rings, Connie stares at the phone, “Who would call?” Geez AssHat, it isn’t like you don’t have a teen daughter, a son and a brother-in-law the Mafia is probably huntin down. Yes, in a perfect TeleNovela World, it is of course “Eugenio”. Wow I didn’t see that coming. Eugenio tells her, he loves her and this is a chance for them to be free, he will leave a ticket for her at the airport. Luci won’t give him a firm answer, cause Egads after all this is her big chance with Connie.
---Please Gawd, why couldn’t I know a bookie that was giving odds on that?---
Say it isn’t so..Alas it is so..Connie super sleuth has been listening in on the downstairs phone.
At some point Al visits Granny, he laments the story de flowers. Granny says “Nice thought Dude, but some crappy flowers for a broken heart…as if” She tells Al that while he has a good heart, if he really wants Red (the uber slut official girlfriend), he needs to back off and leave Mili alone.
Mili dressed in her Carlito outfit is in her room packing her things. Roomie friend comes in and Mili says she wants to blow that Taco Stand.
Next day….
Mili knocks at Al’s door, she is dressed as Carlito and carrying her uniform, she does some diatribe about basura or trash and so on. I don’t care enough to check. Anyway, She gives Al a slap across the face for not defending her.
---This kind of amazes me, cause while she does have issues with studly Al, a normal family would have fired her Naca Ass awhile back. While not a fan of knowing your place, she does push it. I think these people want to hire quiet girls who will bone the jovens and then disappear should they become pregnant, thus setting up the next TeleNovela---
Connie is in Red’s apartment. I have no freakin idea how this happened. Maybe he stopped by on the way to work, but he is getting dressed. Red and Connie start making out. Knock Knock…She tells him to hide in the bedroom. Why yes it is young Al. He is wanting to get busy, but Connie is lurking and watching. Red puts him off with a “I feel sick” go to the pharmacy and get me some medicine. I’m thinking she is already taking medication for “Restless HooHow Syndrome” and it doesn’t seem like it is working. Al, Wuss that he is complies. He leaves and chuckling Connie comes out and leaves.
Luci is in her bedroom, telling Val about her great dinner with Connie. Eugenio calls but Luci won’t take the call. Yep, that pretty much sums it up, Luci doesn't love Eugenio, which is fitting cause it did seem to come on pretty fast. I guess she just like that fact that a nice guy (with a wife), was treating her decently after twentysome years of abuse from the Connster. Seriously though Eugenio is a Craftsman Tool and is indeed weak.
Over at the Hacienda, Val is getting lessons from underwear models. Seriously like she is an underwear model? Bobby pervy friend of Al is lurking. So are Morgan and gardener guy. Bobby tells Val he has a friend at a radio station and she needs to listen. Like 15 seconds later, Val’s el uber secreto love is playing some lame ass song on the radio for her. Of course, the ever Vapid Val has no idea it is Bobby.
Bobby calls her about the romantic dedication and she hangs up on him.
Connie calls Eugenio and thanks him for all the wonderful therapy he gave Luci, why their evening was so great like when they were first married. Connie says he owes it all the Eugenio for her change of heart. Connie dropped all kinds of pervy hints saying they went at it until like 4:00 or 4:30 in the morning.
Hugo has left again in his Street Person getup, he is telling Ma, how happy he is now that he has met Mili. Don’t worry Ma, cause I am still BSC. Damien suddenly appears and wants to know who is at his wife’s grave? He chases Hugo, but Hugo being much younger and not spending his energy on meaningless sex with servants outruns the ol man. Seriously can you believe Damien went to his wife’s grave? Maybe he was checking to see if any dinero fell out of someone’s pockets while kneeling.
Al comes home and catches Luci packing her cheap cloth suitcase. What is up with that? I hope there is a sidepocket for Visine. Yes, she is leaving. Al understands, he doesn’t feel like he has a father. Guess what AssHat, you don’t. When Al exits, Luci throws her suitcase and tears up the ticket. Geez no wonder she drinks, I find myself drinking just watching her.
Now we go to Eugenio’s house. His wife spots a note on the bed, it basically says…I’ve gone to find happiness. Now Bobby comes in, he too has a note, “Pa has abandoned us”. I didn’t know Bobby belonged to Wife and Eugenio.
---Don’t Psych’s say that people deserve closure? This Eugenio guy is a total tool. I mean I think the wife at least deserves the chance to tell him what a slimey low life RatBastard he really is. What a spineless weasel, I hope he goes to Venice falls into the open sewer channel and drowns, now it would be cosmic justice if Bobby could nail the Vapid Val and dump her---
Connie arrives home and there is a big discussion about Val’s modeling. The phone rings and it is Eugenio, he is pressuring Luci to flee, alas his pleading falls on deaf ears. Luci blows him off with a have a nice trip. Connie is listening closely.
Mili while wandering through the garden runs into “Street Hugo”, she goes to get him some food.
Karla’s Ma gives her some sandwiches, when Mili leaves, Ma remembers she needs to give Mili some money. I think it is for the orphans. She comes back crying that she has been robbed all her money is gone. Yeah, put it all on black, Damien.
Connie is sitting on the bed, Luci comes out and thinks it is busy time. Connie says he has a headache and then tells her he knows about Eugenio. Quick Luci check the trash, maybe a little tape will fix that ticket.
Al sees “Street Hugo” and Mili in the garden and confronts them.
Stay tuned….Now I am all torn between BSC Hugo and his Worthless Father Damien, but I kinda think I could make it work with either of them.
I’m not seeing a happy outcome, if Connie becomes human because he has a Naca daughter and quits describing his exploits, and Luci fesses up about Al the Bastardo and Val falls in love with Morgan the servant…Well I might as well just watch Hallmark.
Meanwhile over in Eugenio’s office of Psychology, the wife is confronting him with the trip to Roma, that is Rome to we none Latin types. Who else is going. Eugenio is like it is a business trip. The wife further grills him. “Can I go?” “Hey it is strictly business, it will be crowded”. Wife having been clued in by the ever pathetic Connie, presses on. Finally Eugenio agrees to take said wife.
Now we go back to said RED-EYED Luci, she is all dressed up and Mr. Gloves is in the room with her. Eugenio calls but she tells Gloves to tell him she has gone out. She tells Gloves she feels she is dying in that house little by little.
----Don’t ya like when we come in at the middle of a story, so we can ask questions like, Hello, why in the Hell have you stayed this twenty some years?----
Karla with all the skills of an Hunting Dog, tracks Damien (who is my hero, I mean come on what are you gonna do with these people? Might as well get it while you can), down out in the gardens. He asks her for money. ---What happened to the big check Connie was writing, for the info about Eugenio?—
Karla says she doesn’t have any dinero, Ma keeps all the money. Damien puts the pressure on.
Later we see Karla slipping Damien tres mil pesos, or about $300 dollars. He says he will return it tonite, he will also give her some high class lovin. Mili observes all this and when he leaves, she chastises Karla. Telling her she will never see the money again.
At some point Mili went to visit crazy, but kinda cute Hugo. He has given her a key for his room so she can come and visit anytime. Gloves confronts her in the hall, he finally says; you gotta a key, fine you feed him.
Now Connie takes Luci out for a big night at a restaurant, he is laying it on thick, when who do they encounter? Why it is Eugenio and Wife. Greetings all round with, you look stunning , Oh so do you. Wife says they are celebrating their trip to Roma and a second honeymoon. Connie makes this a big deal like, oh how romantic and so on.
Connie and Luci are seated at their table and something is said about their marriage, how it was an arrangement of convenience between their parents.
----At this point I’m thinking, Luci must have been pregnant by some unacceptable guy or maybe she was a young Amante and they married her off to Connie, cause Al is at least four years older than Mili, so they must have been married a while when Connie “Soy Un Perverto”, was nailing the help.---
Connie is now sucking her finger like plump Vienna Sausages and Wife of Eugenio is laying a big one on him. I guess this is to show Luci & Eugenio that their romance has no future.
Meanwhile back at the Hacienda de Dyfunctiono, Mili brings dinner to Hugo, who is not there. Al sees her go in and starts beating on the door. Finally Mili opens it and tells him that Hugo is indisposed. Al and Mili get in an argument basically about what a stellar Prick, Al is. Mili is uber close to knocking his lights out with her drawn cliched fist. Here comes Miss Princess, sister Val, she can’t believe the crap Al takes off the Naca help. Mili spits out more words of contempt and exits stage left.
Connie and Luci arrive home all romantic and intertwined. Oh what a marvelous evening, it was so wonderful. Well it is not over yet. Connie tells his little woman “Go upstairs and I will be up soon”.
As soon as she is out of sight he scoffs and makes hand gestures. The phone rings, Connie stares at the phone, “Who would call?” Geez AssHat, it isn’t like you don’t have a teen daughter, a son and a brother-in-law the Mafia is probably huntin down. Yes, in a perfect TeleNovela World, it is of course “Eugenio”. Wow I didn’t see that coming. Eugenio tells her, he loves her and this is a chance for them to be free, he will leave a ticket for her at the airport. Luci won’t give him a firm answer, cause Egads after all this is her big chance with Connie.
---Please Gawd, why couldn’t I know a bookie that was giving odds on that?---
Say it isn’t so..Alas it is so..Connie super sleuth has been listening in on the downstairs phone.
At some point Al visits Granny, he laments the story de flowers. Granny says “Nice thought Dude, but some crappy flowers for a broken heart…as if” She tells Al that while he has a good heart, if he really wants Red (the uber slut official girlfriend), he needs to back off and leave Mili alone.
Mili dressed in her Carlito outfit is in her room packing her things. Roomie friend comes in and Mili says she wants to blow that Taco Stand.
Next day….
Mili knocks at Al’s door, she is dressed as Carlito and carrying her uniform, she does some diatribe about basura or trash and so on. I don’t care enough to check. Anyway, She gives Al a slap across the face for not defending her.
---This kind of amazes me, cause while she does have issues with studly Al, a normal family would have fired her Naca Ass awhile back. While not a fan of knowing your place, she does push it. I think these people want to hire quiet girls who will bone the jovens and then disappear should they become pregnant, thus setting up the next TeleNovela---
Connie is in Red’s apartment. I have no freakin idea how this happened. Maybe he stopped by on the way to work, but he is getting dressed. Red and Connie start making out. Knock Knock…She tells him to hide in the bedroom. Why yes it is young Al. He is wanting to get busy, but Connie is lurking and watching. Red puts him off with a “I feel sick” go to the pharmacy and get me some medicine. I’m thinking she is already taking medication for “Restless HooHow Syndrome” and it doesn’t seem like it is working. Al, Wuss that he is complies. He leaves and chuckling Connie comes out and leaves.
Luci is in her bedroom, telling Val about her great dinner with Connie. Eugenio calls but Luci won’t take the call. Yep, that pretty much sums it up, Luci doesn't love Eugenio, which is fitting cause it did seem to come on pretty fast. I guess she just like that fact that a nice guy (with a wife), was treating her decently after twentysome years of abuse from the Connster. Seriously though Eugenio is a Craftsman Tool and is indeed weak.
Over at the Hacienda, Val is getting lessons from underwear models. Seriously like she is an underwear model? Bobby pervy friend of Al is lurking. So are Morgan and gardener guy. Bobby tells Val he has a friend at a radio station and she needs to listen. Like 15 seconds later, Val’s el uber secreto love is playing some lame ass song on the radio for her. Of course, the ever Vapid Val has no idea it is Bobby.
Bobby calls her about the romantic dedication and she hangs up on him.
Connie calls Eugenio and thanks him for all the wonderful therapy he gave Luci, why their evening was so great like when they were first married. Connie says he owes it all the Eugenio for her change of heart. Connie dropped all kinds of pervy hints saying they went at it until like 4:00 or 4:30 in the morning.
Hugo has left again in his Street Person getup, he is telling Ma, how happy he is now that he has met Mili. Don’t worry Ma, cause I am still BSC. Damien suddenly appears and wants to know who is at his wife’s grave? He chases Hugo, but Hugo being much younger and not spending his energy on meaningless sex with servants outruns the ol man. Seriously can you believe Damien went to his wife’s grave? Maybe he was checking to see if any dinero fell out of someone’s pockets while kneeling.
Al comes home and catches Luci packing her cheap cloth suitcase. What is up with that? I hope there is a sidepocket for Visine. Yes, she is leaving. Al understands, he doesn’t feel like he has a father. Guess what AssHat, you don’t. When Al exits, Luci throws her suitcase and tears up the ticket. Geez no wonder she drinks, I find myself drinking just watching her.
Now we go to Eugenio’s house. His wife spots a note on the bed, it basically says…I’ve gone to find happiness. Now Bobby comes in, he too has a note, “Pa has abandoned us”. I didn’t know Bobby belonged to Wife and Eugenio.
---Don’t Psych’s say that people deserve closure? This Eugenio guy is a total tool. I mean I think the wife at least deserves the chance to tell him what a slimey low life RatBastard he really is. What a spineless weasel, I hope he goes to Venice falls into the open sewer channel and drowns, now it would be cosmic justice if Bobby could nail the Vapid Val and dump her---
Connie arrives home and there is a big discussion about Val’s modeling. The phone rings and it is Eugenio, he is pressuring Luci to flee, alas his pleading falls on deaf ears. Luci blows him off with a have a nice trip. Connie is listening closely.
Mili while wandering through the garden runs into “Street Hugo”, she goes to get him some food.
Karla’s Ma gives her some sandwiches, when Mili leaves, Ma remembers she needs to give Mili some money. I think it is for the orphans. She comes back crying that she has been robbed all her money is gone. Yeah, put it all on black, Damien.
Connie is sitting on the bed, Luci comes out and thinks it is busy time. Connie says he has a headache and then tells her he knows about Eugenio. Quick Luci check the trash, maybe a little tape will fix that ticket.
Al sees “Street Hugo” and Mili in the garden and confronts them.
Stay tuned….Now I am all torn between BSC Hugo and his Worthless Father Damien, but I kinda think I could make it work with either of them.
I’m not seeing a happy outcome, if Connie becomes human because he has a Naca daughter and quits describing his exploits, and Luci fesses up about Al the Bastardo and Val falls in love with Morgan the servant…Well I might as well just watch Hallmark.
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Muchisimas gracias. That Lucy's taking a road to nowhere -- again!
So Al and Mili are presumed to be bro and sis, but they're really not cause Connie is not Al's dad?
So Al and Mili are presumed to be bro and sis, but they're really not cause Connie is not Al's dad?
I didn't watch the first couple of weeks of this so I'm confused on a lot of things. I thought perhaps Luciana was pregnant with Alex when her parents contrived to have her marry our "unter mensch" but who knows?
And yes, there does seem to be a whole lot of slappin' going on in these telenovelas and the guys just stand there entranced. Sure doubt if it would play out like that in real life...but then if we wanted real live, we wouldn't be watching telenovelas I guess. Learning Spanish while rotting my neurons.
And yes, there does seem to be a whole lot of slappin' going on in these telenovelas and the guys just stand there entranced. Sure doubt if it would play out like that in real life...but then if we wanted real live, we wouldn't be watching telenovelas I guess. Learning Spanish while rotting my neurons.
Funny funny recap! I laughed through the whole thing. Thanks, Beckster!
I’m glad you figured out that it was the next day when Connie appeared at Andrea’s. When I was watching, it seemed like it was still the night before and I was wondering if Luci was in her nightie, waiting. It’s a puzzle why she would be interested in getting romantic with a husband who has treated her abominably all these years. I guess holding the position of wife makes one ever hopeful.
I was wondering too why Hugo would give Mili a key since he knows he sneaks off sometimes, plus she might catch him changing into or out of his street-person garb.
I didn’t get why the young ladies had to wear bikinis to practice their ramp walk, or why they had to practice outside. Oh yeah, so the men could pant and drool. I was glad they had curvy figures and weren’t those bony-type models.
So Bobby sings too? Yet another singer in this cast..
I’m glad you figured out that it was the next day when Connie appeared at Andrea’s. When I was watching, it seemed like it was still the night before and I was wondering if Luci was in her nightie, waiting. It’s a puzzle why she would be interested in getting romantic with a husband who has treated her abominably all these years. I guess holding the position of wife makes one ever hopeful.
I was wondering too why Hugo would give Mili a key since he knows he sneaks off sometimes, plus she might catch him changing into or out of his street-person garb.
I didn’t get why the young ladies had to wear bikinis to practice their ramp walk, or why they had to practice outside. Oh yeah, so the men could pant and drool. I was glad they had curvy figures and weren’t those bony-type models.
So Bobby sings too? Yet another singer in this cast..
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: Wednesday, February 6, 2008 at 11:42:00 AM EST
: Wednesday, February 6, 2008 at 11:42:00 AM EST
Beckster: As usual a great recap. I, too, was wondering why the Belmonte's put up with household help as arrogant as they are. Anyway, I never commented about this before because in Milly's case I can't figure out whether it is teen anxiety or what is just plain smart alecky on her part. She always seems to be in high gear about everything, e.g., talking a mile a minute in a high-pitched voice. Yeah, I know, she's a real cute, talented fifteen year old. And, of course, Granny likes her.
Damien is just a creep. Taking money from Connie is one thing, but taking money - or demanding money from a maid - is something else. He's first on the hit parade of scuzzballs.
Yes, Luci is a bit hard to fathom. She knows she's in the big house even if it is with someone who despises her and can't get out of her uncomfortable comfort zone. Poor thing!
Damien is just a creep. Taking money from Connie is one thing, but taking money - or demanding money from a maid - is something else. He's first on the hit parade of scuzzballs.
Yes, Luci is a bit hard to fathom. She knows she's in the big house even if it is with someone who despises her and can't get out of her uncomfortable comfort zone. Poor thing!
I don't get why Luciana stays with Constancio either, unless it's that whole "I won't give you a divorce" thing. Is that real? Cause it seems to me that if one person got a veto there would be a lot less divorce (even if it was just one person veto-ing to spite the other). The booze thing really bugs me--I'd like to think that if I were an alcoholic, my husband wouldn't keep alcohol in the house, much less offer it to me or come to bed with it on his breath. That's just mean and tacky.
Boy, that was a lot of stuff happening--a lot of it ridiculous--which is well highlighted by your hilarious recap, Beckster.
Just to mention another thing about Mili's misbehavior--anyone notice how she grabbed the coat out of Luciana's hand. Now, I'm not a fan of Luciana, but that should have gotten her fired.
Just to mention another thing about Mili's misbehavior--anyone notice how she grabbed the coat out of Luciana's hand. Now, I'm not a fan of Luciana, but that should have gotten her fired.
Luci is nothing but a high class prostitute. She and Connie agreed to a loveless marriage, her probably because she was knocked up with Odious Al and he was too much of a coward to marry the servant girl he loved (oh and also managed to knock up). Both of them knew what they were getting into and Luci uses the bottle as her escape while Connie chases skirts mostly because he can. Luci prostitutes herself by staying with Connie because if she leaves she has to fess up to her son that he is a real bastard and she knows that Connie will cut her off and leave her without one red cent. Basically in her case "its the Money and name - stupid).
I feel no pity for her at all because in addition to her other faults she obviously favors Al or Vapid Val.
I tend to feel sorry for Connie (basically because I like Cesar Evola) and feel there is hope for him when he finds out the naca maid is his true love child.
This program moves with the speed of light but I have problems with the bad editing. It goes from night to day from place to place in the blink of an eye. Considering that this novela has been extended and may run more than 250 episodes God only knows how more complicated it will get later on when they add more characters - its either than or the old amnesia mannicomo routine. Just a WAG on my part.
I feel no pity for her at all because in addition to her other faults she obviously favors Al or Vapid Val.
I tend to feel sorry for Connie (basically because I like Cesar Evola) and feel there is hope for him when he finds out the naca maid is his true love child.
This program moves with the speed of light but I have problems with the bad editing. It goes from night to day from place to place in the blink of an eye. Considering that this novela has been extended and may run more than 250 episodes God only knows how more complicated it will get later on when they add more characters - its either than or the old amnesia mannicomo routine. Just a WAG on my part.
Permalink posted by : Wednesday, February 6, 2008 at 12:40:00 PM EST
: Wednesday, February 6, 2008 at 12:40:00 PM EST
About the booze..lest we forget how JR taunted "Sue Ellen ya drunk"
I think Luci has a good chunk of the money. Connie is a prick and no doubt he would have made the dead servant miserable as he seems to make anyone who comes in contact with him.
Luci is the always suffering role. Yep she is equally annoying.
I say a pox on both their houses. However, I do like BSC Hugo and Demian seems to be making the best of a sad situation, which at least is good for something..mainly amusing me.
I think Luci has a good chunk of the money. Connie is a prick and no doubt he would have made the dead servant miserable as he seems to make anyone who comes in contact with him.
Luci is the always suffering role. Yep she is equally annoying.
I say a pox on both their houses. However, I do like BSC Hugo and Demian seems to be making the best of a sad situation, which at least is good for something..mainly amusing me.
I think Luciana gets to keep at least 1/2 the money if they divorce, probably because it sounds like it was mostly hers in the first place. Plus she has that video of Constancio cheating on her (of course Damian's going to keep multiple copies) so it looks like she has grounds. I agree that she uses alcohol to escape, but at least she was working on that...until Eugenio started hitting on her anyway. Constancio doesn't make any efforts to try to be less of a jerk. Maybe it's a staying "for the children" thing, because I really don't see any other reason.
I wouldn't think that Luciana had all the money to start--because it seems like Regina (Connie's mother) is in charge of the Belmonte business. But maybe Luc came from another wealthy family and they made an alliance of sorts.
Beckster, I agree with you about "Dallas" being a model for this show. I keep thinking about it too.
Beckster, I agree with you about "Dallas" being a model for this show. I keep thinking about it too.
Has anyone noticed that Braulio? aka Gloves, the butler, seems to be in love with Luciana as well? I'm wondering if that's going to be part of some weird plot twist or just another example of lowly servant yearning for one's "better"?
Maybe the bonds of marriage are much tighter in Mexico where so many people are Catholic? Here Connie and Luci would have been divorced decades ago and no one would care whether Alex was legitimate or not. Maybe she's trying to proect Alex's inheritance?
Permalink posted by : Wednesday, February 6, 2008 at 4:09:00 PM EST
: Wednesday, February 6, 2008 at 4:09:00 PM EST
Just started watching this show and didn't know that Lucy was an alcoholic. Maybe I was in denial.
The best female alcoholic character on the novelas I've seen thus far was the grandma in Contra Viento Y Marea, and she had fabulous makeup.
The best female alcoholic character on the novelas I've seen thus far was the grandma in Contra Viento Y Marea, and she had fabulous makeup.
Howdy =)
We are led to believe that Luci changed her mind when she realized how sad Al would be if he left (he said if she left he would too). Luci had stayed because a) she didn't want Al to know the truth (like knowing that he wasn't his dad was any worse than the way Connie treats him now) and b) she was scared that she wouldn't meet anyone else and would be all alone. She's not so much a prostitute (if she dumped Al, she would actually get half of everything, esp with his cheating) as a coward. Too worried about the "que diran?" (what will people say?) and too scared of being alone (Al might resent her for lying and she'd lose him too). The alcoholism doesn't help either, and I'm not the least bit surprised that Connie could care less if she's drunk or sober. He probably prefers her drunk 'cause then she's easier to control. Speaking of alcoholism, another great performance of one was Norma Herrera in "El Maleficio." It was great to see her falling apart after her divorce and again building herself up when she finally beat it thanks to AA and an awesome sponsor (I think it was Eric del Castillo).
I'm not sure Braulio has a thing for Luciana, but ya never know. I think (and lord knows they've done nothing to clarify their shaky timeline) Al came as part of a package deal when Connie married Luci (I think we've determined he's at least 22), but was too little to remember. Al was still single when he knocked up Rosario since grandma thought he would "do the right thing" and marry the mother of his child.
We are led to believe that Luci changed her mind when she realized how sad Al would be if he left (he said if she left he would too). Luci had stayed because a) she didn't want Al to know the truth (like knowing that he wasn't his dad was any worse than the way Connie treats him now) and b) she was scared that she wouldn't meet anyone else and would be all alone. She's not so much a prostitute (if she dumped Al, she would actually get half of everything, esp with his cheating) as a coward. Too worried about the "que diran?" (what will people say?) and too scared of being alone (Al might resent her for lying and she'd lose him too). The alcoholism doesn't help either, and I'm not the least bit surprised that Connie could care less if she's drunk or sober. He probably prefers her drunk 'cause then she's easier to control. Speaking of alcoholism, another great performance of one was Norma Herrera in "El Maleficio." It was great to see her falling apart after her divorce and again building herself up when she finally beat it thanks to AA and an awesome sponsor (I think it was Eric del Castillo).
I'm not sure Braulio has a thing for Luciana, but ya never know. I think (and lord knows they've done nothing to clarify their shaky timeline) Al came as part of a package deal when Connie married Luci (I think we've determined he's at least 22), but was too little to remember. Al was still single when he knocked up Rosario since grandma thought he would "do the right thing" and marry the mother of his child.
The problem with that age scenario is that Al would have been 4 when Connie and Luci got married (and Mili is supposed to be 18). Wouldn't he remember? It's supposed to be a secret from everyone that Al is not Connie's son.
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