Saturday, May 03, 2008
Fuego en la Sangre - 05/02/08: "One for all ...and all for one”
A gun has just been pulled and Grampa Augie takes an intervening tumble down the stairs. Scruffy gruffy Juan rushes upward to catch him and keeps the old man from getting hurt. Amazingly, Juan’s big sombrero stays in place, making Juan’s move nothing less than smooooothe. (I know there has to be a trick to that!) Back in his wheelchair, Gramps, dressed like a Central American native, plays kookie to their cocky and says this is a first for him: bricklayers coming to work with weapons instead of shovels and pickaxes. (Gramps has never tried to cross a good ol-fashioned American picket line.) Maybe times have changed and they think bullets and gunpowder do better than mortar.
The Reyes boys don’t know what to make of the old coot. Eva breaks in to tell them to come back the next morning and meantime they can get what they need to start building the cottage out back. The boys are still confused. Gramps breaks in and suddenly yells, "You aren’t allowed to enter the house!" Juan scowls at the old guy thinking WTF??? Gramps is just pulling their leg, “Least-wise not unless you bring a bottle of tequila, the good stuff!” Eva diffuses the scene again and the brothers agree to return the next morning ready for work. Eva takes a deep breath and Augie says she looks a little frazzled but Eva covers and says nothing is wrong.
In the very old and very traditional colonial capital of Puebla, Puebla (puebla.htm Mexico Travel Puebla, Mexico, Cuetzalan, Center ...), Sofia is begging her mother to let her get divorced from Fernando, cuz it’s the pits being hitched to a putz like Feo. Momma Crabiella though, is all tough love and tells her tough luck. The Church doesn’t do give-backs. Sofia’s stuck with Feo, at least in this lifetime.
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Back at the brothers’ buggy bakery, Juan is sweating profusely over a hot oven and giving his pecks and biceps a hell of a workout kneading bread dough. Oscar and Franco look on and Oscar mentions the only hitch to this plan is that the only one of them who knows anything about construction is (what a nifty coinkydink) Juan. (Wow, a baker and a bricklayer! What a prize for some lucky señorita some day.) Juan says not to worry since he’ll give them whatever instruction they’ll need as they go along.
Oscar and Franco say they’re not so keen on this vengeance thing now since the housekeeper told them that Bernardo was actually in love with their kid sister. Oscar says it doesn’t make sense to avenge Libia’s death if the offender is dead too, and if he really loved Libia anyway. Juan says that’s not the point. There is more there than meets the eye and only by working for the Elizondo’s can they eventually find out what really went down that night and who iced Libia. It’s not only that they took a blood oath to do so, but that he knows there’s a crime that’s been committed that needs to be brought to light.
In Puebla the next day, Fernando has found himself a corruptible attorney. (No! Say it ain’t so!) The lawyer is a bit skittish about writing up the transfer of power of attorney to Feo since he risks losing his license to practice. Feo persuades him that he’ll be paid very well as always and besides, it’s only a couple of points to sneak into the agreement. He just needs to write them in somehow so that Gabbi doesn’t realize he will be given full, unconditional control over the hacienda and all the family bank accounts permanently.
Meanwhile, Grampa Augie is enjoying breakfast at the Hacienda San Augustin while Eva chats with him. Augie likes the fact she’s hired the three brothers to build the cottage. It’s a good reward for Juan having saved him from a deadly fall down the staircase, but he figures his insufferably nasty daughter will run them off the minute she shows up.
Back in Puebla, Nonefer-Nando wants to see the sights with his Missus. Sofia though, isn’t up for it. She’s too depressed still over her father’s untimely death. It’s too soon for her to enjoy anything. He misses him too, but life goes on. Sofia starts to give ol' Nonefer a bit of the stink-eye herself and says, half-way thinking out loud, that he and her daddy were pretty good buds until the two of them got married. She plunks herself down on the couch to mope as well as mourn. Feo figures they can spend a little time enjoying the fresh air and a few of the tourist traps.
Downstairs at the café Sarita and Jimena are eating breakfast with their momma. Jimena can’t stop flirting with the eye candy at the next table. Unfortunately for him he makes the mistake of trying to be sociable by coming over to introduce himself to them all. Big Momma shoots him down like The Red Baron himself and makes mincemeat of him in 2 seconds flat. The guy makes his way, ever so humbled, back to his table and doesn’t know what hit him. Jimena starts to whine at Gabbi about what was wrong with the young man coming over to them, but Sarita kicks her a good one in the shins under the table to keep quiet and to just let Momma be Momma for now.
Gabbi explains to her daughters that anyone not from their social strata is off bounds and when the time is right, she’ll pick the proper husband for each of them. Sarita shows her little sis how to play along and gives Gabbi her biggest and broadest “Momma knows best” smile.
Back at the buggie bakery, the two younger brothers (and I’d say younger is stretching it a bit since both Jorge and Eduardo, though well preserved—pun intended, are getting pretty long in the tooth these days to still be playing roles like this) are sampling some of Juan’s salsa and chips. Juan, for his part, is ruminating over the probability that old Elizondo’s widow had something directly to do with Libia’s death. He says he’s sure she has lots of answers for all their questions, so she’ll be the main target of their plan of vengeance. (Even a broken clock is right twice a day.)
Night falls on the old capital of the state of Puebla. And, there being none fer ‘Nando, he finds solace in another poker game where he immediately loses another pile of pesos. Drunk and ready to bunk, he stumbles along the hallway and sneaks into Sofia’s bedroom to try his luck at luhhhv. Nando crawls on top of her sleeping body and wakes her up with a soggy be-sotted kiss. Sofia wakes up to her worst nightmare and screams there’s not none for ‘Nando and there ain’t gonna be, not for him, not for any man. She’s all yesh! yesh! crawly flesh! and filled with repulsion. Nonefer whines that he’s fed up with her frigid attitude and threatens menacingly that once their house is built she’ll be living alone with him and he’ll have her then whether she likes it or not! Sofia screams at him to get out and stares daggers from the corner of her bed.
Eva, meanwhile, sits on her bed in her nightgown and stares sorrowfully at an old photo of two studs: a very young and virile Bernardo standing next to his horse. She remembers the fateful night of passion with him and we fast forward a year later as she and Gabbi are talking in a hallway. Eva gives her her baby daughter to hold. Gabbi shocks her by telling her that she will not permit Eva to raise the little girl (a bastard child, but does she know whose?) in her house. She says she’s taking the child and will provide for her. Eva is helpless to do anything about it. So Eva swears her own revenge against Gabriella for stealing her child so long ago.
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Next morning in Puebla, Gabbi and Nonefer are at the attorney’s office and she is skimming over the documents regarding control of the estate and bank accounts. She has the lawyer confirm the stipulation that ‘Nando will keep control of the properties and accounts for a brief period only and then full control returns back to her. ‘Nando offers to continue reading with her through the entire document but she declines and says she trusts him totally. The lawyer hands her a pen and the two men share a conspiratorial wink and a nod as a rattler hisses and shakes his tail in the background. Foreboding music plays to a crescendo as Gabriela signs away all her fortune to him.
Eva is still objecting when Augie yells down to them and greets them with crazy talk about building huge forts and grand walls. Oscar says to Juan this guy is a nut job, but Franco says he thinks the old guy’s a hoot. Juan says naw, the old man is not as crazy as he pretends and most likely is keeping secrets about lots of things.
Back in Puebla as Gabbi and the gang are getting ready to return to the hacienda Sofia tries again to make her mother reconsider. She begs her not to go through with the building of the cottage, but Gabbi says she’s doing it to save her marriage and one day she’ll be thanking her for it. Anyway, she’s given her word to Fernando and she cannot go back on it. Sofia complains that her mother seems to care more for Fernando than her, her own flesh and blood. Gabbi tells her to stop talking nonsense. Sofia is left alone to weep by her miserable lonesome.
At the hacienda Eva lies to the contractor that Gabbi originally hired that she has simply changed her mind and hired somebody else to do the cottage and the widow refuses to ever have her decisions questioned. Being that she’s on a trip the contractor has no choice but to accept he’s off the job and walks away disgusted. Outside in back Juan and Franco begin to take measurements while Oscar lazes on his back with his shirt unbuttoned, getting some rays. Juan finally sends him off with Franco to get some building materials and he continues working by himself.
In the hotel parking ramp Sofia’s two sisters kid around with ‘Nando and and tell him what a great guy he is and what a shame that Sofia can’t appreciate him like they do. He says, well, it’s no secret she doesn’t love him. They shake their heads in sympathy.
Back once more later in the morning at Hacienda San Augustin it’s gotten really hot. Juan decides to cool off with the bucket of water used for the mortar, so we get a fully gratuitous two minutes watching a shirtless Eduardo in tight riding breeches taking a sponge bath in the baking sun, cooling himself off, inch by inch, pecks, abdomen, biceps…… (Dunno about you, but a shirtless, sweaty guy with 3 days worth of stubble and a do-rag doesn’t do diddly for me. Naw, have EY ditch the do-rag and dig out a razor. Then we’ll talk.)
Finally Gabbi and the gang arrive back at the hacienda and Eva tells her that the construction crew is there and has started working on the cottage. Gabbi heads off to talk to them. As soon as she spies shirtless Juan she has a conniption fit. “Who raised you! What were you thinking, going around here all naked?” Juan just stares at her and asks sarcastically, “What? You’ve never seen a man without a shirt before?” (Loaded question, gAwd knows.) “Just who are you to scold me, anyway?” Eva races up just then and tells him this is the Widow Elizondo and she owns the place. Juan subconsciously squeezes the handle of his hammer at this revelation.
Just then Sofia walks up behind Gabbi to ask a question. One glance between them and it’s love at first sight. The camera blanches their images white on the screen as the two are locked in an endless, endless, endless and meaningful stare full of phenomenal pheromone excitation, and much exchanging of goofy grins. He gives her the hairy eyebrow. She smiles coyly back at him. Crabbiela turns around and scolds and sends her back to the house where they’ll talk privately afterwards, away from the view of shirtless, sexy, sweaty, stubble-faced muscle-man, Juan. He continues to make funny faces at her behind Gabbi’s back and gives her the come-on. Sofia is overcome with heart palpitations as she turns to leave, unable to resist one last look and a silent giggle over Juan’s antics.
Gabbi returns to the business at hand and asks why there are only three of them. Juan says a cottage that size doesn’t need more men to be built. Gabbi agrees to their doing the job and says she expects them to finish the job completely and to do it properly. Juan looks her straight in the eyes and assures her they’ve come to do their duty and, rife with double-meaning for those of us in Viewerville, assures her they will not leave until they’ve fulfilled their obligation.
Gramps, now in a Sherlock Holmes get-up, is watching this through his spyglass. “So starts the Holy Inquisition. The battle between the heroic construction workers and that embittered daughter of mine is going to be mighty entertaining.” He rolls over then to a toy mock up of the accident that killed Bernardo. He notes that the logistics and the “facts” don’t add up. It was impossible for Bernardo to have died the way Fernando says, particularly with Feo conveniently observing nearby. He writes in his journal, “Be careful with Fernando.”
Upstairs also, Sofia looks out her balcony window and daydreams of her odd meeting of Juan moments before, and at the same time Juan is remembering his odd meeting of Sofia. The theme song plays in the background: “True love is worth a thousand bags of gold….. True love is worth a thousand bags of gold. That is why you are my treasure…..” Sofia doesn’t know what’s come over her, why she cannot stop thinking of him, why she feels the crazy way she does. Love is flying through the air along with Cupid’s arrow. Outside Juan cannot stop thinking of her. The song continues, “I’m happy with you. You are very valuable to me. I am speaking from my heart. We’ll forget the past and what people are saying.” He smiles to himself remembering the encounter and her beautiful eyes. Again in the background we hear, “The truth is that I love you. You will love me forever.” Juan says her name aloud, “Sofia!”
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Inside Sofia serves lunch. Grampa Augie turns the conversation around to confront Feo with the facts of Bernardo’s death. He says according to the evidence he gave in his statement to the police, the facts just don’t square. Gabbi stops her father and this line of questioning before the impactado’d Fernando lets too many flies into his open mouth. Uh-oh! ‘Nando looks like he’s starting to think that maybe Augie could be on to him. Gabbi chides Augie and says poor Fernando is just as pained by Bernardo’s death as everyone. Gramps says well, Julius Caesar was like a father to Brutus too and look how he turned out: they stabbed him to death.
Table talk turns from quirky Grampa’s silly rantings to Gabbi’s displeasure with the construction man Eva hired. It’s not his work but the fact he seemed like a savage animal ready to attack her. Augie tells her not to speak ill of those workmen since the big, strong one, Juan saved his life the other day. Gabbi’s only thought after hearing that her father nearly died is that those men are not to be allowed inside the house and Augie says as much. Gabbi warns her daughters not to get near them.
Outside Oscar and Franco return with their supplies. They ask about the widow. Juan answers that she’s just like he imagined, a cold, old tyrannical bitch who probably abuses her servants. Oscar says all the better not having to feel a shred of guilt at taking out their revenge. Juan agrees and tells them a single look of her face was enough for him to realize what she’s capable of. He says he’s certain now she mistreated their sister some way and he will have no compunction about squashing her like a rat. (Nice visual here.)
Back upstairs the two younger sisters are watching the men work from their grampa’s balcony window and discussing the Reyes’ numerous physical attributes. Augie tells Sarita watch that she doesn’t turn into a cold fish like her mother. They ask Augie why he was hammering ‘Nando so hard at lunch. He just jokes about playacting like the great detective, Sherlock Holmes. They look down and watch as Fernando comes over to the men and bullies Juan about whether he even knows which end of the hammer to use. Juan defends their work so Fer then questions him to see the blueprints. Juan gets just a bit nervous at this, but Eva shows up on cue with the blueprints and makes a big deal about handing them over. Juan offers them to Nando, but we all know Nando wouldn’t know up from down on a set of blue-prints. ‘Nando gives Juan the evil eye and the two circle and sniff each other’s backsides a bit before ‘Nando finally gives up and walks away.
Gramps offers to take the girls down to meet the brothers over Sarita’s initial objections. Sofia is upstairs in the office meanwhile doing the books and cannot stop thinking about Juan.
Armando comes by the hacienda with a warning for Fernando that he’d better pay up on his gambling debts or they’ll be coming after him and it won’t be pretty. ‘Nando says to tell them there’s a horse show there at the hacienda the next day. Armando will invite them to it and he’ll have the money for them. Armando wonders where it’s coming from but Fer tells him to mind his own beeswax, then reminds him to keep a watch on Rosario’s comings and goings. It’s all fine to have admirers. They can look but they can’t touch. If he finds out that Armando’s been slacking and something gets by him, Armando will be the one to pay.
Upstairs Sofia shows her mother a number of financial irregularities in the books that seem to have occurred since Fernando took things over at the ranch. Gabbi refuses to believe this and accuses Sofia of trying to persuade her mother to give her that divorce. Sofia cannot believe she’s taking Fernando’s side over her own daughter's. She tries to tell her mother that she needs to keep some sort of administrative control, especially over the finances, since her husband has a bad gambling habit and is in debt over his eyeballs. Gabbi won’t even consider she’s had a lapse of judgment where Fernando is concerned and insists that ‘Nando is the greatest thing since sliced pan.
Down in the yard Grampa Augie’s wheelchair careens out of control and into the men. Oscar and Franco grab hold at the same time that Sarita and Jimena do. Jimena and Oscar and Sarita and Franco are immediately smitten with each other. Gramps has a gay old time with introductions then remarks to Juan and the boys that his granddaughters were Bernardo’s most valuable treasure. Borg-like the three brothers look up and over at each other simultaneously thinking the same thing and sharing knowing glances.
Gabbi notices the activity on the lawn and races down to shoo the two girls back inside the house. After the girls have gone, Gabbi threatens the men that if they dare to repeat what’s just gone on they’ll be fired on the spot. A bit later the three brothers discuss their options while Sarita and Jimena gossip together about the younger brothers’ finer physical attributes.
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That evening Franco comes to pay Rosario a visit and explains he’s been away because of the death of his sister. Rosario is touched by this confession and hugs him over the loss of his sister. Just then Armando walks in on the two of them in her dressing room and throws Franco out. Franco leaves and Rosario begs for mercy from Armando. She pleads with him not to tell Fernando about this because, as we finally are all impactado to learn, the evil Feo Nando has her child and has threatened to harm him if she does not do everything that he wants. Armando promises not to tell him about it THIS time, but there better never be a next time!
In her bedroom, Sofia brushes her hair and smiles to herself as she thinks back to Juan’s impishly grinning at her. At the same time, Juan is kneading more dough, making heart shaped cookies that magically show us video clips of her glancing over her shoulder at him. He smiles at himself and calls out her name, “Sofia."
Labels: Fuego
La Paloma
A few comments:
The acting award goes to.... the bon bon girl for best performance for realistic crying. Take note Reyes brothers, not too much and not too little.
Ickkk, ewww again.... not only has dear Bernie impregnated the young maiden, he has impregnated the household help. And he managed to do this while looking like a senior citizen with a bad dye job.
Juan near water....I wonder what will happen next? Not that I really mind.
Guffaw.... The commentators are are right. Pablo copies Jorge. As soon as Oscar slams Jimena into his face, you see Franco watching and he quickly grabs Sarita and slam her into his face. Where was the director, out back taking a smoke?
And finally, where did they find the background music? In the Nonefernando/Rosario scene the background music sounded like it was lifted from some 1950's detective movie. Sort of jazzy and loud too. Sorta like it out
of the context of the scene. Is it going to be Nonefernando's theme song?
I'll be sticking with this somewhat surreal novela. Since the plot background is outta the way, let the ROMANCE begin!
G in CA
Surreal is right. There's something else. This just feels so wierd! I can't put my finger on it. . .oh yeah! it needs a laugh track!! Freakin weird!
Maybe the writers keep EY shirtless just so we'll watch, cause it sure isn't the tale they are telling that keeps my attention.
From lower Ala
I speak better in spanish then i spell and if i could spell i would say tu sabays =you know that
I can say tons of words and put them in sentenaces but not spell very well(most likely cause of my learning disbilitys and so fourth) as you can see. You all are so much older then me and wiser. sigh no wonder i look up to u all.
I didnt know at all he said theres more then meets the eye!
I knew Eva had a baby and i bealive or thought more think it was given up in PDG didnt quite figure that out.But in this one I so was guessing one of the daughters was Eva's! Im guessing it's Jimena, because Sofie and Sarita have a strick wordrobe covering up although it could be Sofie since she shes always comferting her and well Sofie was raped so thats why shes probley covered.
Juan lighting up like a christmas tree made me smile and laugh when I first saw it online,
There isn't much lighting up in PDG when they meet, Im guessing its because the mother,middle sister Norma(Sofie) and her hubby were away. Jimena was all wanting attion and Sarita was.. i didnt see her much hideiing or showing feelings but she did snap to the boys to put there shirts on(Which was what Bitterella did in this one) cause Jimena wouldnt stop stareing.
These adult brothers act like kids,fighting,playing around, not so good hard workers,one being in charge while two think fun is great, haveing small beds(which in a way they are dangleing out of and too big for. Bet these actors prefer haveing there kids come sleep in there beds rather there kids). I cant help but laugh at that!
As im watching comparing now in 6/5 7/6 there not adding up much anymore but a few sxcenes and bits i guess since they flipped the whole plot.
Juan and Sofie clouds both giveing them frowns but when they see eachother they see the light!
Its my chihuahua Suesie's birthday today shes 4 (I think)
This was diffrent odd but great recap.
And the music, I was thinking 60's detective show set in Las Vegas.
Vale mas un buena script. . . .
Feliz cumpleaños to the doggie.
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As for leading ladies, Ingrid Martz, Barbara Mori, Karyme Losano, Daniela Castro are all great and would have been more credible in this, too.
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Welcome: G in CA. Loved those awards! In particular, the "Ickkk, ewww again.... not only has dear Bernie impregnated the young maiden, he has impregnated the household help. And he managed to do this while looking like a senior citizen with a bad dye job." LOL!
Pasofino: I'm wondering if you know the breeds of the 3 brothers' horses. Glad to see you, Karen and La Paloma have stuck around the first week. It may turn out to be just as kookie as Mundo was.
Gabbi and Fernando are going to be fun to hate, and I’m interested to see how their weird suegra/yerno relationship progresses.
Gramps is fun and my favorite character.
I think EY is a heavenly hunk of manhood, but so far I don’t find the character of Juan that interesting or appealing and I have unfortunately never found Adela Noriega’s characters appealing. From the previews, it looks like the relationship between the characters Oscar and Jimena might be a little steamy though, so that might be fun.
Forgive me for getting off topic, but.....I saw a commercial for Palabra de Mujer this week and so I’m fearing that’s the replacement for Juan Querendon instead of Las Tontas with Jaime Camil. Forgive me again if this has already been discussed, but does anyone know? I was really looking forward to more Camil! When I was in Mexico in January Guapos was on in the late afternoon/early evening and the prime time shows were Palabra de Mujer, Juan Querendon (to be replaced by Las Tontas), and Pasion (replaced by Fuego).
Peace.
Looking forward to the quaint Costumes the girls are clad in at the big fiesta.
Besides, the dialog is so, so easy after the colloquialisms of 18th century era Pasion or the super slang, modismos of Yo Amo a Juan. I enjoyed watching both Destilando and Pasion twice each night but once is enough with this Fuego en la Sangre. I think it is more light hearted fun, gee, even the death scenes have been more funny than tragic. I like Abuelo Augustín quite a lot and some internet summary of an interview with Joaquín Cordero in which he stated this will be his last acting role. I think he is great in this.
In the real world, yeah she would probably have PTSD and be afraid of most men, especially big hulking ones like Juan. But this is telenovela world and my guess is that she will find out her problem is a lot simpler--it's really Feonando, not herself or men in general.
Yeah, our brothers are apparently are multytalanted.
Now the name of their place should be Bake-n-Build-n-Bury Rey's Co.
May be for a little village like they live in it would be a very busy place.
Sherlock - abuelo is great! So far he is the only character with real fuego en la sangre in spite of his age. The actor gives his best to his role and it's really shows.
I saw yesterday the fragment of some TVShow where Pablo Montero was singing with Mariachi and I was smitten! Wow, he is such a good singer! The expressions on his face during performance were 10x of whatever he expressed so far in all 5 episodes of this TN. And he has a beautiful voice. Why he decided to switch to acting? I heard that EJ was singing something and it was horrible.
To each it's own!
Why doesn't EJ stay out of singing and PM - out of acting?
Eve from Cleveland
I haven't seen Adela act before but it feels like she's the only one serious and everybody else knows they're in a Saturday Night Live skit. The emptiness I feel I truly believe is the lalck a sound track complete with snorts, and boings, crashses, the sound of whips cracking and riotous laughter. Yeah, like someone said, Mike Nelson could do a number on this.
With this, just get ready for snickers, snorts and snark. Sorry.
"Fuego en la sangre" (executive producer) (1 episode, 2008)
- Episode #1.1 (2008) TV episode (executive producer)
"Mundo de fieras" (2006) TV series (executive producer) (unknown episodes) (producer) (unknown episodes)
"Amor no tiene precio, El" (2005) TV series (executive producer) (unknown episodes) (producer) (unknown episodes)
... aka Priceless Love (International: English title)
"Madrastra, La" (executive producer) (1 episode, 2005)
- La madrastra... Años después (2005) TV episode (executive producer) (as Salvador Mejía Alejandre)
"Esposa virgen, La" (2005) TV series (executive producer) (unknown episodes)
"Inocente de ti" (2004) TV series (executive producer) (unknown episodes)
"Mariana de la noche" (2003) TV series (executive producer) (unknown episodes)
"Entre el amor y el odio" (2002) TV series (producer) (unknown episodes)
"Abrázame muy fuerte" (2000) TV series (executive producer) (unknown episodes)
... aka Embrace Me Tightly (International: English title)
"Rosalinda" (1999) TV series (producer) (unknown episodes)
"Usurpadora, La" (producer) (2 episodes, 1998) (executive producer) (unknown episodes)
- Más allá de la usurpadora (1998) TV episode (producer) (as Salvador Mejía Alejandre)
- La usurpadora (1998) TV episode (producer) (as Salvador Mejía Alejandre)
Más allá de la usurpadora (1998) (TV) (producer) (as Salvador Mejía Alejandre)
"Esmeralda" (1997) TV series (producer) (unknown episodes)
... aka Esmeralda (International: English title)
"María Mercedes" (1992) TV series (associate producer) (unknown episodes)
"Pícara soñadora, La" (1991) TV series (associate producer)
"Simplemente María" (1989) TV series (associate producer) (unknown episodes)
Miscellaneous Crew:
2000s
1980s
"Bajo las riendas del amor" (2007) TV series (executive director) (unknown episodes
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Margaret: You are the honorary blog-psych for the duration, and probably right about the "repulsion" aspect of Sofia's character. Makes as much sense to me as anything about any of these characters' psyches. (sp?)
G in CA
I still don't know what to make of it, honestly, but I'm willing to take it one episode at a time for whatever kinds of laughs I can get.
As for Eva's missing child... I was thinking it was Rosario. Or does that seem too predictable?
And Emilee - thanks again for sharing the contrasts with Pasion de Galivanes. It's probably difficult to do that without giving spoilers, but I appreciate it!
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Original writing
Barrera de amor (2005)
La esposa virgen (2005)
La otra (2002)
Los parientes pobres (1993)
Amor en silencio (1987)
Cicatrices del alma (1986)
[edit] Adaptation
La madrastra (2005)
Amarte es mi pecado (2004)
Mariana de la noche (2003)
Entre el amor y el odio (2002)
Abrázame muy fuerte (2000)
Rosalinda (1999)
El privilegio de amar (1998)
La antorcha encendida (1997)
El vuelo del águila (1996)
Yo compro esa mujer (1990)
Atrapada (1988)
It looks like Juan is smitten with Sofie, so hopefully things will move along a little faster plotwise. Then again, maybe not? BTW,Gramps is my favorite, too!
The previews for Monday seem interesting. Rosario's balloon boobs covered the entire screen! Sheesh!
Kim P.
Sorry the real talent was in the audience..I want them to get Yuri next year as hostess,to totally turn off the audience..Did any one know who won best actor in a series, i.e Pasion', Destilando Amor, or Yo Amo Juan?
Grandpa is the one to watch. I, too, think he is not quite as scrambled as he puts on. Will be interesting.
What's with the ultra long hair of Adela? Is it supposed to look young? She'd look good with a shingled cut.
Thanks for all the recappers.
I'm just so mad!
EJ plays all his roles absolutely identical - I'm still trying to distinguish his current character from Rodrigo. He is in no comparison to Fernando Colunga!
All villand should have gone to Pasion instead! Phone wrecking Aaron against "one eye"-"one leg"-"no head" Bouffy or evil ciega cuz Lis vs. whoever Chantal was - no comparison!
I'm OK with Ana Martin ( Gaviota's mom) vs Paisana, especially when Ana Martin was getting her award the first frase was - "Colunga, me principe!" - Colunga, my prince!
But Tomassi ( Aaron's dad) won against Rulli??? What did they think?
I have double feelings for Gaviota vs Camila - I would vote for both, so not too much of disgress here.
And all general filming awards went to Desti - it's a shame! Camerwork showing agava fields and technology how to produce tequila was better then real action movie battle on ships or Ric's really exciting sword fightings or all love scenes????
And consecuently the best movie award ...
Overall it was the greatest dissapointment!
I wish we could sent our love and admiration to sra Carla Estrada and all her team and especially to Fernando Colunga!
Eve from Cleveland
Also, may be you can move my post there as well.
Eve from Cleveland
I could repeat gossip about EY,but then I'd be deleted,so I won't go there..
Emilee- I also watching PDG, and the actors are better cast - younger and more believable. Mario C. as Juan - WOW! Eduardo Yanez is a clown compared to Mario.
That said, Eduardo has his charms, and I'm looking forward to seeing him work them on Sofia.
We just have to look at this novela as our fluffy, silly summer entertainment, or we'll end up as bitter as Gabi.
Emilee- I'm also watching PDG, and the actors are better cast - younger and more believable. Mario C. as Juan - WOW! Eduardo Yanez is a clown compared to Mario.
That said, Eduardo has his charms, and I'm looking forward to seeing him work them on Sofia.
We just have to look at this novela as our fluffy, silly summer entertainment, or we'll end up as bitter as Gabi.
(turning red from embarrassment).
http://caraycaray.blogspot.com/2008/05/ot-comment-thread-for-premios-tv-novela.html
Eve from Cleveland
Thank you Jardinera. A special thank you for translating the song!
So today's episode is probably kind of celebration of the event ( may be not - I'm just speculating).
Eve from Cleveland
Ava's secret child ought to be Sophie. Busty BonBon's secret child ought to be Libia. And the other two daughters are other children papa brought home from the cabbage patch where he found them. Uh-hum! ...I don't quite like it but its less predictable than the canned show presently running.
And three "boings" in a row as each pareja conveniently falls in love at first sight.
I don't think Bombon's child is anyone we've met. I got the impression it was a small boy.
Maybe after "Juan" goes off,we'll have one with more excitement,and in more modern times..
Angelica Vale is my favorite actress way back to Sonadores days,but since Las Fea Mas Bella ended,she's been eating way too many bonbons..I hardly recognized her last night on the TVyNovela..I love her.She's cute, talented,but slow down there girl before you look like your mamacita..
Thanks!
Eve from Cleveland
I can now make sense of almost anything.:)
Did not recognize him with the bad hair. Scalp looks better on some men.
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