Saturday, May 31, 2008
Fuego en la Sangre, 05/30/08: Lovers Lost or The Vipers Show Their Fangs
[For those of you in Viewerville who are still glued to the screen every night, I salute you. The popularity this show seems to enjoy south of the border makes me think of that movie title, “Lost in Translation” as in, “There must be something __ __ ___” because try as I might I cannot for the life of me understand what the attraction is other than EY’s pecks and Ninel’s bon bons. –Ed.]
Juan and Sofia make PG-13 rated love in the hay.
Oscar meanwhile has entered Jimena’s room through the balcony doors using a lock pick and they are locking lips. When the two finally come up for air he gets testy and says he shouldn’t have come since she pretty much lied to him saying she was locked in but then manages to go to town with Small Tweedle (Octavio). She explains that her mother has grounded her except for going out with Small Tweedle, but he doesn’t believe this. She teases him then of being jealous of Octavio but Mr. Macho denies it.
Jimena swears then that Oscar is the only man she loves and they kiss again. Oscar proposes marriage to her. She accepts and wants to get married the next morning. Oscar starts to back off a bit asking what’s the hurry, besides there are a number of things they have to get done first. (Yeah, like peeling Mama off the ceiling.) They kiss some more. (I’m thinking it’s gonna be mighty darn crowded in El Castillito Reyes with Sofia AND Jimena sharing that 3 cot cuartucho along with Franco and the guys.) Oscar decides to take advantage of their being alone but Jimena refuses cuz she knows where it will lead. He agrees to leave but says Jimena should keep the balcony windows pushed shut and unlocked so he can visit again. Oscar leaves as Jimena swoons about getting married.
Over at the Bad Love Bar Rosario and her killer bon bons are performing and shaking up a storm through the fireworks displays. (I get the willies just thinking about the lack of fire codes every time I see those sparks shoot up into the air.) She gives jealous Franco the evil eye and he gets the message and leaves.
We zoom over to the Hacienda de los Uribe where Tall and Small Tweedle (Benito and Octavio) and ST’s lover are excitedly planning their new club. They figure to hire singers and have cockfights and betting, free fights and mud wrestling, and a “potro salvaje” (wild something or other - but either way it all sounds a bit too wild for a sleepy town like this). The three agree to be business partners and the boyfriend says he’ll find the right property for them.
Alone in his bedroom that night, Feo Nando thinks back about ambushing Sofia, shooting Juan, and giving her his signature thwack in the back of the skull then leaving the two of them for dead earlier that evening. He figures they got what was coming to them, and says to himself that anyone who does him wrong gets payback, and it’s too bad but Juan and Sofia are probably dead, but then, she was asking for it.
Back in the hay barn in the wild, Juan has apparently found that needle again and he quickly tells Sofia that he hopes she doesn’t think he was only after a meaningless hay roll. She understands and says she wants him to stay with her. She smiles blissfully as she hugs him.
At the parish Padre Tadeo is worried about why Sofia never showed and figures the storm kept her away.
Late that night sometime Juan’s horse, Capricho, arrives back at the bakery without Juan. Its whinnies and neighs wake up Oscar. He and Franco run outside to find it’s still saddled, covered in mud and that the reins are broken. Oscar is sure this means something bad has happened to Juan. (So what was your first clue, dude?)
The next morning a rooster crows at the break of dawn and Juan wakes up first. Sofia wakes up then and the two smile goo goo eyes at each other. They exchange sugary sweet compliments and then Juan spies a heart on a broken chain in the hay. Sofia kisses it and tells him to keep it. Juan says it will symbolize that their hearts are now one. They kiss again as sickly sweet violins play endlessly in the background.
Back in town Oscar and Franco put together a search party to look for their brother. Quintina plans to go to the hacienda to tell Gabriela that the Reyes’ won’t be coming to work that day.
Back in the barn Juan says he’s going to look for food for their breakfast and to try to determine where they are and how they can get back to town.
At the same time Pablito comes to tell Padre Tadeo that the mother superior from the convent sent him to let Tadeo know that Sofia never arrived back to sleep there the night before.
Juan has found some medicinal herbs for pain and fever. He’s also caught a rather tame wild rabbit for stew and a little fruit for breakfast. Sofia makes him let the bunny rabbit go. (Of course, the “wild” bunny doesn’t quite understand he’s an actor with a role to play and so he just sits and decides to stick around for the fun.) Juan tells Sofia he couldn’t get his bearings and he has no idea how far from town they might be. He thinks the only way they can get back is to cross the river.
Meanwhile Padre Tadeo visits the convent and tells the mother superior that if Sofia didn’t get back the night before it was because something very bad happened to her. He mentions that Sofia never made it to the church for their meeting either. They wonder if she had an accident that had something to do with the torrential rains.
Back in the barn Sofia worries about Juan’s wound. He says he survived much worse while keeping him and his brothers alive when they were kids. She says some day he’ll have to tell her all about it. Juan winces from the pain of his bullet wound. Sofia gets worried when she sees that Juan’s wound seems to be seriously infected. She tells him they have to leave immediately to get a doctor to look at it. Juan, (he is such an aggravating country bumpkin) ignores this and just kisses her on the forehead, then smiles like the goofy doofus he seems to be.
Quintina goes to the Hacienda San Augustin and tells Fernando that the Reyes brothers will not be coming to work that day. Some problem came up. Feo plays dumb and asks what kind of predicament are they in. She explains that Juan is suddenly missing. He plays dumb again and says hopefully he’ll turn up soon.
After Quintina leaves, Crabi comes down to ask who she was and what she wanted. Fer tells Gabi the three workmen aren’t coming to work that day and she threatens to run them off for their lackadaisical attitude. Just then Father Tadeo arrives to tell Gabi that Sofia has gone missing, but she seems totally disaffected by the news. Feo offers to put together a search party for her but she refuses and says Sofia is probably not missing at all. It’s probably no different than the last time when she went off and returned a bit later after “getting some air.” She adds that it is probably Sofia’s way of trying to make her worry to death about her. Tadeo can’t believe Gabi is so disinterested about her daughter missing and that she might really be in danger. Gabi says well, if she is then she was asking for it and it would be God’s punishment.
Sofia starts to panic because Juan’s wound is oozing pus and seems to get worse every time she looks at it. Juan is nauseous and cannot stand up. She keeps saying they’ve got to get out of there and find him a doctor. (By now I’m tired of screaming at the TV that they’re both lost in the middle of nowhere and he’s too sick so try for plan B already.)
Tadeo says to himself he can scarcely believe what he’s hearing. (That’s what I love about Diana Bracho. When she plays a cold-hearted, sadistic witch, she is so darn good at it you forget the stupid storyline she’s got to work with.) Gabi seemingly oblivious to it all says that she hopes Sofia might have learned her lesson. Tadeo lights into Gabi and tells her that God’s lessons are not just for those who receive them but for those who teach them as well and he hopes Gabi is learning right along with her. Tadeo leaves and Fernando smiles demonically. He turns to Gabi who stares absently at the doorway apparently delusional and full of visions of grandeur or some such.
Oscar and Franco continue to search desperately for Juan. Very late in the day they find a bit of Sofia’s ripped blouse on some of the branches nearby the river and he figures that the two were together. They determine that they have to get ropes to climb down the dangerous cliff side to the river flats below.
On his way out of the hacienda Tadeo runs into Eva and tells her what’s happened and wonders at Gabriela’s strange disinterest. Eva is tied in knots from worry. He says it’s unbelievable how Eva cares more about Sofia than her own mother does.
Back inside Feo feigns a need to go on a search for Sofia but Gabi refuses again to allow it. She says Sofia is only hiding out somewhere to persuade her to let her come back home, but unless Sofia agrees to obey and to act as a wife should to Fernando, then she can stay away till the cows come home for all she cares. Fernando asks Gabi what then if Sofia is really missing and maybe had a fatal accident. Gabi perfunctorily crosses herself and says well, then she was asking for it and that’s what she gets for being such a disobedient daughter. (Do mama vipers eat their own?) Even Feo Nando is shocked to hear this kind of cold-blooded, callous indifference in her reply and he swallows so hard he nearly chokes on his drink. (Word up, big boy. Word u-u-u-p!)
In the barn Juan takes his knife and says he needs to dig the bullet out but Sofia determines to take the bullet out herself since Juan cannot see it well enough to do it himself. She digs out the bullet and we get a view that is realistic enough to turn your stomach, thank you very much. He nearly passes out from the pain. She remembers then about the medicinal plants he brought her and goes out to find him more.
Eva, Sarita and Jimena are in Jimena’s room wondering where Sofia could be. Jimena suggests that Oscar and his brothers could help them but Eva says they didn’t show up for work today. Sarita asks why not. Just as it begins to ominously thunder and threaten rain again Eva says she has no idea. (Ordinarily I’d say somebody could have said duh, because they can’t do construction work in the rain, but okay, we all know that there’s a different reason today.) Then Fatima comes in to tell the others that Gabi says they have to leave so she can lock Jimena up again. Eva asks where the bricklayers are and Fatima tells them that a woman came by earlier to say they had a problem at home and wouldn’t be coming. Eva wonders to herself if possibly Sofia and Juan are together.
In the office of the Bad Love Bar Armando laughs with Feo about the town being in such an uproar over Juan Reyes’ disappearance and the search the town has organized. Feo shrugs and says yep, they’ll find him but he’ll be dead. Armando asks him if he doesn’t feel a twinge over the death of his wife. Feo says truth be told he doesn’t. Like her mother says, she deserved it. Anyway, he was fed up with her snubs and her impulsive behavior. Oh he’ll moan and groan and cry his eyes out like the saddest of widowers when her cadaver appears, but after a while he plans to convince his MIL to let him marry his next victim, Sarita. Why Sarita? He says because she’s the most submissive and obedient of the other two daughters. He and Armando have a big snicker over that.
Afterward, Armando mentions to Fernando that it seems mighty strange that Juan Reyes just happened to wander in on them just as they caught up with Sofia. He wonders how Juan found out and just what he was doing riding around through those parts at the right time. Feo mulls it over.
Sofia is tending to Juan who is now delirious with fever. He hallucinates and mumbles things about his father and mother and promising to protect his siblings. He babbles on about vengeance while Sofia cries to him that he cannot leave her alone like this, that he has to get well.
Back in the bar’s office again, Feo complains to Armando that Juan Reyes is as much a meddling busybody as his two brothers, always showing up when least expected and where they don’t belong. Well, he says, the guy’s gotten what he deserved and now all that’s left is to get rid of the other two little roosters. (I couldn’t help it, but visions of those gawdawful chicken shirts started flooding my brain at this point causing mucho guffawing between me and the hubster.) Armando answers that the two new guys are more of a threat since they intend to be their new competition in town. Feo laughs and says those two city boys will get bored real quick and go back wherever they came from. They’ll go broke he says and he’ll have fun giving them a little help in that direction. The two goons share another conspiratorial couple of yucks over it.
Speaking of Tall and Small Tweedle, we are beamed back to Hacienda de los Uribe. It’s unclear whether it’s the next day or just late in the afternoon when ST’s lover comes back to say he’s found them a great location for the new business. He tells them that while he was in town there seemed to be a great commotion over the disappearance of two people, Juan Reyes and Sofia Elizondo. Tall and Small Tweedle can’t believe it and race over to Doña Gabriela’s to comfort her in her “hour of need”.
Meanwhile, Juan’s fever subsides and he regains consciousness. (The timeline is fuzzy here. So, if it isn’t the next morning, then it is certainly the shortest delirium and recovery in history.) Juan and Sofia prepare to leave the barn and try to find their way back to town.
In Gabi’s living room Eva is begging her to see reason and says a mother should be worried to death over her daughter’s disappearance instead of judging her so harshly. Gabi, the essence of conceit, says “And you would know that kind of motherly anxiety, right? All these years and did it stop you from giving away your daughter?” Eva says she’s sorry she did it, but Gabi had convinced her she was doing it to give her daughter a better life. She screams at Gabi, “Too bad they didn’t ask you to give up YOUR daughters because they’d certainly have had better luck far away from the likes of YOU!”
Gabi gets up and starts to smack Eva for her impudence, but Eva grabs her arm and prevents her from striking her. “Don’t you ever try to hit me again, and you’d better be careful because I won’t play nice and take it anymore.” Eva grabs her umbrella like a weapon and heads out leaving Gabi to adjust her thinking cap.
Back at the abandoned barn, Sofia struggles with Juan and says he doesn’t have the strength to leave, but Juan says he’s got to get her someplace safe and they can’t let the rain gain on them again. They limp off into the woods.
Oscar and Franco are let down the cliff side with ropes while the rain starts coming down in torrents again.
Octavio and Benito are now sitting in the living room with Jimena and Sarita as Gabriela sits there looking pleased with herself and smiling like the cat who ate the canary. Incredibly she goes off to the kitchen to order them up some cake and coffee. The Uribe brothers are amazed to see a grin on Gabriela’s face. Jimena explains that Mama doesn’t believe Sofia has really gone missing. She tells them how she’s been grounded and locked away in her room except to come out for Octavio’s visits. They explain that everything started when Sofia got upset to hear her mother had put their grandfather in an old folks’ home.
At the aforementioned home, it seems Grampa Augie has gotten his bearings and has made great friends with the other residents. They tell him they’d love to be outside right now, but it’s raining. He suggests they play a game of cards, but one of the residents tells him the games have all been picked up and put away and the old folks are bored to death. So, he decides to liven the place up with a game of tag. They have fun turning the old folks’ home into a veritable zoo till the mean doctor who runs the place shows up with a major league frown on his face and surrounded by his goon attendants. “--What’s going on here?” Augie defiantly answers him, “What does it look like to you is going on?”
In the church Tadeo finds Eva praying and he says he’s heard that Juan Reyes is missing now also. “Juan AND Sofia are missing. Isn’t that a bit strange?” He wants to know if she knows anything about it. Eva looks sheepishly at him.
In the river flats Oscar and Franco continue searching through the trees and the overgrowth but cannot find any clue about where Juan might be. They both look over at the raging river which is continuing to rise by the minute.
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Thank you for your hilarious recap. PG-13 rated love scene made me laugh but it's really more like a Preschool rated scene. Did anyone see the movie The Notebook? Now there was a PG-13 love scene which actually drifted toward an R.
Looked like Juan caught some child's pet rabbit. So glad there was no bunny abuse.
After Juan's miracle recovery, in the coming episode it seems we'll see him dangling from a rope using that miracle shoulder. He is truly Mighty Joe Juan.
Gotta love this overblown novela.
Feeling muy tranquilo,
G in CA
Looked like Juan caught some child's pet rabbit. So glad there was no bunny abuse.
After Juan's miracle recovery, in the coming episode it seems we'll see him dangling from a rope using that miracle shoulder. He is truly Mighty Joe Juan.
Gotta love this overblown novela.
Feeling muy tranquilo,
G in CA
Permalink posted by 
: Saturday, May 31, 2008 at 1:02:00 PM EDT
: Saturday, May 31, 2008 at 1:02:00 PM EDT
I though about counting, but figured that it was going to end soon, and would be meaningless. She kept saying it, and soon I was asleep...bien tranquilo. Aint that Crabi a pieceawork? I think that the girls would have been better off eaten by her, rather than processed into damaged goods. But then we wouldn't have thuis story to analyze...How far did the young new lovers float to a place that a local horseman like Juan not know where they were?! My main question- why, oh why did they bother putting this story into a contemporary setting, when they only occasionally use anything as modern as a gas vehicle- no phones, radios, tv's, nothing- it's just baffling, and would be so much more believeable set in the past...
I just read the wikipedia description of Passion de lo Galivanes- pretty much the same story as we have here, from several years ago, from Columbia. Is anyone watching it concurrently with Fuego, and how do they compare?
Dorado Dave, I think Juan and Sofia floated into Neverland.
Tranquilo, tranquilo...
Tranquilo, tranquilo...
Permalink posted by : Saturday, May 31, 2008 at 1:25:00 PM EDT
: Saturday, May 31, 2008 at 1:25:00 PM EDT
I am pretty much a city girl but I wondered about the rooster. They only live near people.
I think Fernando is going to resent the Uribe boys and their new enterprise.
Why was Oscar wearing dress boots with spurs?
Gabby is truly becoming a Psycho-B*^ch.
I think Fernando is going to resent the Uribe boys and their new enterprise.
Why was Oscar wearing dress boots with spurs?
Gabby is truly becoming a Psycho-B*^ch.
Permalink posted by : Saturday, May 31, 2008 at 1:34:00 PM EDT
: Saturday, May 31, 2008 at 1:34:00 PM EDT
G in CA: That aw-shucks bunny scene was definitely PETA-worthy material.
Dorado Dave: You and the hubster are definitely on the same wavelength regarding Juan's incredible Outward Bound skills, er, lack thereof.
Anon. 1:34 pm - Good catch with the dress boots and spurs. Considering Oscar's flamboyent fly-wear, is it any wonder?
=/8 ? )
Dorado Dave: You and the hubster are definitely on the same wavelength regarding Juan's incredible Outward Bound skills, er, lack thereof.
Anon. 1:34 pm - Good catch with the dress boots and spurs. Considering Oscar's flamboyent fly-wear, is it any wonder?
=/8 ? )
I am watching Pasion de Gavilanes. It is really quite good. But it is not exactly the same story. They have made quite a few changes in Fuego de la Sangre, and those changes have not made it better. In fact, I look at it as a parody of PdG. It is totally miscast. I was watching it just to compare the two, but I have stopped watching because it is just sooooo bad.
Permalink posted by : Saturday, May 31, 2008 at 2:07:00 PM EDT
: Saturday, May 31, 2008 at 2:07:00 PM EDT
http://foro.telenovela-world.com/~diane/pasiondegavilanes/SumLAM.HTM
Aha Mystery solved. I'd heard rumors so I did a little research. FELS is not a remake of PDG but a remake of an older novela set in ...1949!
Auguas de Manses is the original and PDG is a remake of it.
The link is to a recap of episodes. You can go there and read until you get close to spoilers.
Aha Mystery solved. I'd heard rumors so I did a little research. FELS is not a remake of PDG but a remake of an older novela set in ...1949!
Auguas de Manses is the original and PDG is a remake of it.
The link is to a recap of episodes. You can go there and read until you get close to spoilers.
Permalink posted by : Saturday, May 31, 2008 at 2:24:00 PM EDT
: Saturday, May 31, 2008 at 2:24:00 PM EDT
Thanks all for the recaps. I'm only half watching the show at best, but your recaps are great.
I did manage to flip to the show last night when Sofia was trying to find the plant that Juan had gathered. I'm no plant expert, but even I could tell the plant she was holding was no fern, the first plant she compared it to.
Fuego is actually the 3rd version of this story. The first version, Las Aguas Mansas, was apparently set in the past and had more age appropriate actors. The second version, Pasión de Gavilanes, was written by the same writer as LAM, and those who have seen both say that the writer copied LAM to start, but then went in a different direction. I'm watching the rerun of PdG, and I personally find it much better than Fuego. It also has some of the problems of being set in the present when the original story was set in the past, but it does not have the over the top acting and stupidity of Fuego, and the characters are more 3 dimensional. PdG also has more age appropriate actors. Fuego's story has already been changed significantly from PdG.
I did manage to flip to the show last night when Sofia was trying to find the plant that Juan had gathered. I'm no plant expert, but even I could tell the plant she was holding was no fern, the first plant she compared it to.
Fuego is actually the 3rd version of this story. The first version, Las Aguas Mansas, was apparently set in the past and had more age appropriate actors. The second version, Pasión de Gavilanes, was written by the same writer as LAM, and those who have seen both say that the writer copied LAM to start, but then went in a different direction. I'm watching the rerun of PdG, and I personally find it much better than Fuego. It also has some of the problems of being set in the present when the original story was set in the past, but it does not have the over the top acting and stupidity of Fuego, and the characters are more 3 dimensional. PdG also has more age appropriate actors. Fuego's story has already been changed significantly from PdG.
Permalink posted by : Saturday, May 31, 2008 at 2:35:00 PM EDT
: Saturday, May 31, 2008 at 2:35:00 PM EDT
Sorry Anon 2:24, we must have been writing about Las Aguas Mansas at the same time, because I didn't see your post until I posted mine above :-)
Permalink posted by : Saturday, May 31, 2008 at 2:39:00 PM EDT
: Saturday, May 31, 2008 at 2:39:00 PM EDT
Thanks to the various anons; too bad we are stuck with this version. We do have fun with, anyway, don't we? I actually do like EY & AN together, Diana Bracho is doing a very good job at being a horrible mother, and whoever is playing Feonando is making him look like el diablo mismo...so I guess that it's not all tha bad...
P.S. Julie: Thanks for a great recap full of lots of chuckles on Thurs. I didn't get a chance to comment before now.
Ok, somehow my recording failed and I'm not sure I even have that, but I would have wanted to save it for posterity as like the goofiest set of circumstances ever.
PG-13 lovemaking, HA!! I swear I was sitting wondering the whole time - did they do it? Hmm, I wonder if they really did it, nah, they just just cuddled, right?
The only thing that even indicated the deed was completed to me was Juan saying later on, like twice, "so we are one now", and "we are bonded now", or something. OK, guess they did it.
Nevermind the fact that Sophie had just nearly drowned to death or suffered from hypothermia, and he had a bullet in shoulder!!! Not to mention whatever psych issues she had about intimacy from her rape. BUT, hey, that animal instinct can overcome all those obstacles, right, plus the straw and no doubt smelly quarters? Buhhhh.
For those of you who thought that treatment of the rabbit was PETA ok, sorry to say, actually, it was kind of traumatizing for me.
Carrying a rabbit like that, by it's ears, really messes them up. He was a little disoriented when he was finally set down. The ears are extremely sensitive, and it is painful and extremely uncomfortable for them to have their entire weight dangling from their ears, only skin and cartilage. You wouldn't like that either I don't think. A better way, short of cradling them, would be to pick them up by the scruff of their neck, like the mama would do, but even for adults that's not comfortable because of their weight. That was not good for the bunny at all, poor guy. At least he looked well fed. :{
PG-13 lovemaking, HA!! I swear I was sitting wondering the whole time - did they do it? Hmm, I wonder if they really did it, nah, they just just cuddled, right?
The only thing that even indicated the deed was completed to me was Juan saying later on, like twice, "so we are one now", and "we are bonded now", or something. OK, guess they did it.
Nevermind the fact that Sophie had just nearly drowned to death or suffered from hypothermia, and he had a bullet in shoulder!!! Not to mention whatever psych issues she had about intimacy from her rape. BUT, hey, that animal instinct can overcome all those obstacles, right, plus the straw and no doubt smelly quarters? Buhhhh.
For those of you who thought that treatment of the rabbit was PETA ok, sorry to say, actually, it was kind of traumatizing for me.
Carrying a rabbit like that, by it's ears, really messes them up. He was a little disoriented when he was finally set down. The ears are extremely sensitive, and it is painful and extremely uncomfortable for them to have their entire weight dangling from their ears, only skin and cartilage. You wouldn't like that either I don't think. A better way, short of cradling them, would be to pick them up by the scruff of their neck, like the mama would do, but even for adults that's not comfortable because of their weight. That was not good for the bunny at all, poor guy. At least he looked well fed. :{
k: I'll have to review the tape, but I thought the rabbit was being held by the scruff but just looked like he was held by the ears as I didn't think anyone on that set would have purposely mistreated the animal, let alone the trainer having allowed it to be held incorrectly. Regarding PETA I was simply referring to the fact that Sofia refused to eat him.
Thanks Jardinera for your witty recap of a halfwit episode. I am really beginning to get a kick out of the parody this must be. Otherwise I don't know how to take it. Everything is so overblown and the over aged cast for most parts has to be a joke, no?
This isn't even "sex education film" revealing, but the conversation afterwards led me to believe that they had consummated the union so to speak.
So I have decided that if I take this show seriously, I would grow to hate it, but as high camp parody it gets funnier with each episode.
The tranquilo, tranquilo refrain reminds me of Nidia in Yo Amo a Juan who is always using her yoga command, "fluye, fluye". Try it with me....
I like G in CA's take on the overblown quality and the Mighty Joe imagery. It's making me feel muy tranquila también.
The bunny looked overfed and stunned, I sure hope he wasn't in major distress. But NO, I don't want to be picked up that way. Reminded me of the LBJ moment with his hound that caused such a ruckus across the airways. If Willa is any judge, she didn't even register interest in that bunny and she does like to chase after the livelier cotton tails and very fast jack rabbits we have around us.
This isn't even "sex education film" revealing, but the conversation afterwards led me to believe that they had consummated the union so to speak.
So I have decided that if I take this show seriously, I would grow to hate it, but as high camp parody it gets funnier with each episode.
The tranquilo, tranquilo refrain reminds me of Nidia in Yo Amo a Juan who is always using her yoga command, "fluye, fluye". Try it with me....
I like G in CA's take on the overblown quality and the Mighty Joe imagery. It's making me feel muy tranquila también.
The bunny looked overfed and stunned, I sure hope he wasn't in major distress. But NO, I don't want to be picked up that way. Reminded me of the LBJ moment with his hound that caused such a ruckus across the airways. If Willa is any judge, she didn't even register interest in that bunny and she does like to chase after the livelier cotton tails and very fast jack rabbits we have around us.
I'm afraid the FELS staff has made a boo boo again. Looks like the bunny was picked up by the ears to me. Obviously, the writer, director, animal handler etc.are not doing their jobs except for the actors who are giving it their all. Still enjoying this telenovela for it's stupifying quality.
Permalink posted by : Saturday, May 31, 2008 at 6:04:00 PM EDT
: Saturday, May 31, 2008 at 6:04:00 PM EDT
Not watching this anymore, but I do enjoy the recaps. I found the comments aabout Oscar and the thong quite amusing yesterday. If anyone would like a little (watch closely, it happens fast) frontal nudity from Jorge Salinas (Oscar), check out the movie Sexo, Pudor y Lagrimas. It was made in 1999 and is a story about yuppies in Mexico City. Netflix has it.
Permalink posted by : Saturday, May 31, 2008 at 6:25:00 PM EDT
: Saturday, May 31, 2008 at 6:25:00 PM EDT
The slapstick actions of Franco and Oscar in their frenzied, hysterical search for Juan was just too funny. At one point they almost fell over as they crashed into each other .. this just before miraculously finding the clothing clues.
Permalink posted by : Saturday, May 31, 2008 at 6:32:00 PM EDT
: Saturday, May 31, 2008 at 6:32:00 PM EDT
Thanks for the recap..
I gotta add my of course WTF?
I do thank Univision for trying to give me a placebo for my missing Greys addiction. Note to Univision, Dudes thanks for the pus, but I normally look away during operating scenes, I am totally about the meanless often hate sex that happens. Dudes you seriously disappointed me.
So let me get this right. Juan got shot, felt great lost his virginity...Please people don't try to deny it..
Woke up all in love, bare handed caught a feral bunny, plus a couple of mangos and such. Like five minutes later he is raving due to an infections. WTF?
Anyway Gabi you are one nasty mother
I gotta add my of course WTF?
I do thank Univision for trying to give me a placebo for my missing Greys addiction. Note to Univision, Dudes thanks for the pus, but I normally look away during operating scenes, I am totally about the meanless often hate sex that happens. Dudes you seriously disappointed me.
So let me get this right. Juan got shot, felt great lost his virginity...Please people don't try to deny it..
Woke up all in love, bare handed caught a feral bunny, plus a couple of mangos and such. Like five minutes later he is raving due to an infections. WTF?
Anyway Gabi you are one nasty mother
Looks like k has a point. It got me wondering, so here's a couple of FYI's that I googled up re: lifting pet bunnies and bunnies' response to pain--just to put everybody's mind at ease, or not, due to the questionable way EY apparently handled it.
"'The Trivia Question!
Question: Do rabbits make noise?
Answer: Yes! While most rabbits don't, there are some rabbits that will grunt or snort, some what similar to a guinea pig. They generally do this when they are not happy. Some rabbits will snore when sleeping. Rabbits can also scream. It is a horrible sound that they only make in extreme situations such as fear and pain. It is very uncommon to hear them scream.
"'Lifting -
Bunnies should not be lifted by the ears or scruff. See the House Rabbit Society handout, "Getting off the Ground," for safe ways to lift and carry rabbits.'"
**Compiled with the assistance of Dr. Carolynn Harvey, DVM
"House Rabbit Society" is a nonprofit rescue and education group.
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"'How to Correctly Pick Up and Hold Your Rabbit
By eHow Pets Editor
1)Kneel beside your rabbit and place one hand under his chest, between his forelegs. Do not hold his legs; if you do, his legs may break if he struggles and tries to get away.
Step2)Slide your other hand gently over your rabbit's back toward his rump, then scoop your hand under his rump.
Step3)Lift your rabbit off the floor and pull him against your chest, so he is lying almost horizontally in front of you.
Step4)Cradle him against your chest, feet down. Position your arm under his head and against his chest, so that his forelegs hang downward between your arm and your chest. Use the arm that lifted your rabbit's chest; that area of his body is lighter, and you can more easily slide your arm around him while you're still supporting his rump.'"
At least it didn't scream like they do when they're in pain or scared. Either way, the point was only that a real wild animal in the real world would have run off in nothing flat. This one stuck around.
"'The Trivia Question!
Question: Do rabbits make noise?
Answer: Yes! While most rabbits don't, there are some rabbits that will grunt or snort, some what similar to a guinea pig. They generally do this when they are not happy. Some rabbits will snore when sleeping. Rabbits can also scream. It is a horrible sound that they only make in extreme situations such as fear and pain. It is very uncommon to hear them scream.
"'Lifting -
Bunnies should not be lifted by the ears or scruff. See the House Rabbit Society handout, "Getting off the Ground," for safe ways to lift and carry rabbits.'"
**Compiled with the assistance of Dr. Carolynn Harvey, DVM
"House Rabbit Society" is a nonprofit rescue and education group.
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"'How to Correctly Pick Up and Hold Your Rabbit
By eHow Pets Editor
1)Kneel beside your rabbit and place one hand under his chest, between his forelegs. Do not hold his legs; if you do, his legs may break if he struggles and tries to get away.
Step2)Slide your other hand gently over your rabbit's back toward his rump, then scoop your hand under his rump.
Step3)Lift your rabbit off the floor and pull him against your chest, so he is lying almost horizontally in front of you.
Step4)Cradle him against your chest, feet down. Position your arm under his head and against his chest, so that his forelegs hang downward between your arm and your chest. Use the arm that lifted your rabbit's chest; that area of his body is lighter, and you can more easily slide your arm around him while you're still supporting his rump.'"
At least it didn't scream like they do when they're in pain or scared. Either way, the point was only that a real wild animal in the real world would have run off in nothing flat. This one stuck around.
Thanks for the recap, since I missed the first ten minutes or so. Darn! Missed the PG love scene!!!Didn't really need to see the bullet being removed.....Yuck!!!
The scenes where the brothers are looking for Juan were really ridiculous...what with the thunder and pouring rain and the SUN shining the whole time!!! Sheesh!
I am reaalllllly trying to stick it out with this novela but jeez it is hard to watch sometimes!! Juan and Sofia do make a nice couple though.
The scenes where the brothers are looking for Juan were really ridiculous...what with the thunder and pouring rain and the SUN shining the whole time!!! Sheesh!
I am reaalllllly trying to stick it out with this novela but jeez it is hard to watch sometimes!! Juan and Sofia do make a nice couple though.
Permalink posted by : Saturday, May 31, 2008 at 7:36:00 PM EDT
: Saturday, May 31, 2008 at 7:36:00 PM EDT
Nice recap! So, I thought I had seen it all when it came to this telenovelita, but last night confirmed this to be false. I have never seen such a display of...what would you call that? Anyway, when Juan brought back the bunny I knew that it was time to turn the TV off. Thus, I probably won't be watching this regularly, except when I recap, and of course, I'll keep reading your recaps.
When Gabi was standing above Fernando on the stairs and Father T had just walked away it sounded like someone peeing.I'm not trying to be funny.The sound was like a horse urinating . I think it was supposed to be a sound showing surprise on Fernando's part. Weird.
Permalink posted by : Saturday, May 31, 2008 at 9:15:00 PM EDT
: Saturday, May 31, 2008 at 9:15:00 PM EDT
I agree he held the rabbit incorrectly, but storywise, he had to, because it was a wild rabbit he was going to cook!
I actually like this novela - it's sort of like a comic book. And it's gotten much more exciting recently, so I don't really mind the silly stuff (I really thought it was funny when Juan left to find food and came back about 5 minutes later with everything he needed. Also later, when he started a huge fire with 2 rocks! I'm surprised there wasn't a first aid kit hidden in the hay!
Anyway, even those who don't love the novela like the theme song, so I made a recording of it in my home studio. The link below should take you to it.
John
http://lestengounasorpresa.blogspot.com/
I actually like this novela - it's sort of like a comic book. And it's gotten much more exciting recently, so I don't really mind the silly stuff (I really thought it was funny when Juan left to find food and came back about 5 minutes later with everything he needed. Also later, when he started a huge fire with 2 rocks! I'm surprised there wasn't a first aid kit hidden in the hay!
Anyway, even those who don't love the novela like the theme song, so I made a recording of it in my home studio. The link below should take you to it.
John
http://lestengounasorpresa.blogspot.com/
Welcome to all the "newcomers"! Thanks for the link, Hombre de Misterio. I agree, though that because it was a rabbit for eating they would have held it that way. Normally though, it would have been dead, so I wonder if they changed shots of the animal from a fake rabbit to the live one. I'd like to think so, at least.
8 >/
I heard that pouring "tinkle" also and was hoping it was just a rainpipe somewhere..... Uni never seems to edit out the sound anomalies in these things. Guess it's part of their charm.
8 >/
I heard that pouring "tinkle" also and was hoping it was just a rainpipe somewhere..... Uni never seems to edit out the sound anomalies in these things. Guess it's part of their charm.
Did anyone notice the color of the fire? I have neer seen a flame that color red before. It looked so fake. That Gabi has no heart at all. I wonder what she will say when & if she finds out that Feonando was the one who raped Sofia and almost killed her.
Permalink posted by : Saturday, May 31, 2008 at 10:24:00 PM EDT
: Saturday, May 31, 2008 at 10:24:00 PM EDT
Rosario's them song
Mi cinturita
que parece que a todos ajita
si me pongo una falda cortita
El meneo me la sube todita
Gritan Bonita
Cuando bailo uno que otro se excita
si supieran que yo estoy tan solita
y les bailo porque soy dynamita
Si se sabe bombon asesina
Se sabe bombon piel latina
y me dicen bombon soculento
que por mi bombon cansamiento
saben que bombon que lo mueve
menea el bombon cuando quiere
me dicen bombon insaciable
que soy un bombon masticable
me dice bombon
Mi cinturita
que parece que a todos ajita
si me pongo una falda cortita
El meneo me la sube todita
Gritan Bonita
Cuando bailo uno que otro se excita
si supieran que yo estoy tan solita
y les bailo porque soy dynamita
y si ella tiene un bombon asesino
Se sabe bombon piel latino
y me dicen bombon soculento
que por mi bombon cansamiento
saben que bombon que lo mueve
menea el bombon cuando quiere
me dicen bombon insaciable
que soy un bombon masticable
me dice bombon
bombon
me dicen bombon
Mi cinturita que parece que a todos ajita
me dicen bombon
y si ella tiene un bombon asesino
Se sabe bombon piel latino
me dicen bombon
saben que bombon que lo mueve
menea el bombon cuando quiere
me dicen bombon insaciable
que soy un bombon masticable
me dice bombon
me dicen bombon
I have trouble translating it.Something about have a tiny waist and wiggling making the short skirt go up.Tasting of killer chocolate and latin skin like chocolate. "They don't know I'm lonely so I dance and I am dynamite....."Something else about being insatiable , succulent and chewy.
In other words, a really lame stripper song. Well, I tried.
Mi cinturita
que parece que a todos ajita
si me pongo una falda cortita
El meneo me la sube todita
Gritan Bonita
Cuando bailo uno que otro se excita
si supieran que yo estoy tan solita
y les bailo porque soy dynamita
Si se sabe bombon asesina
Se sabe bombon piel latina
y me dicen bombon soculento
que por mi bombon cansamiento
saben que bombon que lo mueve
menea el bombon cuando quiere
me dicen bombon insaciable
que soy un bombon masticable
me dice bombon
Mi cinturita
que parece que a todos ajita
si me pongo una falda cortita
El meneo me la sube todita
Gritan Bonita
Cuando bailo uno que otro se excita
si supieran que yo estoy tan solita
y les bailo porque soy dynamita
y si ella tiene un bombon asesino
Se sabe bombon piel latino
y me dicen bombon soculento
que por mi bombon cansamiento
saben que bombon que lo mueve
menea el bombon cuando quiere
me dicen bombon insaciable
que soy un bombon masticable
me dice bombon
bombon
me dicen bombon
Mi cinturita que parece que a todos ajita
me dicen bombon
y si ella tiene un bombon asesino
Se sabe bombon piel latino
me dicen bombon
saben que bombon que lo mueve
menea el bombon cuando quiere
me dicen bombon insaciable
que soy un bombon masticable
me dice bombon
me dicen bombon
I have trouble translating it.Something about have a tiny waist and wiggling making the short skirt go up.Tasting of killer chocolate and latin skin like chocolate. "They don't know I'm lonely so I dance and I am dynamite....."Something else about being insatiable , succulent and chewy.
In other words, a really lame stripper song. Well, I tried.
Permalink posted by : Saturday, May 31, 2008 at 10:34:00 PM EDT
: Saturday, May 31, 2008 at 10:34:00 PM EDT
One morning I turned on the TV & my husband had left it on Animal Planet the night before. Anyway it was in Britian and it was I swear to God, about rabbits, some lady was attacked by her rabbit, I swear. I dunno, but it was the biggest freakin bunny I ever saw. The rabbit hated her (it only liked her husband), I only watched it for a few minutes, but she was instructed to always wear Wellington's (boots) while around the rabbit. I guess it tried to eat her feet.
Thanks Jardinera for another of your always A+ recaps. I'm actually enjoying the free entertainment of this novela. My favorite character is Crabiella. She makes Jezebel look like Mother Teresa. I love her deceitful smiles. Her frowns hides the fact that she's actually a pretty woman. Thanks Jardinera for clearing up the bunny abuse accusation. I was so busy getting angry and passing judgment until I never figured that the bunny that was held by its ears just might not be a real bunny. Oh, and thanks to the person who submitted the words to Rodario's theme song.
Permalink posted by : Sunday, June 1, 2008 at 12:46:00 AM EDT
: Sunday, June 1, 2008 at 12:46:00 AM EDT
The bunny stayed around so we could see what a beautiful cuddly round bunny with gorgeous grey and white fur it is. A total bunny photo-op!
Permalink posted by : Sunday, June 1, 2008 at 4:31:00 AM EDT
: Sunday, June 1, 2008 at 4:31:00 AM EDT
Los Uribe Bros. have a good idea putting another fun spot in this town, really -- currently the only place to go clubbing has only one singer with only maybe 2 songs in her repertoire and the buttshakers backup group -- every night.
The hay scene definitely went on too long -- and guess what, chamomile flowers dipped in water can heal up a serious, dripping infection from a gunshot wound -- in just a few minutes! Wonder if CDC knows about this cure?
The hay scene definitely went on too long -- and guess what, chamomile flowers dipped in water can heal up a serious, dripping infection from a gunshot wound -- in just a few minutes! Wonder if CDC knows about this cure?
Permalink posted by : Sunday, June 1, 2008 at 4:32:00 AM EDT
: Sunday, June 1, 2008 at 4:32:00 AM EDT
In this novela "cuanto antes" is also repeated constantly -- much like "como asi" in Destilando Amor.
And, recently heard the talk show hostess on a Sp-Spk radio station describe Juan as a "Buey Bipolar" , crashing around yelling and then being all sweety sweety pie and then crashing around some more.
And, recently heard the talk show hostess on a Sp-Spk radio station describe Juan as a "Buey Bipolar" , crashing around yelling and then being all sweety sweety pie and then crashing around some more.
Permalink posted by : Sunday, June 1, 2008 at 4:33:00 AM EDT
: Sunday, June 1, 2008 at 4:33:00 AM EDT
Anon. 4:31/4:32 Aside from not wanting them to eat Mr/s. Bunny, I couldn't help cracking up at the way they tried to shoo it off the set during the take.
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Yay! I wondered if anybody else out there recognized whether those were supposed to be chamomile or feverfew flowers. Bottom line: chamomile would be a sedative of sorts and also was used to treat fever and chills, and it is a treatment for slow-healing wounds/abscesses, and feverfew aka "big chamomile" would be used for swelling, inflammation and pain/headaches I believe.
Here are some links I've found:
http://www.botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/c/chammo49.html
http://www.vitaminuk.com/pages/articles/feverfew.htm
http://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/chamomile-topic-overview
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Yay! I wondered if anybody else out there recognized whether those were supposed to be chamomile or feverfew flowers. Bottom line: chamomile would be a sedative of sorts and also was used to treat fever and chills, and it is a treatment for slow-healing wounds/abscesses, and feverfew aka "big chamomile" would be used for swelling, inflammation and pain/headaches I believe.
Here are some links I've found:
http://www.botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/c/chammo49.html
http://www.vitaminuk.com/pages/articles/feverfew.htm
http://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/chamomile-topic-overview
Thanks for the recap, Jardinera! :-)
Something about the previews just made me howl with laughter -- Juan and Sofía dangling from that vine over the raging cataract was just too much, LOL. I guess it's my penchant for physical comedy.
I tried to watch Pasión de Gavilanes when it aired originally, because I am a fan of Mario Cimarro; but it wasn't my cup of tea.
I don't think the cast is better in PdG -- age-appropriate is about it. There are some very good actors in Fuego. Plus PdG is serious and not as much fun as this one, which always makes me laugh several times each episode.
Something about the previews just made me howl with laughter -- Juan and Sofía dangling from that vine over the raging cataract was just too much, LOL. I guess it's my penchant for physical comedy.
I tried to watch Pasión de Gavilanes when it aired originally, because I am a fan of Mario Cimarro; but it wasn't my cup of tea.
I don't think the cast is better in PdG -- age-appropriate is about it. There are some very good actors in Fuego. Plus PdG is serious and not as much fun as this one, which always makes me laugh several times each episode.
Permalink posted by : Sunday, June 1, 2008 at 9:50:00 AM EDT
: Sunday, June 1, 2008 at 9:50:00 AM EDT
Buey Bipolar -Bipolar Ox
Well, more like Bipolar Bull thanks to Niña Sofia and the roll in the hay.
Well, more like Bipolar Bull thanks to Niña Sofia and the roll in the hay.
Permalink posted by : Sunday, June 1, 2008 at 12:45:00 PM EDT
: Sunday, June 1, 2008 at 12:45:00 PM EDT
Whatever the faults are, I think Adela is a phenomenal actress. It's incredible what she does with those eyes.
No matter what the usual denials are, I think both Eduardo and Adela had a very good time making this telenovela. I feel a tremendous chemistry here.
Other comments on this.
ANYONE KNOW when LAS TONTAS NO VAN..... begins? It's getting great reviews in Mexico.
No matter what the usual denials are, I think both Eduardo and Adela had a very good time making this telenovela. I feel a tremendous chemistry here.
Other comments on this.
ANYONE KNOW when LAS TONTAS NO VAN..... begins? It's getting great reviews in Mexico.
Permalink posted by : Sunday, June 1, 2008 at 4:00:00 PM EDT
: Sunday, June 1, 2008 at 4:00:00 PM EDT
Hey Calamity Cakes, I really enjoyed your recap after taking a couple of weeks off from FELS (just too darn busy). Honestly, I can't believe Rosario is still singing the same song! What's up with that?
Looks like the plot hasn't advanced too quickly but I like the two new guys, the brothers. I'm thinking they can join forces with the randy sisters and drive Crabi crazier.
When Sofia picked the plant I thought it looked like feverfew and I must admit I was kind of impressed that they even tried to make it look like she was picking something useful. I used to grow the stuff, it grows well where nothing else will.
Finally, the incidental music is odd, kind of modern and weirdly inappropriate, however I love it. It might be my favorite thing about this show (after Adela Noriega and Diana Bracho of course).
I think over in 7:00 p.m. land we just figured out that Juan Querendón will be replaced by Querida Enemiga, not Las Tontas as we had hoped.
Looks like the plot hasn't advanced too quickly but I like the two new guys, the brothers. I'm thinking they can join forces with the randy sisters and drive Crabi crazier.
When Sofia picked the plant I thought it looked like feverfew and I must admit I was kind of impressed that they even tried to make it look like she was picking something useful. I used to grow the stuff, it grows well where nothing else will.
Finally, the incidental music is odd, kind of modern and weirdly inappropriate, however I love it. It might be my favorite thing about this show (after Adela Noriega and Diana Bracho of course).
I think over in 7:00 p.m. land we just figured out that Juan Querendón will be replaced by Querida Enemiga, not Las Tontas as we had hoped.
Thanks, Cakes. As a farm girl, I must point out that although we call it ''a roll in the hay'', it's actually a roll in the straw. Hay is the dried grass that cattle eat. Straw is the flat, shiny , golden stuff that farmers put on the barn floor for cattle to bed down on. FYI- Making love in the straw in a barn would be pretty uncomfy. And they sure did pack a lot into that hour. Those two crazy kids...Adela is nearly drowned ...Juan has a bullet in his massive shoulder, but they still manage to get in the mood and get it on . [Although I , too, was not sure if there was just a lot of petting going on or if they did the deed.] My guess for the number of times that Adela muttered ''Tranquilo'' into Juan's fevered brow is 7. Do I win anything ? And have you noticed that Rosario does the same dance moves to the same song ...only her dangerously skimpy costumes change. [The Bonbon Song...thanks for the translation of those riveting, meaningful, romantic lyrics] I like the Feonando music...it's so Rat Pack /Vegas. Well, can't wait to see where this is going next. Interesting that Ferd has picked out his next Mrs./Victim without knowing whether or not the first Mrs. Ferd is dead or not. Where will our young lovers go now ??? Will they keep hiding out ? How do the Tweedles figure into the whole weird storyline ??
Permalink posted by : Sunday, June 1, 2008 at 9:10:00 PM EDT
: Sunday, June 1, 2008 at 9:10:00 PM EDT
Hey 4:00, I had thought Tontas was coming up soon, after Juan Q, but I recently saw an ad for something else that would be starting "muy pronto." So I don't if this other show will be replacing Juan Q, if there was a change in plans due to whatever, or what. :(
Thanks, Jardinera!
I admit I didn't pay much attention to the bunny, but I did notice the weird red color of the fire.
I admit I didn't pay much attention to the bunny, but I did notice the weird red color of the fire.
re: Tontas, who can know?? I've been reading the buzz on TNW.
On 5/28, someone saw on univision.com that "Tormenta en el paraiso" will follow Juan Q. Then on 5/30, Uni ran the promo for "Querida enemiga" during JuanQ. People concluded that QE will replace JuanQ.
At this moment (6/1/08, 20:00, GMT+8), the best guess is that QE will replace JuanQ, and something will replace Diablo whenever it ends. Will it be Tormenta or Tontas? Who can know?
On 5/28, someone saw on univision.com that "Tormenta en el paraiso" will follow Juan Q. Then on 5/30, Uni ran the promo for "Querida enemiga" during JuanQ. People concluded that QE will replace JuanQ.
At this moment (6/1/08, 20:00, GMT+8), the best guess is that QE will replace JuanQ, and something will replace Diablo whenever it ends. Will it be Tormenta or Tontas? Who can know?
Permalink posted by : Sunday, June 1, 2008 at 11:02:00 PM EDT
: Sunday, June 1, 2008 at 11:02:00 PM EDT
Querida Enemiga was advertised Friday night as the "muy pronto" and if JQ is winding down it would make sense to be the next replacement. I read the synopsis and it looks passable, but then anything looks interesting after watching a month of FELS.
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So does anybody want to bet that barn might have been the same one Sofia's daddy and Juan's sis did the deed? Wooeyy! Just the thought of that strange arrangement gives me the willies. 8 >P
As for the fire, I thought it was computer generated --how else do you explain no sparks and their miraculously not burning the place down? I just chalked the red color up to my t.v. settings.
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So does anybody want to bet that barn might have been the same one Sofia's daddy and Juan's sis did the deed? Wooeyy! Just the thought of that strange arrangement gives me the willies. 8 >P
As for the fire, I thought it was computer generated --how else do you explain no sparks and their miraculously not burning the place down? I just chalked the red color up to my t.v. settings.
I heard that telenovelas rosas are back in style in force and kind of look at this production as a neo-rosa style -- more rosa than rosa. It's really a caricature of the style, which I actually like.
I always enjoy all the regular features of melodrama in telenovelas, and this one acts like a surreal celebration of that.
It's a lot of fun, and I think they spent a big chunk of the budget (after the cast) on the music, which is great. I almost always fast-forward through musical numbers in novelas, but not in this one.
I always enjoy all the regular features of melodrama in telenovelas, and this one acts like a surreal celebration of that.
It's a lot of fun, and I think they spent a big chunk of the budget (after the cast) on the music, which is great. I almost always fast-forward through musical numbers in novelas, but not in this one.
Permalink posted by : Monday, June 2, 2008 at 12:06:00 AM EDT
: Monday, June 2, 2008 at 12:06:00 AM EDT
calamity cakes, that's a good guess. Somebody belonged to that heart bracelet.
I think it's a dangerous thing for Juan to own it, though. He may be connected to some crime committed on a woman in connection with it.
I was actually thinking Fernando might use that place to abuse other women. That would be an ugly precedent to Juan and Sofía's happy first time -- but then again, Fernando already destroyed any happiness of Sofía's first time.
I think it's a dangerous thing for Juan to own it, though. He may be connected to some crime committed on a woman in connection with it.
I was actually thinking Fernando might use that place to abuse other women. That would be an ugly precedent to Juan and Sofía's happy first time -- but then again, Fernando already destroyed any happiness of Sofía's first time.
Permalink posted by : Monday, June 2, 2008 at 12:10:00 AM EDT
: Monday, June 2, 2008 at 12:10:00 AM EDT
Jeri, can you please define "telenovelas rosas"? I'm not familiar with that term. Thank you.
Permalink posted by : Monday, June 2, 2008 at 12:47:00 AM EDT
: Monday, June 2, 2008 at 12:47:00 AM EDT
Anon 6/1:4:00 -- About chemistry between Adela N. & Eduardo Y.
-- I read on one of the Sp. Spk. catty-talk-about-celebs websites that Adela revealed once that she and Eduardo had an affair something like 10 yrs. ago.
(And by the way you guys, she's rumored to be the live-in sweetie of Fernando Colunga)
Also, Adela has given some little spoken spots to the press recently where she's mentioned working with EY on other telenovelas and that they have a good relationship.
Yup. We can tell by how well they play Juan and Sofi!
But you know, I really like the 2 villains in this program -- Fernando is so expressive. And Crabiela really lets us know that everybody else is incredibly dense and why don' they just shut up & fall in line!
-- I read on one of the Sp. Spk. catty-talk-about-celebs websites that Adela revealed once that she and Eduardo had an affair something like 10 yrs. ago.
(And by the way you guys, she's rumored to be the live-in sweetie of Fernando Colunga)
Also, Adela has given some little spoken spots to the press recently where she's mentioned working with EY on other telenovelas and that they have a good relationship.
Yup. We can tell by how well they play Juan and Sofi!
But you know, I really like the 2 villains in this program -- Fernando is so expressive. And Crabiela really lets us know that everybody else is incredibly dense and why don' they just shut up & fall in line!
Permalink posted by : Monday, June 2, 2008 at 2:02:00 AM EDT
: Monday, June 2, 2008 at 2:02:00 AM EDT
Lex, I had to remove your spoiler. Contain yourself!
I'm gonna put the words to the bonbon song up as a separate post, thanks for that!
Tranquilo - no way, at least 117 times.
Bunny - they surely don't grow them that fat and tame out in the wild rainforest we keep seeing!
Stupidity of FELS - but notice the huge number of comments! It may be a really dumb show but it's entertaining a lot of us! I don't watch it often but I chortle over its idiocies.
I want to know what a telenovela rosa is, too!
I'm gonna put the words to the bonbon song up as a separate post, thanks for that!
Tranquilo - no way, at least 117 times.
Bunny - they surely don't grow them that fat and tame out in the wild rainforest we keep seeing!
Stupidity of FELS - but notice the huge number of comments! It may be a really dumb show but it's entertaining a lot of us! I don't watch it often but I chortle over its idiocies.
I want to know what a telenovela rosa is, too!
Good point about the bracelet, Jeri. Was that a gift from Bernie to Libia ???? Or will this lead nowhere.
Permalink posted by : Monday, June 2, 2008 at 8:17:00 AM EDT
: Monday, June 2, 2008 at 8:17:00 AM EDT
Telenovela Rosa - I found this definition on the blog of a woman who wrote a book about telenovelas - http://www.telenovelasonline.info/
Telenovela Rosa vs. Telenovela Ruptura:
Taxonomies are never perfect. But, we can say that Esmeralda, written by Delia Fiallo, is the archetype of the telenovela rosa. It includes a traditional dramatic structure, a love story between two protagonists of different socioeconomic levels, a baby switch, a blind protagonist that recovers her sight before the end, manichean characters, a generic context, a scarcity of subplots, and the many twists and turns that have kept several generations glued to the TV watching its many versions and remakes.
Por Estas Calles, originally written by Ibsen Martínez (he didn't write it until the end), exemplifies the telenovela de ruptura. Por Estas Calles chronicled and editorialized the Venezuelan political situation while its main love story eventually disappeared.
In general, telenovelas are located in a continuum between these two extremes. Some are more rosa with their redundant and repeated plots and simplistic characters. Other telenovelas are more de ruptura as they include social conflicts and changes taken from reality, present complex characters that are both ambiguous and unpredictable, and tell stories that combine personal and social problems.
The argument Rosa vs. Ruptura has consumed network executive, writers, actors, entertainment reporters and the audience. Nevertheless, it's increasingly difficult to classify a telenovela using this taxonomy. And it's virtually impossible to predict a telenovela's success based on this tipology. The genre's history is populated with both telenovelas rosa and de ruptura which have been successes and failures. The truth is that we can spend our whole lives arguing this topic, but telenovelas can only be classified as GOOD or BAD ones.
Telenovela Rosa vs. Telenovela Ruptura:
Taxonomies are never perfect. But, we can say that Esmeralda, written by Delia Fiallo, is the archetype of the telenovela rosa. It includes a traditional dramatic structure, a love story between two protagonists of different socioeconomic levels, a baby switch, a blind protagonist that recovers her sight before the end, manichean characters, a generic context, a scarcity of subplots, and the many twists and turns that have kept several generations glued to the TV watching its many versions and remakes.
Por Estas Calles, originally written by Ibsen Martínez (he didn't write it until the end), exemplifies the telenovela de ruptura. Por Estas Calles chronicled and editorialized the Venezuelan political situation while its main love story eventually disappeared.
In general, telenovelas are located in a continuum between these two extremes. Some are more rosa with their redundant and repeated plots and simplistic characters. Other telenovelas are more de ruptura as they include social conflicts and changes taken from reality, present complex characters that are both ambiguous and unpredictable, and tell stories that combine personal and social problems.
The argument Rosa vs. Ruptura has consumed network executive, writers, actors, entertainment reporters and the audience. Nevertheless, it's increasingly difficult to classify a telenovela using this taxonomy. And it's virtually impossible to predict a telenovela's success based on this tipology. The genre's history is populated with both telenovelas rosa and de ruptura which have been successes and failures. The truth is that we can spend our whole lives arguing this topic, but telenovelas can only be classified as GOOD or BAD ones.
Cap'n Sylvia Sharkbait, thanks so much for that excellent reference. (I was trying to get in here several times this morning, but the site wouldn't load.)
Surely were Adela Fernando's live-in, everybody would know, from papparazzi seeing her coming and going. Her former relationship with Eduardo is pretty well established.
Another rumor is that she has a son with an ex-honcho in the Mexican government -- some say an ex-president.
I was going to mention this rumor some time ago, but am aware of Caray's general prohibition on celebrity gossip and demured.
That business about the bracelet worries me. I don't want Juan to get in trouble over owning it; so I hope they just let it drop. But I fear it will come back to haunt him.
Like Libia's necklace: that is sure to bite Fernando in the backside one day. He's been keeping it in his safe. Some killers like to retain keepsakes from their victims, and it becomes their downfall.
We are going on vacation to Arizona for a week tomorrow, and I am going to miss reading all the great comments, not to mention miss the show.
My husband has already voiced his opposition to my being glued to the TV for an hour every evening, LOL. Oh, well, I guess I'll have to go out and recreate. ;-) Just kidding. I love Tucson.
Surely were Adela Fernando's live-in, everybody would know, from papparazzi seeing her coming and going. Her former relationship with Eduardo is pretty well established.
Another rumor is that she has a son with an ex-honcho in the Mexican government -- some say an ex-president.
I was going to mention this rumor some time ago, but am aware of Caray's general prohibition on celebrity gossip and demured.
That business about the bracelet worries me. I don't want Juan to get in trouble over owning it; so I hope they just let it drop. But I fear it will come back to haunt him.
Like Libia's necklace: that is sure to bite Fernando in the backside one day. He's been keeping it in his safe. Some killers like to retain keepsakes from their victims, and it becomes their downfall.
We are going on vacation to Arizona for a week tomorrow, and I am going to miss reading all the great comments, not to mention miss the show.
My husband has already voiced his opposition to my being glued to the TV for an hour every evening, LOL. Oh, well, I guess I'll have to go out and recreate. ;-) Just kidding. I love Tucson.
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: Monday, June 2, 2008 at 10:59:00 AM EDT
P.S. I needed help with this one:
Man·i·che·an
–noun
1. Also, Man·i·chee
an adherent of the dualistic religious system of Manes, a combination of Gnostic Christianity, Buddhism, Zoroastrianism, and various other elements, with a basic doctrine of a conflict between light and dark, matter being regarded as dark and evil.
–adjective
2. of or pertaining to the Manicheans or their doctrines.
Also, Man·i·chae·an.
[Origin: 1300–50; ME Maniche (< LL Manichaeus < LGk Manichaǐos of Manes) + -an]
adj. Of or relating to Manichaeism; dualistic.
i.e., light and dark: black and white. Sound familiar? LOL
Man·i·che·an
–noun
1. Also, Man·i·chee
an adherent of the dualistic religious system of Manes, a combination of Gnostic Christianity, Buddhism, Zoroastrianism, and various other elements, with a basic doctrine of a conflict between light and dark, matter being regarded as dark and evil.
–adjective
2. of or pertaining to the Manicheans or their doctrines.
Also, Man·i·chae·an.
[Origin: 1300–50; ME Maniche (< LL Manichaeus < LGk Manichaǐos of Manes) + -an]
adj. Of or relating to Manichaeism; dualistic.
i.e., light and dark: black and white. Sound familiar? LOL
Permalink posted by : Monday, June 2, 2008 at 11:59:00 AM EDT
: Monday, June 2, 2008 at 11:59:00 AM EDT
As dumb as the telenovela rosa tradition is in many cases (FELS) and not (Pasion,) I guess it has endured because in the end it is entertaining in a non thought provoking way. Just put the brain on hold for an hour, at least for FELS. Hee, hee.
G in CA
G in CA
Permalink posted by : Monday, June 2, 2008 at 12:19:00 PM EDT
: Monday, June 2, 2008 at 12:19:00 PM EDT
For a sickening moment if wondered if that might be Gabriela's bracelet, that she left there decades ago when she must have been a much different person than she is now.
But then I thought, naaaaah, it would be tarnished by now.
And then I thought perhaps things don't tarnish in the strange world of FELS. :)
But then I thought, naaaaah, it would be tarnished by now.
And then I thought perhaps things don't tarnish in the strange world of FELS. :)
Thanks Jardinera.
I can not even force myself to watch anymore but I so enjoy the recapps and comments! I don't want to miss the great humor and wonderful spirit generated on this blog.
About the 'rosa'...I remember hearing the phrase as dialog on some telenovelas, as "en la rosa". What does that mean when its dialog? (I think I remember it being a line in Amor Real? and she was on her way to bed???)
I can not even force myself to watch anymore but I so enjoy the recapps and comments! I don't want to miss the great humor and wonderful spirit generated on this blog.
About the 'rosa'...I remember hearing the phrase as dialog on some telenovelas, as "en la rosa". What does that mean when its dialog? (I think I remember it being a line in Amor Real? and she was on her way to bed???)
There certainly is some confusing continuity going on with Feonando. Usually when the villain is obsessed with the protagonista, he bad loves her to the bitter end. When the big black SUV gained on Sofia, I was sure Feo was trying for another rape, seeing as he was disguised again. Of course I expected Juan to show up in time. But it completely caught me off guard when he bonked her and shoved her in the drink. And then was completely nonchalant about her supposed death and also completely ready to move on to Sarita. Que the hell?
Permalink posted by : Monday, June 2, 2008 at 4:52:00 PM EDT
: Monday, June 2, 2008 at 4:52:00 PM EDT
I had thought Feo was planning to kill her anyway, either before or after raping her or whatever, because she had become more trouble than she was worth. But even if that hadn't been his original plan, he probably didn't have a choice after she witnessed Juan's "murder."
Also, it'd be easier for him marry one of the other sisters if he was already a widow. I mean, if Sofi leaves him he can maybe get an annulment based on non-consummation, but Gabi would be embarrassed by that, and he's supposed to be her bestest friend.
So bumping Sofi off makes everyone happy.
Just wait till he finds out she's still alive, though. He'll have to pretend to be relieved!
Also, it'd be easier for him marry one of the other sisters if he was already a widow. I mean, if Sofi leaves him he can maybe get an annulment based on non-consummation, but Gabi would be embarrassed by that, and he's supposed to be her bestest friend.
So bumping Sofi off makes everyone happy.
Just wait till he finds out she's still alive, though. He'll have to pretend to be relieved!
That was another stellar recap, Jardinera. Oh, the sublime silliness of this episode. The highlight/lowlight had to be Juan's wound (try saying that three times very fast.) I guess I would vote for "the shortest delirium and recovery in history." I found it both baffling and ludicrous that the inflammation could build up so quickly, and then recover so quickly with only herbal remedies. Maybe they just didn't notice it sooner due to the burning love distraction. I give Sofia props for her bullet removal surgery--it turned my stomach.
Much appreciation for the lyrics and translation of the bonbon song. I've been dying to sing along, since it's on nearly every episode.
La Paloma
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Much appreciation for the lyrics and translation of the bonbon song. I've been dying to sing along, since it's on nearly every episode.
La Paloma
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: Monday, June 2, 2008 at 6:05:00 PM EDT
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