Friday, October 29, 2010

La Fea Más Bella #67-68 10/29/10 Two partying styles.

Capitulo 67.
Read Julie’s original recap which covers Cap’s 65 to 69. Then come back here to discuss it.

1. In the parking lot, Lety wants a kiss but Fernando says they can’t because Celso might see them. Veterans, remember that scene? Alicia is a stowaway in Omar’s car. She begs, and he throws her out. He alternates between calling her “mi amor” and “lichita.”

2. Fernando drops off Lety at Megatron (MT). She calls home to tell Pop she’ll be late and Fernando will bring her home. He doesn’t like that one bit. She says, “It’s because we’re novios.” He doesn’t like her joke either. After she hangs up, Lety says, “You can’t say I never told you.”

3. Fernando tells Omar that in 20 minutes, he’ll greet and be seen at IdeaStock (IS), go back to Lety and kiss her, and then this awful night will be over. Lety is bored and uncomfortable at MT.

4. Marcia goes to IS. She knows he went there to escape her, and he knows she went to spy on him. She insists that he’s there with one of the honeys, so he marches her over to the two honeys and asks them, “Which of you did Omar arrange be with me tonight?” This does not improve Marcia’s mood. He asks her if she’s finished spying or if he should ask every woman there.

5. Jorge, the accomplice, wants to know who Fern is ducking out to see. See the transcript. Jorge insists that Fern introduce him sometime so he (Jorge) can die with envy. Fern answers, “Yeah, you’d die alright.” Omar says, “You seem more worried about Lety than Marcia.” Fern completely agrees – Lety doesn’t deserve to be stuck at a place like that. Omar is stunned.

6. Erasmo fumes. Julieta says he’s acting like he did when his best friend tried to take her (Julieta) from him. She assures him, nobody is trying to take Lety from him, much less her boss.

7. Fern is really having fun in the conga line. See the transcript. He says he practically lives at Marcia’s because otherwise she obsesses. Lety says that if he’s engaged, it’s reasonable that Marcia thinks he’s in love. Fernando says that his commitment isn’t for love, but for family, business, etc. He makes her swear that she’s his, all his. She does, and he needs the Paty photo so he can kiss her.

8. Again Sanchez asks Tom why Lety isn’t proceeding with the demand, and why Conceptos’ attorney isn’t fighting it.

9. Lety wraps around Fernando like a python and catches every kiss she can, while Fernando looks very uncomfortable. Marcia is mad that he turned off his phone, so she tries to call Omar.

10. Fernando apologizes for taking Lety to such a dive. Her response is beautiful. “It’s not important to me. I understand. Besides, for me any place is marvelous if I'm with you. I will always remember this club however ugly or beautiful or average it is. For me, it's a very special night. I’ll go with you anywhere. I'll never feel uncomfortable because .. What I want is for you to be calm, that nothing bothers you, that nothing makes you nervous. What I want, is that when you are with me, you’re at peace.” After a declaration like that, I won’t say he wants to kiss her, but this time he doesn’t need the Paty photo either.


Capitulo 68.
Read Julie’s original recap which covers Cap’s 65 to 69. Then come back here to discuss it.

1. As Fernando kisses Lety, Omar Chaparro, the MC, selects them as the No. 1 in-love couple of the night. So much for a discreet place! All Fern wants to do is get out of the spotlight. He fumbles for a false name and says “Fernando Colunga.” The MC forces them to sing. Lety sings so badly that Fernando takes the mic from her and sings beautifully. Can you hear the laughter in his singing voice, especially in the first bars?

2. Tomas doesn’t want to go out with the HaHAs but Sanchez says “Te invito” (which means he’ll pay), so Tom agrees. Once they have him drunk and bring on the honeys, Sanchez say that Tom is the one doing the inviting, and by then he’s too far gone to protest. One of the honeys borrows Tom’s cell and leaves with it.

3. Fernando takes Lety home, and it sounds like he says, “I liked it. I’ve never had a night this good.” Can that be right? He completely enjoyed being with Lety tonight, except for the fear of being discovered, and having to kiss her. He drives home singing.

4. Erasmo yells at Lety for working late again. He warns that she’ll have trouble with Fernando’s fiancé if she’s out with him (for meetings) at night. Lety says she won’t have any problems with Marcia (Liar, liar, pants on fire.)

5. Lety recounts the day to her diary. Fernando being jealous about Tomas, the card and candy, and the fact that he ditched Marcia to be with her. She’s afraid of what the future holds, but she’s not willing to walk away from her dream.

6. Marcia tells Alicia that Fernando is going out with someONE, and she is robbing him from Marcia. She’s got a feeling about it. Marcia is determined to find her and deal with her. Marcia tells Ali to call IdeaStock and ask what time Fernando left so she can catch him in a lie. Marta overhears.

7. Fernando rehashes with Omar. Omar notes that he doesn’t seem as horrified by the kisses. Fernando says it’s like a boxer. After a few rounds he doesn’t feel anything anymore. Lety puts a love poem on Fernando’s desk.

8. Marta reports to Lety that Marcia knows Fernando has an amante. Lety is disturbed by the word. She insists, since Fernando isn’t married, it would be “la otra” instead.

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Jorge tells Fernando he wants to discuss commercials for a self-service store. Camil did a series of commercials for a self-service drugstore.

Fernando tells Omar Chaparro that he looks like the guy who hosts Buenas Tardes, and that he was funny on Cantando Por un Sueño. Omar was on both shows in 2006. The “Azúcar!” is the catch phrase of Cuban salsa singer Celia Cruz (1924-2003).

I just love the way Camil sings the goofy song at Megatron. As I said in the summary, I hear laughter in his singing voice. What a mood booster! If he sang like that on any of his CDs, I’d buy them and play them all day long. Unfortunately the songs on his CDs tend toward the “Baby, baby, I want you so bad, baby, baby” style. No thanks.

When Fernando avoids Marcia’s phone call, Lety says, “You have a lot of talent for lying.” she recognizes that he lies constantly, and yet on the pedestal she’s built him, he’s honest.
 

she recognizes that he lies constantly, and yet on the pedestal she’s built him, he’s honest.
good point... and so true... the image Lety has of Fernando is not quite as 'human', 'flawed' as Fernando would think... its like she has him as her 'prince charming' no matter what he does to obscure that image in her heart.
 

Lety does her share of lying too, doesn't she? She doesn't like it, but she's pretty good at it.

I am excited. Once I started recapping, I missed only two episodes. One of them was #67. Tonight I finally get to see it! Wheee!!
 

Some funny stuff at the megatron. Fernando seemed genuinely touched with Lety's little speech, telling him it doesn't matter where he takes her.

I really enjoyed their dancing together and when Fernando was in the congo line talking to Marcia, I was cracking up. Every time I see that scene I enjoy it more.
 

Thank you, pata, for the screenshot. Swear to me you're mine and mine alone. Just don't make me kiss you!!!

I forgot to mention this week. You don't have to worry about spoilers on the old recaps anymore. Kim's missing recaps were written after the LFMB finale, so they are full of spoilers. But from Julie's recaps forward, the episodes were new to everybody.
 

Fernando really waffles back and forth during this stage. He doesn’t just feel in-the-middle about her. Instead, he feels at-two-extremes, just like the way he hid behind a napkin, then he sang and danced furiously.
* He genuinely feels bad for leaving Lety at MT, but in the next moment he says that if she has left, he’s coming back to IS, and save the tall honey for him.
* He is pained when Lety suggests that he needs the embellezadores and he tells her to stop talking like that. But he drank that night for exactly that reason, and he has to look at the Paty photo in order to flatter Lety.
* He’s unmoved when she swears to him that she’s all his, but he’s deeply moved when she tells him that she just wants him to be relaxed and at peace when they’re together.
* He is touched because she’s so sweet and disgusted because she’s so goofy.
* He’s attracted at some level because she loves him so much but repulsed por fea.
 

I just love how Marcia talks about having dignity yet badgers Fern on the phone like a second rate PI. First she won't go to the event and then off she goes in hunting nag mode. Some dignity.

I almost choked laughing at Letty "singing". It takes a first rate singer which Angelica is to be able to sing so badly off key. That is not easy to do.

I also find it hilarious that Fern drags Letty into these out of the way dives so that no one will see them together and he constantly gets caught by emcees who call attention to him. Serves him right.

Enough with Paula Maria pleeze!
 

Wow, the scenes at the Megatron were fantastic. Lety's interaction with the two guys looking for some action, her conversations with Fernando, the conga line, the emcee calling them out, the singing, the dancing, it was all top notch and so incredibly enjoyable.

Paula your statement about Fer, "He is touched because she’s so sweet and disgusted because she’s so goofy", a similar thing happens to Marcia. She always seems very touched and in love when Fer is acting sweet and "normal", yet she hates it whenever he acts goofy. Both the sweet and goofy sides are strong within him. In this episode he and Lety seemed to be having the most fun when their goofy sides ran amuck. I've noticed he also very easily mimics Lety's goofy facial tics. I wonder, will he start doing that when he's with others and she's not around?

Paula and Julie, thanks so much for the recaps. These episodes were marvelous. Pata, great screenshot, so enjoyable.
 

Agreed, Sylvia--those Megatron scenes were fantastic. To see in retrospect how this relationship was so subtly developed is really a revelation. Can't risk saying more . . .
 

Agreed, Sylvia--those Megatron scenes were fantastic. To see in retrospect how this relationship was so subtly developed is really a revelation. Can't risk saying more . . .

NinaK
 

I loved the Megatron scenes, too. I always love anything with dancing but the conga line and the singing were just so freewheeling and fun.

I am also struck by how similar Fernando and Lety are. Fern is just as spastic as Lety is, but since he's more fashionably dressed and has always been in a prestigious position in life, he's judged for it less than Lety is.
 

We're all commenting on all the fun at MegaTron, but note the epic contrast to IdeaStock. Marcia is a total shrew there, totally miserable to be around. Fernando goes from there to Lety at MegaTron, and all she wants is for him to be happy. She doesn’t want him for what she can get in money or status, and she doesn’t want to shape him into something else. Fernando feels bad for poor Lety stuck at Megatron, but never for Marcia, all the nights he leaves her waiting at her apartment.

Fernando's attitude toward Megatron - contempt, yet he drives away singing the song - is parallel to his attitude toward Lety - disgust, yet he thoroughly enjoys her company.

When Marta hears Marcia and Ali in the baño, as they plot to call IdeaStock and find out when Fern left, I think Marta ponders, “That’s not mayonaise. It’s sausage and beans.” Did I hear it right? And does she mean, "They're not refined and dignified; they're totally low class"?
 

When Marcia and Alicia left the bathroom Marcia commented that the bathroom smelled, funny. Alicia sniffed and said, "like a Milanesa" which is breaded steak sandwhich kind of like schnitzel. So Marta sniffed at them "Hmmmph, it's not a Milanesa, it's sausage and beans." Knowing the writing on this show it's quite possible that it's a play on a dicho, wouldn't surprise me a bit.
 

Thanks, Sylvia. No way would I have figured that one out! See why we keep you around here?
 

Paula, I admit that when it comes to food I listen extra hard. I've run across some great dishes because of watching these shows.
 

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Jorge: Easy, easy. The fierce one (fiera) left already. We are not going to talk business.
Fer: I know that. I know.
Jorge: Omar sent me to take Marcia away from you. And that’s what I did but … tell me what is going on?
Fer; She appeared by surprise, but… I have to get out of here, someone is waiting for me.
Jorge: Ah.. old dog, hah? You never learn!... You made me fire Lorena Sarmiento. And now you come back again to my event to take it as an alibi.
Fer: No, Jorgito, no. Really what is going on is…
Jorge: What a bad friend you are… look, I will forgive you if you tell me who you are with (this time).
Fer: (smirk) No, forget it. It does not have to do with skirts (faldas, meaning women). Well, maybe but really, really long ones (Lety wears her skirts very long LOL!)
Jorge: Looking at your level of anxiety, malandrin (bad boy), it is not just nothing. Tell me, is it one of your models? (Fer smirks) Ah, I know… nuestra belleza Mexico (that is how they call the woman who is Miss Mexico who would compete for Miss Universe each year). (Fernando smirks smiles)… surely your specialty. One of the wives of our felllow business friends.
Fer: No, no, no! I no longer go out with wives. Ever since that night that I was escorted out and scared the daylights out of me, I no longer…
Jorge: I know. I will settle with a description from you. To have you the way you are, surely she is a bonbon (cutie).
Fer: Yes, bonbon but only after you have put it in a fire (melted)… Already scorched and melted…
Jorge: you won’t change. Don’t worry. Hey, take it easy, here comes the fierce one again.

Jorge: (after Marcia left to go home) one thing… someday you bring her and introduce her to me so I will again die of envy as I always do.
Fer: You will die… but you will die … for real, mano.

Omar makes an observation that he sees Fernando more worried about Lety than about Marcia. Fernando repeats that it is a canallada to take Lety to a place like that and then leave her waiting, she does not deserve it. Fer assumes Lety already left the place and wants to stay there and Omar tells him if he does not go, he can’t even picture the resentful woman he will need to deal with tomorrow and what Fer will have to do to get her back. Omar reassures Fernando that the place is SUPER discrete… LOL!! Then cheers him on out ‘good luck, matador! … you are my hero!! My rooster!!’
 

Fer: Lets not play with that… I see you… and I see you… and I see you.. divine!... Look, I will take this whisky because I am very tense with the issue of Marcia… lets toast, Lety, for you!... (Marcia calls, Lety tells him he is an expert at lying) I can’t believe you would tell me that, it scares me that you know me so well. (he takes Marcia’s call)

Fer: (still in the line dance talking with Lety) I am going to my house after this… if I don’t go to her place to sleep, it is like if I was spending the night with God knows who.
(he announces to the other dancers that two are getting off ‘bajan dos!’, he and Lety sit down). It is as if we were married, so what does she want the wedding and all that for? IF she already demands of me as if I were already her husband, it is absurd!
Let: Well yes, but well, it is normal that a woman wants to get married. With the wedding the relationship gets legallized. It makes it official. I really think that is not so important, Don Fernando. When a man gets seriously committed to a woman, it is because he is in love (with her).
Fer: Well yes, Lety, but when they are really in love. In this case, my commitment is with the family, maybe with the routine (costumbre), with the company… but lets not talk about me or Marcia, it is not pleasant… sit down. By the way, I have not asked you, Does Tomas know what is going on… between us?
Let: OF course not, Don Fernando. How can you think that? This is our secret. Only you and I know about it. Why do you ask?
Fer: No, just curiosity. Since you tell him everything, and you have said you have no secrets with him…
Let: Don Fernando, this is too important for me. Nicolas never brings up the subject.
Fer: And what would happen if he found out there is something between you and I?
Let: Don Fernando, that would be terrible. He knows you are engaged and that you are my boss… I don’t know, he would reprimend me.
Fer: Could it not be that you don’t want to tell him about it so you don’t dissappoint him?
Let: (laughs) again with that, Don Fernando?... you keep thinking I have something with Tomas?
Fer: Lety… (holds her hands) … swear to me that you are mine, Lety.
Let: I am all yours Don Fernando. I swear it. And I will always be. (puckers up)
Fer: Close your eyes, Lety.. it is much more romantic (that way).. (he pulls paty’s pix)
 

(after they dance)
Fer: I feel like everyone is pointing to me and they all know me.
Let: Ay Don F, that is called paranoia. Noone of your folks come here.
Fer: OF my folks?
Let: Well, of your ranks.
Fer: But I am not military, Lety. Please, I don’t have ranks.
Let: Of your colony (neighboorhood)… calm down. Calm down.
Fer: The Marcia issue has me very nervous.
Let: Don Fernando, maybe you want us to leave.
Fer: NO, no, Lety. No, NO, Lety, please! I truly think there would not be a more discrete place than this. Although this is not the best antro in the world. I would have liked to take you to a nice restaurant but it would be way too dangerous. You know…
Let: Don Fernando, I know. I don’t mind. I understand you, Don Fernando. Besides, any place is wonderful if I am with you, Don Fernando. I will always remember this andro regardless of how ugly, pretty or ordinary that it is. For me this is a very special night. With you I would go anywhere. I will never feel uncomfortable because I only want you to be at peace, to not have anything bother you, to not have anything make you nervous. I want you to be at peace when you are with me, Don Fernando. (he kisses her, somewhat stiff but not really looking as sick/disgusted as before)… here comes OMAR CHAPARRO!!
Fer: What is this all about, Lety??
Let: I don’t know, Don Fernando! You brought me here!!
(The host says Lety has a strange/ pretty beauty… Fernando says he is Fernando Colunga, LOL! And the host calls him clown…)
Fer tells himself he will kill Omar Carbajal, so much for a discrete place!...

(in the car at her house)
Lety makes Fernando sing to her again.
Fer: I never had such a good time, Lety, really…..
Let: I only hope that you will not have trouble with Dona Marcia tomorrow
Fer: Don’t worry about that Lety. Everything is alright.
(once Lety goes in, Fernando is cursing the ‘Megatron night’ but then keeps on singing and smiling… deep inside it seemed he really had a good time.)
 

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