Monday, April 04, 2011
Triunfo del Amor #84 4/4/11 A Makeover and A Takeover
A Bloodless Coup
The camera pans upward from trousers to matching suit jacket, and sideswept chignon. Tailored beige silk replaces the standup ruffled collars, the ecclesiastical purple and funereal black. In lieu of the heavy crucifix and rosary, we see a white pearl necklace and matching earrings. “Buenos días” says Doña Demente with smug triumph.
The executives of Casa Victoria gape in horror. Because for all the cosmetic changes – and even Demente’s mouth is different, no longer the color of venous blood, but rather a soft pink, much kinder to the aging complexion -- they know they are staring at the face of Evil. Bernarda in Beige is no less appalling than Bernarda in Black.
The gentlemen rise with reflex courtesy. Demente swaggers to the head of the table where Victoria is seated:
Yo soy la dueña de 51% de las acciones de esta empresa; por lo tanto creo que ese es mi lugar.
(I own 51% of the shares in this company; so I believe that is my seat.)
Victoria yields her place without argument and all take their seats again.
And You Thought She Traveled by Broom…
Ximena is driving in the city when her car’s engine makes a sickening whine. She pulls over, gulps down a handful of pills, and pounds on the steering wheel. Engine still not turning over? Xi can’t understand it -- The old Stop, Gulp and Pound method always works on Max! Then she gets out of the car and props up the hood.
Her attention span is limited, poor thing, and her mind begins to wander -- now that Os knows that Gui is a lying slimeball, she has to get her murder kit back right away, the black wig, the gloves and shades …
If You Knew Bernie Like I Know Bernie…
Fabián doesn’t get it. Bernarda is the mother of a priest. How bad could she be? Max explains that mother and son couldn’t be more different – they’re like water and oil, he says. And Bernarda hates his mother more than anyone in the world. They should never have sold her the shares! They should have looked for another option! Fabián remains maddeningly reasonable. (No wonder Fer – and Nathy! – find him so resistible. The guy is the Neville Chamberlain of the Casa de Modas!) There were no other options, he tells Max.
Max rages on with impotent fury: And then on top of everything -- to think of losing María Desamparada forever, to think of her with another man….
We Gotta Get Outa’ This Place
In their hovel in the vecindad, María and Nathy discuss Osvaldo’s visit. Realizing that Max will soon know about her pregnancy and convinced that Ximena will never leave her alone, María feels the best option is to leave the city and start a new life somewhere else. Nathy won’t let her go alone! The friends hug. Enough tears, says Nathy.
Nathy steps out to talk to Juanjo about little Israel’s baptism tomorrow. Left alone, María cradles her belly and says to her baby within: I would have liked you to grow up with a family, your father at your side, but it wasn’t possible.
El Mundo es un Pañuelo
(Small world! The world is a handkerchief.)
Ximena is standing outside her stalled car trying to call someone on her cell when who should walk up but Alonso del Angel – Angelboy, the hunky photographer guy. Problems again? he asks. It seems life has put us in each other’s path once more – asesina! (murderer!)
I never expected to see you again, says Xi to Angelboy. What are you doing in México? I’m a photographer, he reminds her: I travel all over the world, wherever I feel like going. [Maybe, Angelboy. But your paisley/plaid scarf combo looks like it came straight out of Nathy’s pre-fire closet.]
He feigns surprise that she even remembers him -- the father of her baby, or rather, the father of the baby she killed! Xi persuades him to go somewhere they can talk – she deserves a chance to be heard -- although he warns her that nothing she has to say will change his opinion or make him forgive her for what she did.
At Casa Victoria: The New General Reviews her Troops
Roxana, nose turning browner by the second, happily obliges Demente by removing Victoria’s photos from the wall. Then she marches behind her new leader while Oscar, Pip, Toni and Luci bring up the rear.
In her office, Victoria remarks to Max with ironic resignation:
¿Quién iba a creer que la gran diseñadora Victoria Sandoval se iba a caer de su pedestal para obedecer las ordenes de Bernarda de Iturbide?
(Who would have believed that the great designer, Victoria Sandoval, was going to fall from her pedestal to obey Bernarde de Iturbide’s orders?)
Meanwhile Dementa gets a feel for the runway.
And the Deposed Leader Reassesses her Priorities
Max understands perfectly how his mother feels. He offers to resign – they can all leave and start a new firm. If she started an empire from scratch once, she can do it again! But Victoria has other priorities:
Ojala que fuera tan fácil. Yo ya estoy cansada de lidiar con los problemas. Tengo que aceptar que perdí esta batalla. Ahora, lo que menos me importa es la empresa.
(I wish it were that easy. I’m tired of struggling against problems/fighting. I have to accept that I lost this battle. And right now, the company is the least important thing in my life.)
The fundamental thing is Fer. She needs the best medical care, the best surgical treatment. And that costs a lot of money:
Así que para salvar a Fer, no me importa aceptar los desplantes de Bernarda. Porque mi hija -- mi hija -- va a volver a caminar – al precio que sea!
(So to save Fer, it doesn’t matter if I have to accept Bernarda’s rude behavior – because my daughter – my daughter – is going to walk again, no matter what the cost!)
She continues: For your sister’s sake, I’ll do whatever I have to, even allow Bernarda to humilliate me.
Let’s Call it: “Styles by Savonarola”
The Demente Parade reaches the design studio where Bernarda announces her intention to change the company name. Pipino, at her behest, shows her his most important designs.
Cruz Climbs the Walls
Cruz is pacing outside la Casa Sandoval. He is climbing the walls. No, literally, up he goes, slippery, pointy-toed cowboy boots and all. And he tumbles clumsily and painfully over the windowsill into Fer’s room.
¿Qué quieres, Cruz? asks the thorny little flower, stonily.
¿No te dije que no te quería volver a ver?
(Didn’t I tell you I didn’t want to see you again?
But he finally manages to coax a small smile out of her and gets her to listen to his song:
♫Florecita de mi vida
Eres dueña de mi amor…
Don Napo Defends His Honor
Cut to another singing galán, this one in the vecindad. Don Napo is doing his laundry when Poly and Triny, the coquettish Jarochas (ladies from Veracruz) from the vecindad come by to flirt.
The ladies cross the line when they try to mess with Napo’s undies:
¡No se metan con mis prendas íntimas!
He grabs his drawers and runs.
Rewarded with a Smile
♫Yo no voy a resignarme
Este amor sabrá esperarte
Mientras me de vida Dios!
A tear rolls down Fer’s cheek. Cruz leans in as if to kiss her and then pulls back playfully, eliciting a laugh and an equally playful slap on her part. Baboso! For a moment, her lovely smile eclipses the bruises on her face.
The Bonfire of the Vanities
Pipino isn’t smiling though. Demente doesn’t like his designs or his fabric choices. As Rox smirks in the background, Demente announces:
Esta empresa va a cambiar radicalmente sus diseños.
(This company is going to make radical changes in its designs!)
Demente is scandalized by what she sees: this one is too low-cut in front (escotado); this one shows too much leg; this one has the model’s bellybutton (el ombligo) on display; this one is cut too low in back!
Toni’s attempt to explain that their designs are innovative – indeed, award-winning! -- falls on deaf ears. Demente will decide what is acceptable and what is not; if Pipino doesn’t like it, she’ll find another designer. Me, me, pick me! volunteers Rox eagerly. We’ll see, says Demente. Meanwhile, she’ll bring her own people to supervise, including an immediate supervisor (un jefe inmediato) for Victoria.
El Hábito no Hace al Monje
(The habit doesn’t make the monk. Don’t judge by appearances.)
Osvaldo comes to visit Juan Pablo in his cell-like room in the vecindad. Is it true you’re no longer a priest? he asks. JP explains about the temporary leave.
Os is there looking for the truth. Doña Bernarda said some terrible things about Victoria, he tells JP. Now tell me once and for all:
Is Rodolfo Padilla the father of the child Victoria abandoned in the streets so she wouldn’t get in her way of her ambition? Is it true, father? Who is the father of Victoria’s first daughter?
There Comes a Knock at the Door
Guillermo’s bookish repose is interrupted by an insistent knocking. He makes his painful way to the door, leaning on a cane. It’s the cops! Relax Gui! No corpse-sniffing dogs! No forensic accountants! Just a couple of middle-aged public servants doing their duty.
They seize his unregistered gun (but it’s not mine, he protests – I’m just holding it for a friend, and, you know, in case I need to shoot somebody), hand him a citation (he still has some official explaining to do, they tell him), and warn him not to leave the city.
Ximena, Angelboy and the Politics of Abortion
Xi is the spokesdemon for choice. In a coffee shop in the city, she tells Angelboy that he has no right to reproach her for what she did: It’s her body! And besides -- their relationship wasn’t serious.
The Angel doesn’t see it that way. She had no right to get rid of his child. He would have done anything for that baby. He would have married Ximena and they could have made a home, a family together. (Angel, honey, you might want to ask Max how that’s working out for him.)
Xi thinks he is being ridiculous – why does he keep rehashing something that’s over and done with? Besides, she tells him, what’s the big deal? She’s pregnant again right now.
The Angelboy is impactado. She insisted on talking to him, she hasn’t shown any remorse at all, and now she tells him she’s having a child! Apparently not even another pregnancy has sensitized her or awakened a sense of conscience.
No hay nada más importante en la vida para ti – que primero tú y luego tú y al final tú.
(In your life, there is nothing more important than first you, then you, and finally you.)
I never want to see you again, he says, throwing down money on the table. Ximena rolls her eyes.
Beige Bernarda in the Pink Throne
¡No hay nada como ser dueña y jefa! ¿No lo crees, Victoria?
(There’s nothing like being the owner and the boss! Don’t you agree, Vic?)
With these words, the beige Bernarda sweeps into what was Victoria’s office, assumes the pink throne, and tells Vic to remove all her personal belongings from the desk. Vic humbly obeys. As she is going about picking up her things, Bernarda repeats: Victoria will have a boss that she will answer to directly.
When she is gone, Demente holds up a white porcelain angel and vows:
Ahora sí, ya nadie podrá detenerme. Voy a terminar con Victoria!
(Now no one will be able to stop me. I’m going to finish off Victoria!)
Lies My Mother Told You
Osvaldo’s question is still hanging in the air. Finally Juan Pablo replies. Victoria would never have abandoned her daughter; she was a victim of an accident – she was run over and that’s how she was separated from her child:
Todo lo que te haya contado mi madre -- con un gran dolor, te pido que no le creas porque mi madre odia a Victoria desde hace muchos años.
(Whatever my mother may have told you – and it pains me to say this – I beg you not to believe her because my mother has hated Victoria for many years.)
And, continues Juan Pablo, Rodolfo Padilla is a liar – he is NOT the father of her child. Please, don’t believe the lies they tell you about Victoria. She is a wonderful woman – you didn’t appreciate her. (Y tú no la supiste apreciar.)
The Big Guy’s Humility Evokes Naco Nobility
On his way out of the vecindad, Osvaldo meets up with Juanjo and Milagros. Juanjo asks him rather nastily if he’s come to offer him more money for saving his daughter. You know it’s not like that, Os begins. Milagros interjects: I’m sorry, Mr. Sandoval, but you couldn’t undo all the suffering you caused me and my son – not with all the money in the world.
You’re right, says Osvaldo, and I’m paying in spades (con creces)for all the harm I’ve done to others. I’ve lost my wife’s love and respect. And I have to live with the sad truth that my daughter is an invalid – the accident left her paralyzed.
Your daughter???…This news takes Juanjo and Milagros by surprise and their anger changes to empathy; they express their sorrow and offer their prayers. Os is grateful because:
Entiendo que ni tu lástima me merezco.
(I understand that I don’t even deserve your pity.)
As he walks on, Millie follows him. She assures him that, as a mother, she understands his pain. She’s not a person to hold a grudge. Let’s forget our differences, she says. She’ll pray for his family. A tear rolls down Osvaldo’s cheek as he listens to her words.
Capturing Joy
Alonso del Angel is photographing María and telling her how lovely she looks. You’re such a gentleman, she says. No, he corrects her, he’s being selfish (Lo que soy es todo un egoista):
Estoy tomando toda, toda la alegría de tu maternidad y no la pienso compartir con nadie!
(I’m taking/capturing all the joy of your motherhood – all of it -- and I have no intention of sharing it with anyone!)
Oswaldo puts an arm around Millie’s shoulder: He thanks her. He knows he doesn’t deserve her forgiveness. And Juanjo chimes in:
Mira, señor Sandoval, conmigo tampoco no hay bronca.
(Look, Mr. Sandoval, I’m not mad anymore either, lit: there’s no quarrel with me either.)
They end up shaking hands and wishing each other well.
¡Ay Cruz!
– jardinero, bombero, cantante, guapetón - and now fisioterapeuta! (gardener, firefighter, singer, hunk, physical therapist.)
He and Fer are in the pool and he is exercising her legs – flexing them and extending them in the water as she holds on to the edge. She tires quickly and asks him to get her robe. When he turns his back, she loses her grasp on the pool’s edge, her head goes under and she starts flailing desperately in the water. Cruz jumps in and takes her in his arms. She is frantic -- discouraged and frustrated with herself for being an ‘inútil’ (useless). Cruz won’t hear it: There’s a reason God spared your life!
Blond on Blonde
Max, who is looking noticeably blonder this evening – he positively glows tonight -- lays down the law to Doña Demente, who also seems to be walking on the blonde side after an encounter with the hightlight fairy. He recognizes that she is the majority shareholder but he demands respect for his mother; he won’t let anyone humilliate her.
She has no intention humilliating anyone, she says. She is just trying to figure out when the business started to go south. Well Max can tell her that – it was when Victoria was struggling with family problems. You mean when your father took a lover? says Demente. That’s personal and no one outside the family has any right to talk about it, he tells her.
You’re wrong, replies Demente, since it was because of your father’s sin that sales began to go down. And if your mother had taken refuge in her work instead of locking herself in her room and crying – well, things would have been very different. But here’s the result of her weakness and self-indulgence. She lost her business!
Max is very sure that she will recover it promptly.
Really? How? Demente doesn’t like people who waste time, she tells him. She dismisses him with instructions not to come back unless she sends for him. It’s been a pleasure talking with you, he smiles bitterly, and leaves.
No más lágrimas, Victoria tells herself. No más lágrimas. (No more tears.) And she’s not selling baby shampoo, folks.
Si Bernarda quiere guerra, por mi hija juro que guerra tendrá!
(If Bernarda wants war, then she’ll have it! I swear to it, by my daughter!)
Cue the kayak.
The camera pans upward from trousers to matching suit jacket, and sideswept chignon. Tailored beige silk replaces the standup ruffled collars, the ecclesiastical purple and funereal black. In lieu of the heavy crucifix and rosary, we see a white pearl necklace and matching earrings. “Buenos días” says Doña Demente with smug triumph.
The executives of Casa Victoria gape in horror. Because for all the cosmetic changes – and even Demente’s mouth is different, no longer the color of venous blood, but rather a soft pink, much kinder to the aging complexion -- they know they are staring at the face of Evil. Bernarda in Beige is no less appalling than Bernarda in Black.
The gentlemen rise with reflex courtesy. Demente swaggers to the head of the table where Victoria is seated:
Yo soy la dueña de 51% de las acciones de esta empresa; por lo tanto creo que ese es mi lugar.
(I own 51% of the shares in this company; so I believe that is my seat.)
Victoria yields her place without argument and all take their seats again.
And You Thought She Traveled by Broom…
Ximena is driving in the city when her car’s engine makes a sickening whine. She pulls over, gulps down a handful of pills, and pounds on the steering wheel. Engine still not turning over? Xi can’t understand it -- The old Stop, Gulp and Pound method always works on Max! Then she gets out of the car and props up the hood.
Her attention span is limited, poor thing, and her mind begins to wander -- now that Os knows that Gui is a lying slimeball, she has to get her murder kit back right away, the black wig, the gloves and shades …
If You Knew Bernie Like I Know Bernie…
Fabián doesn’t get it. Bernarda is the mother of a priest. How bad could she be? Max explains that mother and son couldn’t be more different – they’re like water and oil, he says. And Bernarda hates his mother more than anyone in the world. They should never have sold her the shares! They should have looked for another option! Fabián remains maddeningly reasonable. (No wonder Fer – and Nathy! – find him so resistible. The guy is the Neville Chamberlain of the Casa de Modas!) There were no other options, he tells Max.
Max rages on with impotent fury: And then on top of everything -- to think of losing María Desamparada forever, to think of her with another man….
We Gotta Get Outa’ This Place
In their hovel in the vecindad, María and Nathy discuss Osvaldo’s visit. Realizing that Max will soon know about her pregnancy and convinced that Ximena will never leave her alone, María feels the best option is to leave the city and start a new life somewhere else. Nathy won’t let her go alone! The friends hug. Enough tears, says Nathy.
Nathy steps out to talk to Juanjo about little Israel’s baptism tomorrow. Left alone, María cradles her belly and says to her baby within: I would have liked you to grow up with a family, your father at your side, but it wasn’t possible.
El Mundo es un Pañuelo
(Small world! The world is a handkerchief.)
Ximena is standing outside her stalled car trying to call someone on her cell when who should walk up but Alonso del Angel – Angelboy, the hunky photographer guy. Problems again? he asks. It seems life has put us in each other’s path once more – asesina! (murderer!)
I never expected to see you again, says Xi to Angelboy. What are you doing in México? I’m a photographer, he reminds her: I travel all over the world, wherever I feel like going. [Maybe, Angelboy. But your paisley/plaid scarf combo looks like it came straight out of Nathy’s pre-fire closet.]
He feigns surprise that she even remembers him -- the father of her baby, or rather, the father of the baby she killed! Xi persuades him to go somewhere they can talk – she deserves a chance to be heard -- although he warns her that nothing she has to say will change his opinion or make him forgive her for what she did.
At Casa Victoria: The New General Reviews her Troops
Roxana, nose turning browner by the second, happily obliges Demente by removing Victoria’s photos from the wall. Then she marches behind her new leader while Oscar, Pip, Toni and Luci bring up the rear.
In her office, Victoria remarks to Max with ironic resignation:
¿Quién iba a creer que la gran diseñadora Victoria Sandoval se iba a caer de su pedestal para obedecer las ordenes de Bernarda de Iturbide?
(Who would have believed that the great designer, Victoria Sandoval, was going to fall from her pedestal to obey Bernarde de Iturbide’s orders?)
Meanwhile Dementa gets a feel for the runway.
And the Deposed Leader Reassesses her Priorities
Max understands perfectly how his mother feels. He offers to resign – they can all leave and start a new firm. If she started an empire from scratch once, she can do it again! But Victoria has other priorities:
Ojala que fuera tan fácil. Yo ya estoy cansada de lidiar con los problemas. Tengo que aceptar que perdí esta batalla. Ahora, lo que menos me importa es la empresa.
(I wish it were that easy. I’m tired of struggling against problems/fighting. I have to accept that I lost this battle. And right now, the company is the least important thing in my life.)
The fundamental thing is Fer. She needs the best medical care, the best surgical treatment. And that costs a lot of money:
Así que para salvar a Fer, no me importa aceptar los desplantes de Bernarda. Porque mi hija -- mi hija -- va a volver a caminar – al precio que sea!
(So to save Fer, it doesn’t matter if I have to accept Bernarda’s rude behavior – because my daughter – my daughter – is going to walk again, no matter what the cost!)
She continues: For your sister’s sake, I’ll do whatever I have to, even allow Bernarda to humilliate me.
Let’s Call it: “Styles by Savonarola”
The Demente Parade reaches the design studio where Bernarda announces her intention to change the company name. Pipino, at her behest, shows her his most important designs.
Cruz Climbs the Walls
Cruz is pacing outside la Casa Sandoval. He is climbing the walls. No, literally, up he goes, slippery, pointy-toed cowboy boots and all. And he tumbles clumsily and painfully over the windowsill into Fer’s room.
¿Qué quieres, Cruz? asks the thorny little flower, stonily.
¿No te dije que no te quería volver a ver?
(Didn’t I tell you I didn’t want to see you again?
But he finally manages to coax a small smile out of her and gets her to listen to his song:
♫Florecita de mi vida
Eres dueña de mi amor…
Don Napo Defends His Honor
Cut to another singing galán, this one in the vecindad. Don Napo is doing his laundry when Poly and Triny, the coquettish Jarochas (ladies from Veracruz) from the vecindad come by to flirt.
The ladies cross the line when they try to mess with Napo’s undies:
¡No se metan con mis prendas íntimas!
He grabs his drawers and runs.
Rewarded with a Smile
♫Yo no voy a resignarme
Este amor sabrá esperarte
Mientras me de vida Dios!
A tear rolls down Fer’s cheek. Cruz leans in as if to kiss her and then pulls back playfully, eliciting a laugh and an equally playful slap on her part. Baboso! For a moment, her lovely smile eclipses the bruises on her face.
The Bonfire of the Vanities
Pipino isn’t smiling though. Demente doesn’t like his designs or his fabric choices. As Rox smirks in the background, Demente announces:
Esta empresa va a cambiar radicalmente sus diseños.
(This company is going to make radical changes in its designs!)
Demente is scandalized by what she sees: this one is too low-cut in front (escotado); this one shows too much leg; this one has the model’s bellybutton (el ombligo) on display; this one is cut too low in back!
Toni’s attempt to explain that their designs are innovative – indeed, award-winning! -- falls on deaf ears. Demente will decide what is acceptable and what is not; if Pipino doesn’t like it, she’ll find another designer. Me, me, pick me! volunteers Rox eagerly. We’ll see, says Demente. Meanwhile, she’ll bring her own people to supervise, including an immediate supervisor (un jefe inmediato) for Victoria.
El Hábito no Hace al Monje
(The habit doesn’t make the monk. Don’t judge by appearances.)
Osvaldo comes to visit Juan Pablo in his cell-like room in the vecindad. Is it true you’re no longer a priest? he asks. JP explains about the temporary leave.
Os is there looking for the truth. Doña Bernarda said some terrible things about Victoria, he tells JP. Now tell me once and for all:
Is Rodolfo Padilla the father of the child Victoria abandoned in the streets so she wouldn’t get in her way of her ambition? Is it true, father? Who is the father of Victoria’s first daughter?
There Comes a Knock at the Door
Guillermo’s bookish repose is interrupted by an insistent knocking. He makes his painful way to the door, leaning on a cane. It’s the cops! Relax Gui! No corpse-sniffing dogs! No forensic accountants! Just a couple of middle-aged public servants doing their duty.
They seize his unregistered gun (but it’s not mine, he protests – I’m just holding it for a friend, and, you know, in case I need to shoot somebody), hand him a citation (he still has some official explaining to do, they tell him), and warn him not to leave the city.
Ximena, Angelboy and the Politics of Abortion
Xi is the spokesdemon for choice. In a coffee shop in the city, she tells Angelboy that he has no right to reproach her for what she did: It’s her body! And besides -- their relationship wasn’t serious.
The Angel doesn’t see it that way. She had no right to get rid of his child. He would have done anything for that baby. He would have married Ximena and they could have made a home, a family together. (Angel, honey, you might want to ask Max how that’s working out for him.)
Xi thinks he is being ridiculous – why does he keep rehashing something that’s over and done with? Besides, she tells him, what’s the big deal? She’s pregnant again right now.
The Angelboy is impactado. She insisted on talking to him, she hasn’t shown any remorse at all, and now she tells him she’s having a child! Apparently not even another pregnancy has sensitized her or awakened a sense of conscience.
No hay nada más importante en la vida para ti – que primero tú y luego tú y al final tú.
(In your life, there is nothing more important than first you, then you, and finally you.)
I never want to see you again, he says, throwing down money on the table. Ximena rolls her eyes.
Beige Bernarda in the Pink Throne
¡No hay nada como ser dueña y jefa! ¿No lo crees, Victoria?
(There’s nothing like being the owner and the boss! Don’t you agree, Vic?)
With these words, the beige Bernarda sweeps into what was Victoria’s office, assumes the pink throne, and tells Vic to remove all her personal belongings from the desk. Vic humbly obeys. As she is going about picking up her things, Bernarda repeats: Victoria will have a boss that she will answer to directly.
When she is gone, Demente holds up a white porcelain angel and vows:
Ahora sí, ya nadie podrá detenerme. Voy a terminar con Victoria!
(Now no one will be able to stop me. I’m going to finish off Victoria!)
Lies My Mother Told You
Osvaldo’s question is still hanging in the air. Finally Juan Pablo replies. Victoria would never have abandoned her daughter; she was a victim of an accident – she was run over and that’s how she was separated from her child:
Todo lo que te haya contado mi madre -- con un gran dolor, te pido que no le creas porque mi madre odia a Victoria desde hace muchos años.
(Whatever my mother may have told you – and it pains me to say this – I beg you not to believe her because my mother has hated Victoria for many years.)
And, continues Juan Pablo, Rodolfo Padilla is a liar – he is NOT the father of her child. Please, don’t believe the lies they tell you about Victoria. She is a wonderful woman – you didn’t appreciate her. (Y tú no la supiste apreciar.)
The Big Guy’s Humility Evokes Naco Nobility
On his way out of the vecindad, Osvaldo meets up with Juanjo and Milagros. Juanjo asks him rather nastily if he’s come to offer him more money for saving his daughter. You know it’s not like that, Os begins. Milagros interjects: I’m sorry, Mr. Sandoval, but you couldn’t undo all the suffering you caused me and my son – not with all the money in the world.
You’re right, says Osvaldo, and I’m paying in spades (con creces)for all the harm I’ve done to others. I’ve lost my wife’s love and respect. And I have to live with the sad truth that my daughter is an invalid – the accident left her paralyzed.
Your daughter???…This news takes Juanjo and Milagros by surprise and their anger changes to empathy; they express their sorrow and offer their prayers. Os is grateful because:
Entiendo que ni tu lástima me merezco.
(I understand that I don’t even deserve your pity.)
As he walks on, Millie follows him. She assures him that, as a mother, she understands his pain. She’s not a person to hold a grudge. Let’s forget our differences, she says. She’ll pray for his family. A tear rolls down Osvaldo’s cheek as he listens to her words.
Capturing Joy
Alonso del Angel is photographing María and telling her how lovely she looks. You’re such a gentleman, she says. No, he corrects her, he’s being selfish (Lo que soy es todo un egoista):
Estoy tomando toda, toda la alegría de tu maternidad y no la pienso compartir con nadie!
(I’m taking/capturing all the joy of your motherhood – all of it -- and I have no intention of sharing it with anyone!)
Oswaldo puts an arm around Millie’s shoulder: He thanks her. He knows he doesn’t deserve her forgiveness. And Juanjo chimes in:
Mira, señor Sandoval, conmigo tampoco no hay bronca.
(Look, Mr. Sandoval, I’m not mad anymore either, lit: there’s no quarrel with me either.)
They end up shaking hands and wishing each other well.
¡Ay Cruz!
– jardinero, bombero, cantante, guapetón - and now fisioterapeuta! (gardener, firefighter, singer, hunk, physical therapist.)
He and Fer are in the pool and he is exercising her legs – flexing them and extending them in the water as she holds on to the edge. She tires quickly and asks him to get her robe. When he turns his back, she loses her grasp on the pool’s edge, her head goes under and she starts flailing desperately in the water. Cruz jumps in and takes her in his arms. She is frantic -- discouraged and frustrated with herself for being an ‘inútil’ (useless). Cruz won’t hear it: There’s a reason God spared your life!
Blond on Blonde
Max, who is looking noticeably blonder this evening – he positively glows tonight -- lays down the law to Doña Demente, who also seems to be walking on the blonde side after an encounter with the hightlight fairy. He recognizes that she is the majority shareholder but he demands respect for his mother; he won’t let anyone humilliate her.
She has no intention humilliating anyone, she says. She is just trying to figure out when the business started to go south. Well Max can tell her that – it was when Victoria was struggling with family problems. You mean when your father took a lover? says Demente. That’s personal and no one outside the family has any right to talk about it, he tells her.
You’re wrong, replies Demente, since it was because of your father’s sin that sales began to go down. And if your mother had taken refuge in her work instead of locking herself in her room and crying – well, things would have been very different. But here’s the result of her weakness and self-indulgence. She lost her business!
Max is very sure that she will recover it promptly.
Really? How? Demente doesn’t like people who waste time, she tells him. She dismisses him with instructions not to come back unless she sends for him. It’s been a pleasure talking with you, he smiles bitterly, and leaves.
No más lágrimas, Victoria tells herself. No más lágrimas. (No more tears.) And she’s not selling baby shampoo, folks.
Si Bernarda quiere guerra, por mi hija juro que guerra tendrá!
(If Bernarda wants war, then she’ll have it! I swear to it, by my daughter!)
Cue the kayak.
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Susanita,
I am sooooooo sorry we didn’t give you enough lead time to write tomorrow’s recap. You needed to know before the weekend, right? I understand that with your killer schedule, you have to plan ahead. Ay, amiga, definitely our loss this week!
I am sooooooo sorry we didn’t give you enough lead time to write tomorrow’s recap. You needed to know before the weekend, right? I understand that with your killer schedule, you have to plan ahead. Ay, amiga, definitely our loss this week!
I'm actually liking Bernarda's side bun.
Sorry Juanjo. Still not feeling it. You had just as much reponsibility in the Osvaldo/Linda/JJ triangle as Os and Linda did. Linda acted like you ate a case of garlic with a side of onions every time you came near her and she told you several times she didn't want you. You persisted in trying to force her to stay in relationship and these are the crops you harvested. It's not all Osvaldo's fault.
Sorry Juanjo. Still not feeling it. You had just as much reponsibility in the Osvaldo/Linda/JJ triangle as Os and Linda did. Linda acted like you ate a case of garlic with a side of onions every time you came near her and she told you several times she didn't want you. You persisted in trying to force her to stay in relationship and these are the crops you harvested. It's not all Osvaldo's fault.
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: Tuesday, April 5, 2011 at 12:09:00 AM EDT
: Tuesday, April 5, 2011 at 12:09:00 AM EDT
Thanks NovelaMaven!!! ITA with your opinion of Alonso's scarf! I noticed that Max has totally lost his scarf fever as well as his button fever! What happened to his top five buttons.
Permalink posted by : Tuesday, April 5, 2011 at 2:02:00 AM EDT
: Tuesday, April 5, 2011 at 2:02:00 AM EDT
Great recap, amiga!! I will probably be stealing your style this week. I love the little titles to sum up each segment. Though I seriously doubt mine will even come close to being as witty as yours.
I agree with Anon207 irt JuanJo. Linda tried numerous times to break it off. Besides, didn't he propose about 10 minutes after meeting her.
The "Don't mess with Bernarda" speech would have been much more dramatic had she not been talking to that kitschy angel.
I'm still a little confused by Xi/Alonso. She tells mom she tried to trap the guy but it didn't work. Guy is telling her he would have done anything for his child. Perhaps he was lacking in funds? It would be sweet justice if he turned out to be super-rico.
Rox=tree
Xi=apple
I agree with Anon207 irt JuanJo. Linda tried numerous times to break it off. Besides, didn't he propose about 10 minutes after meeting her.
The "Don't mess with Bernarda" speech would have been much more dramatic had she not been talking to that kitschy angel.
I'm still a little confused by Xi/Alonso. She tells mom she tried to trap the guy but it didn't work. Guy is telling her he would have done anything for his child. Perhaps he was lacking in funds? It would be sweet justice if he turned out to be super-rico.
Rox=tree
Xi=apple
So grateful for this great recap and so many of the direct translations. Was going back and forth with the b-bsll game (sob-Butler) and missed bits and pieces.
Of course, when JP is on, b-ball waited, but I missed the one XI/Al scene. Have to catch that online. I love he told her "In your life, there is nothing more important than first you, then you, and finally you."
Man, I can't wait to see the "designs" Bernie comes up with. The "Nun-look" should sell millions. Hopefully the constant bickering between her and Vic won't be the main focus of the hours. It gets a bit much after awhile. Even the little I saw last night, I felt like yelling "Ok, we get it Bernie, you hate Vic."
Also, who sells the majority shares in a major company and NEVER knows who the buyer is? There;s lawyers, paperwork, signatures, filings...lame plot device.Just saying.
Could Cruz have been any sweeter. At least for a spell, he got thru to Fer. Still say he'll be the one to get her to walk...somehow.
I think the Max scarved went away to show he's a changed man since meeting Maria - not the scarf lovin' playboy he once was.
Producers, getting a bit tired of the kayak at the end. Maybe JP sweatin' over some lumber again? Hmmm?
Of course, when JP is on, b-ball waited, but I missed the one XI/Al scene. Have to catch that online. I love he told her "In your life, there is nothing more important than first you, then you, and finally you."
Man, I can't wait to see the "designs" Bernie comes up with. The "Nun-look" should sell millions. Hopefully the constant bickering between her and Vic won't be the main focus of the hours. It gets a bit much after awhile. Even the little I saw last night, I felt like yelling "Ok, we get it Bernie, you hate Vic."
Also, who sells the majority shares in a major company and NEVER knows who the buyer is? There;s lawyers, paperwork, signatures, filings...lame plot device.Just saying.
Could Cruz have been any sweeter. At least for a spell, he got thru to Fer. Still say he'll be the one to get her to walk...somehow.
I think the Max scarved went away to show he's a changed man since meeting Maria - not the scarf lovin' playboy he once was.
Producers, getting a bit tired of the kayak at the end. Maybe JP sweatin' over some lumber again? Hmmm?
Thank you. Great recap. We had power outages here because of storms, so I missed hearing what Juan Pablo told Osvaldo. Thanks to you, I now know. Frankly, I didn't think he'd actually go that far.
I'm expecting Padilla to show up as Victoria's new jefe. What do you think?
Also - finally - I loved the scenes between Fer and Cruz. He actually convinced me that he was younger than 40.
I'm expecting Padilla to show up as Victoria's new jefe. What do you think?
Also - finally - I loved the scenes between Fer and Cruz. He actually convinced me that he was younger than 40.
NovelaMaven! Amiga...truly...you've done a most amazing and simply wonderful re-cap! You amaze me each and every time!! You teach us and entertain us. Please know how very much this is appreciated!
I'm truly sorry not to be able to help for tonight, but I really did need the lead time in order to plan accordingly. My professional time constraints this month are considerable, but was willing to help. I simply needed to know in advance if the help was needed so that I could rearrange my schedule.
Thank you again for an absolutely wonderful recap, NovelaMaven!!
Susanita
I'm truly sorry not to be able to help for tonight, but I really did need the lead time in order to plan accordingly. My professional time constraints this month are considerable, but was willing to help. I simply needed to know in advance if the help was needed so that I could rearrange my schedule.
Thank you again for an absolutely wonderful recap, NovelaMaven!!
Susanita
Permalink posted by : Tuesday, April 5, 2011 at 8:49:00 AM EDT
: Tuesday, April 5, 2011 at 8:49:00 AM EDT
Good morning everyone! Thanks for the nice words!
Anon207, I also think Juanjo should have taken some responsibility for what happened. Even so, I'm liking this new, humbled Osvaldo.
Yes, Mariquita, you have to keep your eye on the neckwear in this novela. Maybe by the end of it, Max will be walking around bare-chested:)
Sara,
Rox=tree
Xi=apple
So funny!
And yes, the Alonso story doesn't quite fit together. As you say, maybe Xi thought he had no money but he's really loaded. Or even better, he and María become rich and famous when he publishes her photos!
And feel free to use anything -- I've stolen plenty from you! (The mini-headlines are, in part, making up for the fact that I can't use bolding, font size and type and color the way I used to.)
Anon207, I also think Juanjo should have taken some responsibility for what happened. Even so, I'm liking this new, humbled Osvaldo.
Yes, Mariquita, you have to keep your eye on the neckwear in this novela. Maybe by the end of it, Max will be walking around bare-chested:)
Sara,
Rox=tree
Xi=apple
So funny!
And yes, the Alonso story doesn't quite fit together. As you say, maybe Xi thought he had no money but he's really loaded. Or even better, he and María become rich and famous when he publishes her photos!
And feel free to use anything -- I've stolen plenty from you! (The mini-headlines are, in part, making up for the fact that I can't use bolding, font size and type and color the way I used to.)
Daisynjay,
I also thought Cruz was divine last night. I don't know if he and Fer will end up together, but it looks as if the power of his love will heal her. Sigh!!!
Yup, signing over the majority of the company to an anonymous buyer is improbable -- definitely calls for beanie adjustment.
Tired of the kayak? Nooooooooo!
Pasofino,
I was glad Juan Pablo revealed as much as he did to Osvaldo. I love his tag line ("I don't lie"); it's almost a Homeric epithet. He may play his cards close to the vestments, but everyone knows that when he says something, it is true.
Will Padilla be Victoria's new boss? That would make sense if Demente is trying to recreate Vic's "calvario" and make her suffer her past all over again, only worse. But ewwww...I hate the thought of that repulsive character getting a lot of screen time. I literally have to look away when they show his face!
I also thought Cruz was divine last night. I don't know if he and Fer will end up together, but it looks as if the power of his love will heal her. Sigh!!!
Yup, signing over the majority of the company to an anonymous buyer is improbable -- definitely calls for beanie adjustment.
Tired of the kayak? Nooooooooo!
Pasofino,
I was glad Juan Pablo revealed as much as he did to Osvaldo. I love his tag line ("I don't lie"); it's almost a Homeric epithet. He may play his cards close to the vestments, but everyone knows that when he says something, it is true.
Will Padilla be Victoria's new boss? That would make sense if Demente is trying to recreate Vic's "calvario" and make her suffer her past all over again, only worse. But ewwww...I hate the thought of that repulsive character getting a lot of screen time. I literally have to look away when they show his face!
Susanita,
¡No te preocúpes, amiga! As I said, I feel we're the ones who let you down:(
Thank you for your kind words -- as Paula H points out in her "Care and Feeding..." piece, these are Chicken Soup for the Recapper's Soul. ¡Gracias!
¡No te preocúpes, amiga! As I said, I feel we're the ones who let you down:(
Thank you for your kind words -- as Paula H points out in her "Care and Feeding..." piece, these are Chicken Soup for the Recapper's Soul. ¡Gracias!
NovelaMaven - millones de gracias for this recap. I'm off and running this a.m., and read it on the fly, but it is fantastic. I particularly like your titles/headlines format.
Cruz & Fer were the best scenes last night. I'm bored to tears with the rest of the crew. C & F still make me smile . Aaawwwww.....
Cruz & Fer were the best scenes last night. I'm bored to tears with the rest of the crew. C & F still make me smile . Aaawwwww.....
Great work, NovelaMaven; I love the chapter titles!
The whole idea of an anonymous purchaser for a 51% share is ludicrous. This has to be the most hostile takeover in entertainment history. Bernarda is certainly intelligent enough to know how to run a business, but I suspect she will attempt to run it into the ground. Her hatred of Victoria is so insane I suspect she doesn't care if she bankrupts herself in doing so.
The idea of her appointing Padilla as Victoria's boss is repulsive beyond belief but we all know she is capable of much worse. Padilla will certainly make another attempt at raping Victoria. Wait... what could be worse than that?
It's high time Victoria told Max about the rape, as he will have to protect her from Padilla.
I kept thinking that JP was going to finally spill unos de los frijoles to Osvaldo, but I guess we will have to wait a little longer.
I hope Eva doesn't get caught revealing the relevant information to Victoria.
Cruz is a prince and it's time he started looking like one!
I think we will find out that Alonso has/had wealthy parents. He definitely had Ximena's number and it would be a good thing for him to talk to Max... which won't happen because Alonso wants Maria.
The whole idea of an anonymous purchaser for a 51% share is ludicrous. This has to be the most hostile takeover in entertainment history. Bernarda is certainly intelligent enough to know how to run a business, but I suspect she will attempt to run it into the ground. Her hatred of Victoria is so insane I suspect she doesn't care if she bankrupts herself in doing so.
The idea of her appointing Padilla as Victoria's boss is repulsive beyond belief but we all know she is capable of much worse. Padilla will certainly make another attempt at raping Victoria. Wait... what could be worse than that?
It's high time Victoria told Max about the rape, as he will have to protect her from Padilla.
I kept thinking that JP was going to finally spill unos de los frijoles to Osvaldo, but I guess we will have to wait a little longer.
I hope Eva doesn't get caught revealing the relevant information to Victoria.
Cruz is a prince and it's time he started looking like one!
I think we will find out that Alonso has/had wealthy parents. He definitely had Ximena's number and it would be a good thing for him to talk to Max... which won't happen because Alonso wants Maria.
NovelaMaven, I loved everything about your recap, especially the way you organized it.
So many clever references, but "Neville Chamberlain" and "Savonarola" really jumped out at me.
Muchisimas gracias,
Sondie
So many clever references, but "Neville Chamberlain" and "Savonarola" really jumped out at me.
Muchisimas gracias,
Sondie
Permalink posted by : Tuesday, April 5, 2011 at 9:58:00 AM EDT
: Tuesday, April 5, 2011 at 9:58:00 AM EDT
The same person who would sell 51% of the company without knowing who the buyer was is the same person who would allow a large chunk of the company's stock to be cashed in, AFTER being warned by the company accountant that such action would put the company in dire financial straits.
Permalink posted by : Tuesday, April 5, 2011 at 10:03:00 AM EDT
: Tuesday, April 5, 2011 at 10:03:00 AM EDT
OK - I take back everything I said about Cruz in prior episodes. Last night he had me hook,line and sinker - at least for the parts that were available to me.
Yes, when Padilla comes on the screen, I have to shut my eyes and ears. He is totally repulsive.
Yes, when Padilla comes on the screen, I have to shut my eyes and ears. He is totally repulsive.
I'm waiting for Padre JP to find out Bernarda owns 51% of Victoria Fashions, after she pleaded poverty when he asked her for some money to help Martincito.
Permalink posted by : Tuesday, April 5, 2011 at 10:16:00 AM EDT
: Tuesday, April 5, 2011 at 10:16:00 AM EDT
Thanks, NovelaMaven , for that clever and witty recap. I love your style. It makes me smile, and I never pass up a chance for a smile. I like Burnie's new look. Quite a change from her usual high collared, darkcolored satin Wicked Queen blouses. [I thought of those outfits when I was at Disney's Princesses on Ice on Saturday. There was Maleficent in one of Burnie's favorite collars. ] I have a feeling that her new look might have been taken right out of Daniela Romo's own closet. I saw her wear a very similar outfit in the same cream color when she was on Cristina. It might have been after Alborada.
Permalink posted by : Tuesday, April 5, 2011 at 10:59:00 AM EDT
: Tuesday, April 5, 2011 at 10:59:00 AM EDT
Thank you NovelaMaven. This may be the first recap of yours I've read. It zinnnggggs with wonderful prose....a bloodless coup, indeed....Fabian, the resistable guy....Roxie's nose getting browner by the second...
This tn is finally drawing me in and the comments are super delicious.
As far as selling the majority shares of your business to an unknown person--remember STuD? They did the same same thing and Rosendo turned out to be the new owner, with disastrous results (for him). We can only wish the same for Bernarda.
By changing direction, I wonder if the new B-Salon will start designing school uniforms, priestly garments, monk robes and nun habits.
Things that bother me so far:
2. Gui-o the slime-ball schemer is always listening to classical music. It gives all of us classical music lovers a bad name.
Newbie-O-K
This tn is finally drawing me in and the comments are super delicious.
As far as selling the majority shares of your business to an unknown person--remember STuD? They did the same same thing and Rosendo turned out to be the new owner, with disastrous results (for him). We can only wish the same for Bernarda.
By changing direction, I wonder if the new B-Salon will start designing school uniforms, priestly garments, monk robes and nun habits.
Things that bother me so far:
2. Gui-o the slime-ball schemer is always listening to classical music. It gives all of us classical music lovers a bad name.
Newbie-O-K
Permalink posted by : Tuesday, April 5, 2011 at 11:09:00 AM EDT
: Tuesday, April 5, 2011 at 11:09:00 AM EDT
Doris, Urban, Sondie and SusanLynn --
Thanks so much!
Cruz is a prince? Agreed! (and I have to confess, I'm not really bothered by the beard thing -- I actually find it very sexy!)
Sondie, I'm glad you enjoy the references. This novela is such a mishmash of highbrow and lowbrow that I think some of these archetypes must be rolling around in the writers' brains too.
Susanlynn, It's so true! Bernarda looks like Daniela Romo now. But we all know that beneath the cream-colored silk beats the heart of The Bride of Satan!
Thanks so much!
Cruz is a prince? Agreed! (and I have to confess, I'm not really bothered by the beard thing -- I actually find it very sexy!)
Sondie, I'm glad you enjoy the references. This novela is such a mishmash of highbrow and lowbrow that I think some of these archetypes must be rolling around in the writers' brains too.
Susanlynn, It's so true! Bernarda looks like Daniela Romo now. But we all know that beneath the cream-colored silk beats the heart of The Bride of Satan!
Newbie-O-K, Thanks so much!
I love your comment about Gui giving classical music lovers a bad name. I have often thought the very same thing! And let's not even talk about his tastes in literature and art.
Intellectual = pretentious sleazeball
Salt of the Earth = buena gente
(But then there's Nathy, the intellectual with down to earth tastes!)
I love your comment about Gui giving classical music lovers a bad name. I have often thought the very same thing! And let's not even talk about his tastes in literature and art.
Intellectual = pretentious sleazeball
Salt of the Earth = buena gente
(But then there's Nathy, the intellectual with down to earth tastes!)
Great NM, muchísimas gracias.
Keep the kayak, keep the kayak!!!!!!!
Afraid it will be Padilla as Vic's new boss, Bernarda can't think of anyone worse.
I like Bernarda's new appearance.
wonder what the salaries are going to be for Bernarda's employees, that should have been in the contact too. Victoria needs a new lawyer.
Mejia had another memory lapse with the Jimena/Alonso story. Oh well, the viewers won't remember, he doesn't know Caray, Caray.
Keep the kayak, keep the kayak!!!!!!!
Afraid it will be Padilla as Vic's new boss, Bernarda can't think of anyone worse.
I like Bernarda's new appearance.
wonder what the salaries are going to be for Bernarda's employees, that should have been in the contact too. Victoria needs a new lawyer.
Mejia had another memory lapse with the Jimena/Alonso story. Oh well, the viewers won't remember, he doesn't know Caray, Caray.
If I have to continue to listen to these foolish people, I'd like more Max face time--and not the manic Max, but the sane one.
Thanks to all recappers.
Thanks to all recappers.
Permalink posted by : Tuesday, April 5, 2011 at 12:07:00 PM EDT
: Tuesday, April 5, 2011 at 12:07:00 PM EDT
NovelaMaven, thanks again for the recap and great Spanish lesson.
So does last night mean that Vicki is going into her "Scarlet" mode? (She swears she will never go hungry again). I cannot feel sorry for her since she is doing such a great job on her own? She deserves it all and then some. I could see Padilla coming into the business since that is his background. Maybe Roxie can hook up with him.
I actually prefer Burnie's old black/purple look, it is more becoming to her character. The neutral colors are too calm.
The Al/BSCX conversation was confusing but I did like Al's put down.
Will Al be the one to make Maria famous with his photos? Max is going to freak out!
OMG, I expected Fer to walk out of that pool with Cruz after their little workout. They have been fun to watch and their development has just keep moving along.
I do believe that Os is becoming human. Miligros was very kind in her words to him.
Rosemary
So does last night mean that Vicki is going into her "Scarlet" mode? (She swears she will never go hungry again). I cannot feel sorry for her since she is doing such a great job on her own? She deserves it all and then some. I could see Padilla coming into the business since that is his background. Maybe Roxie can hook up with him.
I actually prefer Burnie's old black/purple look, it is more becoming to her character. The neutral colors are too calm.
The Al/BSCX conversation was confusing but I did like Al's put down.
Will Al be the one to make Maria famous with his photos? Max is going to freak out!
OMG, I expected Fer to walk out of that pool with Cruz after their little workout. They have been fun to watch and their development has just keep moving along.
I do believe that Os is becoming human. Miligros was very kind in her words to him.
Rosemary
Permalink posted by : Tuesday, April 5, 2011 at 12:31:00 PM EDT
: Tuesday, April 5, 2011 at 12:31:00 PM EDT
Thanks NovelaMaven. I loved this recap. But I have to disagree with your comment: "Nathy, the intellectual with down to earth tastes!" I would change that to say Nathy the intellectual with NO taste. What're we gonna do with this gal? She's such a mess. and I know she's destined for a glamorous make-over before we're done (not like the one LindaHo imposed on her). My fantasy is that she ends up with Fab and Fer ends up with Cruz. As far as I'm concerned JuanJo can just stay in the vecindad where he belongs. Maybe with Almita?
I think the ivory shantung really does soften the character of Doña Dementa. And I cracked up over "walking on the blonde side after an encounter with the highlight fairy".
I'm afraid many of you may be right about Padilla taking over as manager. My skin crawls at the thought.
I think the ivory shantung really does soften the character of Doña Dementa. And I cracked up over "walking on the blonde side after an encounter with the highlight fairy".
I'm afraid many of you may be right about Padilla taking over as manager. My skin crawls at the thought.
Beethoven's 9th is one of my favorite compositions and I refuse to let Gui ruin it for me.
If anyone else remembers a disaster called Las Vias del Amor the senior male villain (played by Enrique Rocha) was an opera fan. And let's not forget all those episodes of the different Law & Order shows that involve orchestras, conductors, and musicians of every stripe.
If anyone else remembers a disaster called Las Vias del Amor the senior male villain (played by Enrique Rocha) was an opera fan. And let's not forget all those episodes of the different Law & Order shows that involve orchestras, conductors, and musicians of every stripe.
Another great recap. Thanks so much! The show is on too late for me now so I am watching after reading the recaps and it will definitely improve my Spanish!
Variopinta, Fue un gran placer! I too hope to see sweet William keep on paddling!
Rosemary, It's interesting that Vic starts the episode in humble mode -- she lowers her head, ready to take whatever Demente is dishing out. But by the end of the hour, she's in full warrior mode! Personally, I'm enjoying the ride. If anyone can pull it off, it's Ruffo! And thank goodness we seem to be leaving the Llorona behind.
Hey thanks, Ixv! And I stand corrected -- Nathy is definitely the intellectual with NO taste! But I think Fabián is too passionless for her. She and Alonso would be nice together -- if he could get his eyes off María long enough to notice her. And they could borrow each other's accessories.
Rosemary, It's interesting that Vic starts the episode in humble mode -- she lowers her head, ready to take whatever Demente is dishing out. But by the end of the hour, she's in full warrior mode! Personally, I'm enjoying the ride. If anyone can pull it off, it's Ruffo! And thank goodness we seem to be leaving the Llorona behind.
Hey thanks, Ixv! And I stand corrected -- Nathy is definitely the intellectual with NO taste! But I think Fabián is too passionless for her. She and Alonso would be nice together -- if he could get his eyes off María long enough to notice her. And they could borrow each other's accessories.
OK NvMv, I can see that. Nathi con Alonso. But what's going to happen to poor Fab? I have a soft spot for him. And I don't think Fer is a likely candidate anymore.
Urban Anthro~~~Regarding Gui's musical selections, I noticed that he was listening to Vivaldi in one episode. Like you, I'm not going to let him ruin my enjoyment of that composer. I hope that we'll soon be hearing some of those classical favorites at Gui's funeral. He is a nasty piece of work. Of course, there are plenty of nasty folks in this novela.
Permalink posted by : Tuesday, April 5, 2011 at 1:59:00 PM EDT
: Tuesday, April 5, 2011 at 1:59:00 PM EDT
Ixv, Fab and Luci would make a pretty pair -- we're seeing more of Luci lately and we know she broke up with her novio.
Susanlynn, I look forward to Gui's funeral too -- but I hope it's not the kind where they play classical music!
Susanlynn, I look forward to Gui's funeral too -- but I hope it's not the kind where they play classical music!
By the way, I thought that it looked like Os was putting those smooth old moves on Vicky. Will Burnie's takeover reunite these two ? Lindaho won't be showing up in his bathtub anymore....well, maybe Lindaho, the ghost of good times/midlife crises past.
Permalink posted by : Tuesday, April 5, 2011 at 2:05:00 PM EDT
: Tuesday, April 5, 2011 at 2:05:00 PM EDT
NovelaMaveN - Thanks for your fabulous fun tn rides! I'll have to comment later.
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Susanita: Melinama has been on sabbatical doing research and only got back to all of the recappers this noon. Please forgive any delay in her response which, hopefully you received via Vivi, Novelamaven or Sara? I hope you consider to permanently take the spot for Cielo since she's still stuck up to her eyeballs in studying. " : ? )
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Susanita: Melinama has been on sabbatical doing research and only got back to all of the recappers this noon. Please forgive any delay in her response which, hopefully you received via Vivi, Novelamaven or Sara? I hope you consider to permanently take the spot for Cielo since she's still stuck up to her eyeballs in studying. " : ? )
NovelaMaven! Thank you, this recap was awesome.
Things are heating up in barrio! I am happy Maria finally has another admirer, and is giving Max a run for his money. I am also happy to see that Os has mellowed out and sweetened up, and that Vic is being humiliated by losing her company to the big, bad, bern-oogyman. Now maybe she'll see how it feels to be needlessly tortured at your place of work.
Can't say I'm mad at these new glimpses of Max's chest that we're getting. DANG that guy is hot.
Things are heating up in barrio! I am happy Maria finally has another admirer, and is giving Max a run for his money. I am also happy to see that Os has mellowed out and sweetened up, and that Vic is being humiliated by losing her company to the big, bad, bern-oogyman. Now maybe she'll see how it feels to be needlessly tortured at your place of work.
Can't say I'm mad at these new glimpses of Max's chest that we're getting. DANG that guy is hot.
Permalink posted by : Tuesday, April 5, 2011 at 6:04:00 PM EDT
: Tuesday, April 5, 2011 at 6:04:00 PM EDT
NovelaMaven-now that I've looked up Savonarola...LOL! (Yeah, I'm *that* dense)
I've got one more vote FOR the kayak.
I would like to see an alternate opening credit: Cruz and Mi Riqueza.
Let me say again, NovelaMaven what an inspiration you are to me!
Nati and Alonso- maybe. Right now I can't see it.
Fab and Luci-again, maybe. He seems to have such chemistry with Nati and the writers did start down that road, but as we know TN plots can move anyway they need them too (hence the beanies.)
Jar-I'm willing to do a bulleted list tonight. I'm not sure about permanently taking over Tuesdays. Susanita and NovelaMaven...would ya'll be willing to hash out a revolving schedule for Tuesdays? We may not be able to do full-blown recaps, but we could at least get some bullet points up. Just e-mail me.
I've got one more vote FOR the kayak.
I would like to see an alternate opening credit: Cruz and Mi Riqueza.
Let me say again, NovelaMaven what an inspiration you are to me!
Nati and Alonso- maybe. Right now I can't see it.
Fab and Luci-again, maybe. He seems to have such chemistry with Nati and the writers did start down that road, but as we know TN plots can move anyway they need them too (hence the beanies.)
Jar-I'm willing to do a bulleted list tonight. I'm not sure about permanently taking over Tuesdays. Susanita and NovelaMaven...would ya'll be willing to hash out a revolving schedule for Tuesdays? We may not be able to do full-blown recaps, but we could at least get some bullet points up. Just e-mail me.
Oh! Cuando Me Enamoro looks veerrryyy intriguing. I am more than willing to dump PVaV for it. It's not as fun watching a TN without the snark and commentary.
Anyone else planning on watching? I know they are needing recappers. (I just don't think I have time to recap two TNs...especially since TdA moved to 10.)
Anyone else planning on watching? I know they are needing recappers. (I just don't think I have time to recap two TNs...especially since TdA moved to 10.)
Jardinera: I am sorry that I am unable to re-cap TdA for this evening. Unfortunately, I did need some lead time in order to work the re-cap into a somewhat difficult professional schedule I have this week.
I've told NovelaMaven that I will get back with her by the end of this week to let her know what I can possibly do for April and May.
Susanita
I've told NovelaMaven that I will get back with her by the end of this week to let her know what I can possibly do for April and May.
Susanita
Permalink posted by : Tuesday, April 5, 2011 at 6:59:00 PM EDT
: Tuesday, April 5, 2011 at 6:59:00 PM EDT
Sara: Sorry, amiga...just now saw your note. Will keep NovelaMaven informed wrt re-cap possibilities. Will let her know by the end of the week at least for April.
Susanita
Susanita
Permalink posted by : Tuesday, April 5, 2011 at 7:01:00 PM EDT
: Tuesday, April 5, 2011 at 7:01:00 PM EDT
Sara,
Bullet points tomorrow would be great. Thanks so much! And thank you for your nice words. Awwwww. We'll be in touch as we figure this all out over the next few days, ok?
Susanita, don't worry -- sit back and enjoy the fairy tale tonight! I know that's what I'll be doing.
And thanks to Lovelamps, Alicia Sophia, and Jardinera for the nice comments.
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I admit that "Cuando me enamoro" looks intriguing so I'll probably check it out. I do like Juan Soler and Silvia Navarro. And you're right Sara, it's a lot more fun watching these things with friends!
Bullet points tomorrow would be great. Thanks so much! And thank you for your nice words. Awwwww. We'll be in touch as we figure this all out over the next few days, ok?
Susanita, don't worry -- sit back and enjoy the fairy tale tonight! I know that's what I'll be doing.
And thanks to Lovelamps, Alicia Sophia, and Jardinera for the nice comments.
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I admit that "Cuando me enamoro" looks intriguing so I'll probably check it out. I do like Juan Soler and Silvia Navarro. And you're right Sara, it's a lot more fun watching these things with friends!
NovelaMaven: "The hilight fairy" really hit me on the funny bone, amiga! Well, Burnie Savaonarola is on a roll. Can't wait to see if she changes direction and goes straight to designing monks' robes and nuns' habits now.....
Sara: IMHO of course feel free to do a turn at bulletpoints. Please, tho', could you e-mail me with NM and Susanita's addy's please so we can all be on the same team sheet of TDA music? Tks in advance!
I don't think I have Susanita's addy. I have sent you and NM an e-mail from a different address (the best one to reach me.)
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