Wednesday, February 22, 2012
El Talismán #17 Wed 2/22/12 ‘Ladron que roba a ladron tiene 100 anos de perdon’: it is no crime to steal from a thief… or is it?? Did I say I LOVE Tracy??
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You caught every detail of this nonsensical, confused, stupid episode. Great job, amiga. Thank you.
How did they make "nothing" last an hour? And ITA with this comment of yours: "I have a question for you CamEEla, why do you always believe ANYONE BUT Pedro??. Ok, Pedro might be a klutz and slow brained, but he loves you."
I love Tracy, too. And I loved your shout out about Pancho and the nose pick. Yes, he did pick his nose on camera for all to see. Why? Are we really supposed to hope that Tracy hooks up with this nose-picking oaf?
Meester Renato is so slimy he slides around the screen. The actor literally makes me shiver with this performance. Ewwwww!
Thanks again.
Favorite quote: "man, PI, I wish you were as smart as you are a hopeless romantic". Poor doofus, ITA that he and Cameela are perfect for each, doomed to a life of confused misunderstanding. So be it.
Ah geez, did Armani say he was starting to fall for both the F Girls? Good grief he's a gomer.
What was with the Mad Max type music tonight? And I mean the original movie, the one from 1979. Novela Maven mentioned yesterday about the 50's melodrama-style sound effects. Tonight the music sounded even cheesier.
Why did Panchito have to go and pick his nose on camera? Yuck. I don't want Tracy and her bodacious empenadas to end up with him.
Tony is acting more and more like Daddy Dearest.
Marta, it looks like you get next Wednesday night off thanks to the futbol match.
EJ, I just read your comment. I get the same reaction from Meester Renato. What a creep, ripping off his own employee to whom he owes money. Oh well, Tracy should know better than to keep cash around that destitute Don Juan.
"I have a question for you CamEEla, why do you always believe ANYONE BUT Pedro??. Ok, Pedro might be a klutz and slow brained, but he loves you."
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So true. And we get a reconciliation/ misunderstanding/ break-up practically every night. Bo-ring.
Now I have a question. They are always talking about PI's "grano" but every time we've got a scene where they are investigating plague or "working in the fields" they are surrounded by trees. Does roni grow on trees?
Next non sequitur: Costuming, hair and make-up are doing no favors for El Viral. She is an attractive woman, but that hairband and 'do are just so plain. Can't they do any better? I'm having a hard time seeing El Viral and La Vamp when she looks so frumpy. Didn't she go to the salon de belleza to get "the works"? She came out looking the exact same.
I'm haven't been watching this but am trying to read the recaps and comments when I can. This is such a marvelous group of recappers and commenters.
Marta, I thoroughly enjoyed your recap. Fun from beginning to the end.
Elna June, Sylvia and Sara are right on target with their favorite lines. Kindly add: " (there must be an airborn virus at that airport, either you are a member of the villains team or you are confused out of your mind, or both, in the case of Elviral).
I do peek occasionally and see that Aaron Diaz is continuing to perfect his angry, dark, brooding stare.
Thanks again Marta!
Diana
But I liked how you described Mommy Dearest getting hers, ended up on the floor, how hilarous is that, she's been down, now she has hit rock bottom. I think I'll begin taping to see scenes like these.
MartaIvett, how in the world do you do this so fast? It's amazing! Here are my favorites yet unmentioned:
“Is there a massive mandatory evacuation notice that EVERYONE we know is AT THE AIRPORT?”
“…confused AND coo-coo? Not a good mix…”
“Lookrazia hugging a palm tree in a perverted kind’o’way” (that abrazapalmas!)
Does anybody else find that whole “one nail gets out another nail” thing to be creepily Freudian, coming from one’s mother? Of course the EEEEUW factor in this TN is pretty high…
"Does anybody else find that whole “one nail gets out another nail” thing to be creepily Freudian, coming from one’s mother?"
Yes, I do. Freudian and cinico. El Viral is a bitter pill to swalllow and she leaves a BAD taste in the mouth. Plus she has clearly been to the school of over-the-top acting since CME.
Dumb question of the day, "Why, oh, why would you not wear gloves when performing a dastardly deed like poisoning someone's medication?".
Armani-the-unwashed is such a Stepford son. What a waste of space!
EJ
EJ
"He will borrow money from Tracy who has plenty of cash…"
I'm beginning to wonder what in the heck Tracy is putting in those empanadas... She can afford to support Mister Renato by selling homemade empanadss and even have "plenty of cash" left over? Wow.
So far it looks to me that Pedro is able to get by with just two expressions:
The puzzled look of of someone who is trying to figure out a New Yorker cartoon and the irritated look of someone who has actually managed to figure out a New Yorker cartoon.
I simply cannot get enough of Lucrezia. She has such an incredibly devious slutty sweetness about her.
And Antonio seems to revel in striking seductive poses with facial expressions that inform us that he is clearly in on the joke.
Still my favorite couple. I so hope there is some way that they can end up together.
Carlos
Tony and Loo do indeed seem to be getting closer, especially now that they seem to have a common goal. I notice Tony is drinking a bit less these days. Poor kid just needed a project.
Add me to the list of admirers of:
"Is there a massive mandatory evacuation notice ..." accounting for the whole cast showing up at the airport.
"...these two DO belong together" based on their hopeless idiocy and willingness to believe people who might as well have MENTIROS@ tattooed on their foreheads.
Yes, Marta, Panchito WAS picking his nose. Well at least that eliminates the bother of una prueba de ADN -- we know what gene pool he was swimming in, the son of a pig!
NM plot wish:
Renato and El Viral wed, each believing the other is loaded. After the nuptials, Renato reveals the check made out to El Víbora. But it turns out that it is no longer valid because so much time has elapsed; the money has been remitted to Mariana's account. So when saintly Mariana reappears, she will have her money AND her marbles.
Renato and El Véneno will have each other. Perhaps they can adopt Rita.
Oh please, let the Businessman's Gala Event happen on Friday -- I SO want to see Pigorio in his traje de pinguino, Doris the Horis on his arm; and Renato flanked by Rita and El Viral. Will Pedro be invited. One can but hope ...
Panchito el Bastardo--it looks like he's trying hard to play I Claudius without the limp, so no one will notice him. My prediction is that he and Tracy end up with El 'Trash, since everyone else in the Negrete family will either be dead or in jail. Well, I forgot our almost twin sisters--maybe they both turn out to be someone else's grandchildren.
BTW--Miguel SHOULD come over from LQNPA. He has the requisite UniBrow and could get in line for inheriting the hacienda. Poor Panchito didn't get his daddy's brows.
'Nuff said about PI and CamEEla. May they live happily ever after next to Panchito and Tracy. Mariana can live in the cabaña, where she can be taken good care of.
More later. I'm off to enjoy some unusually warm weather here in the Mid-Atlantic.
Anita
"I notice Tony is drinking a bit less these days. Poor kid just needed a project."
Yes! Don't know why but your throwaway line conjured up "Throw Momma From the Train". (snort!)
NM, that is also my prediction with Rennie and Elviral and Rita... those SHOULD end up living together and eating mac and cheese 3 meals a day, Tracy should stay at 'traz away, very far away, after all they can't pay her.
ewwwwww! but oh so true! LOL!
absolutely, NM!! CamEEla and Armani should look for another mother... this one is just too coo-coo and selfish... let alone she switches sides (Antonio or Pedro for CamEEla) as if they were outfits.
I loved how amused Antonio was by Look-at-me-I'm-crazy's latest lie. So if she's the "surrogate", no test tubes required, that makes her the Hagar, right? And we can call her "Hag" for short? I wonder if she knows what happened to Hagar in that story. Hope you like eating bugs, sweetie.
I think we all know what Tracy is putting in those profitable empanadas. She's been raiding Pedro's favorite crop. No, not the Rice-a-Roni. The other one.
Yikes, memories of Hagar and scary bible stories. Funny, I don't remember learning that one in Sunday School.
I guess I could bear the thought of Tracy and Panchito if Pancho the Picker ends up setting Tracy up in a life of leisure at El Trash. Hey, maybe she could hire El Viral to help with the housekeeping...nah, not sure that would work out. Fun thought though.
Like Anita I'm off to enjoy the lovely day. More later.
I love how our would-be villains are so incompetent at villainy. Well, aside from the Ogre. Where is Mariana?!?!
Güera from (Hey we squeaked out another win!) Syracuse
What a photo! What a body! Is it just me or does the hemp suit look somewhat, erhm...binding?
EJ
I've heard "alberca" a lot on Mexican telenovelas.
>>How did the LA radio station find out about Mariana's story? Who had the brains to get them involved? Cuz that's probably how Mariana will be found ...
>>Are we supposed to see El Viral as post- or pre- beauty treatment? She was pulled out of François' chair by Antojo's summons. And to me, she looks pretty much the same as she did before.
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About Pedro maybe saying 'piscina' -- I didn't notice but it IS fun to listen for actors interjecting their own favorite expressions and especially terms of endearment. In TDA, I always got a kick out of sweet William cuddling a baby and calling him 'papi' or 'papito' which, at least to me, sounds muy cubano.
(But then, as you know, I'm easily amused.)
It's like falda and pollera--faldas in CA and polleras in SA.
More on brainwashing and compound words. Couldn't find brainwashing in my old Cassell's (maybe it was compiled before the Korean War and the Red Scare).
I did find some cute tidbits, to pass on.
...to blow one's brain out = saltarse la tapa de los sesos. Pretty literal. We could have used this one when Estegone went.
...crack-brained = cabeza de chorlito (chorlito is some kind of bird).
...hare-brained = sin seso...what most of our characters are suffering from, especially our Walsung siblings
...brain-fever = fiebre cerebral...what most of our characters are suffering from.
Do you like Narizpicador for Panchito?
Anita
Many great lines have already been highlighted and repeated, but if I may:
--the massive mandatory evacuation was brilliant!
--I loved your confused Elviral descriptions.
--"Once he recovers his skin color" lol
Thanks, also, for the heads-up about Panchito the nose picker. I will FF thru that. Who is his mom? Cheri Oteri nanny?
Sara - You are so funny about El Viral coming out of the salon looking the exact same. At least give her a quick up-do. I know you missed CME (and if you ever buy the dvd, please invite me over for an afternoon marathon viewing party), but this actress was so pretty and they had her looking like Sylvia Navarro's beautiful look-alike mother. I didn't even notice the chipmunk teeth during that whole tn.
And Blue Lass' comment about Elvira's response at the salon... call me tu'. lol Tu' funny! I am loving your compound words.
Wouldn't all this mendacity wear one down? How do they remember all their lies? No wonder Elvira had such a confused look on her face. You say she is now thinking of siding with her daughter? 'Bout time but for all the wrong reasons.
I'll be pulling a double El Tal viewing tomorrow morning to catch up. Looking forward to Sylvia's re-cap as usual, and to the Businessman's Gala. I heart telenovela parties!
Rosemary la Otra
I can't wait for the gala. I'm with R la O, telenovela parties are always a hoot. So far we have Horis going with Il Pinguino, El Viral going with El Raton and his Noviasobrina, is Pedro going?
Anita, I think Narizpicador is just perfect for Panchito. If anything it makes him sound more high class than he really is.
I'm looking forward to the Businessman's Gala, too. This should be fun.
NM-you understood William Levy during TdA? I'm impressed. Even when I watched the DVD with subtitles I was agog at how much both he and Maite mushmouth their lines.
"NM-you understood William Levy during TdA? I'm impressed."
Hardly! But I did catch the murmured papi's! (I bet they didn't make the cut in the DVD though.)
I just realized you made the observation earlier (and more slyly) that El Viral looked the same AFTER as she did BEFORE. What I'm wondering is if she ever GOT "the works" or if Antojo's phone call pulled her out before she had done anything but put on "esas fachas".
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