Saturday, August 31, 2013
Porque el Amor Manda #124: Happy Feet, Cross-Eyes and Sticky Fingers
Maricela shows up looking like the Sundance Kid's naughty dream, but Rico won't dance with her. Yvonne's clearly been using the Discuamatic. I think it's time to lend it to Don Gil for a while. Peppy music, gloopy food porn, accordion product placement, etc.
Back at the hospital, Marta's tucking into the institutional jello. Well, we knew she was crazy. Jesus shows up with Delia and explains that he had to denounce her or he would be an accomplice. Delia tells Marta she's being charged with "aggravated kidnapping (is there another kind?) and attempted murder." Jesus says his lawyer will represent her. She's weirdly grateful, and also just weird.
On the way out, Delia warns Jesus not to try to snatch Vale from Rogue's house or he could lose his liberty. She looks like she wouldn't mind detaining him a little bit right now just for practice, but she manages to remain professional.
Royer and Vale declare war on each other with much juvenile face-making and name-calling. She calls him "tu," which seems appropriate.
Pati drops in on Eli and asks for a strong drink. She tries like hell not to steal anything while he's in the kitchen. They knock one back and end up admitting their mutual attraction. Eli goes back out for more shots (some host -- why didn't he bring the bottle?), and when he turns around in the doorway to ask about dinner he sees her stuff a round decorative object into her purse. It's wicked ugly and he's much better off without it, but the whole thing puts him off his feed.
After much hinting and giggling, Fernando gets up on stage with the grupo and proposes to Xochi in front of all of Avon and a bunch of other buckeroos that must have wandered in from a different soundstage. She freezes. Everyone is shouting at her to say yes, and finally she does. Poor Julio comes undone and admits to Aida that he's still in love with Xochi. Does anybody else think it's really tacky to hijack someone else's pre-wedding party and make it all about you? Whatever. No one ever accused Fernando of being Senor Emily Post.
Paty wanders into to the master bedroom at Alma's place, which is of course perfectly okay because our favorite couple are fully dressed and working on their laptops, and says she has a confession to make. She shows them the round decorative object she palmed at Eli's house. Clearly they don't know what "it" is, either, but they tell her to take "it" back.
In other news:
* Domitila doesn't like Vero. That makes...all of us.
* Jesus & Alma have a snoozingly dull romantic dinner, capped off by a chance encounter with some random Spanish singer named Marco who knew Chucho in Chicago. Plot point or cantante cameo? Who cares?
* Royer puts on a sheet and tries to haunt Vale, but she calmly informs him that there's no such thing as ghosts, and if there were, they wouldn't wear bedroom slippers and chinos. He's going to have to do better than that.
* Mal-Kiddy dumps what he hopes will be a fatal dose of prescription meds into Chucho's coffee mere hours before the concurso, which is beginning to sound like a cross between Nuestra Belleza Latina and the Gong Show. Hijinks will definitely ensue; anyone want to take odds on disgusting stomach noises?
And that's "it," because I have Comcast now, and "it" has decided that I never need to see the avances. Damn "it."
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A few of my favorite things:
"Maricela shows up looking like the Sundance Kid's naughty dream." Boy, did she ever. I'm surprised Ricardo managed to resist her, but I'm glad she's having to put real effort into winning him over, after the way she treated him for so long.
"Marta's tucking into the institutional jello. Well, we knew she was crazy." I don't understand why she isn't in the manicomio. What was wrong with her physically, aside from a few scrapes and hunger?
"She looks like she wouldn't mind detaining him a little bit right now just for practice." So true. Poor Delia; she works so hard and needs a few pleasures. I really wish she would connect with Elias. He likes Paticakes, but he doesn't need yet another troubled woman making his life difficult. Pati needs to get her emotional issues better managed and learn how to support herself before she jumps into another relationship.
My favorite scenes were of Val's and Rogue's battle. I loved the patient, bemused way Val responded to Rogue's attempt to scare her as a ghost. Sorry, dude, you'll have to try a little harder. Use some imagination!
BTW, when Val referred to Rogue's "chinos" I believe she meant his curly hair. Why did he cut the sheet so his hair was sticking out the top?
Paty seems bent on self destruction, just when things seemed to be going well with Elias. Now he knows she is a thief. Will it be "bye, bye, Paty?"
Alma needs to move Paty out. She is turning out to be a PITA anytime Jesus comes over. No privacy for the lovebirds. But on the other hand the writers probably wouldn't have them take advantage of their privacy so I guess it really doesn't matter.
Best part was the face off between Valentina and Rodrigo.
Jarifa
[Saturno looking like the only one having a good time] "he must have left the meter running."
Marta's tucking into the institutional jello. "Well we knew she was crazy." (Actually I still love jello. Red especially! So lock me up now.)
[and the concurso] "a cross between Nuestra Belleza and the Gong Show"
Wow. Great.
Yes, it was awful of Fernando to hijack the despedida party to propose, but Oliverio and Jessica didn't seem to mind. Was WAS awful was the writers ruining the happy moment for us by focusing over and over again on Julio's heartbroken grief. And jeez, what a downer of a date for the lovely Aida (is that her name? I'm always foggy on the peripheral characters.)
Watching Colunga last night in his rumpled suit I realized he's trying to play a whimsical Cary Grant type in these scenes with Alma. But it's not working. And she's no Audrey Hepburn either. But why quibble?
There are other delightful couples....namely Valentina and Rogelio. I loved every little bit of their scenes last night. They both played their roles to perfection I thought. Will be interesting to see how this little actress evolves. Her enunciation is terrific.
As was your recap. Many thanks Blue Lass.
I thought the scenes between Rogelio & Valentina were hysterical. Truly Valentina is the adult in the room.
The Panera where we met was like a ghost town with everybody either at the stadium or checking out the game on TV. Ah Columbus!
(Okay, admittedly, I recorded the game just in case it needed watching. And of course I thought it did.)But I wouldn't have missed meeting Karen for anything. And her mom was just as delightful (and probably younger than I.)
Also off topic...I've been trying to teach myself French, mostly by reading Harry Potter en francais whilst simultaneously listening to the audiobooks. Anyway, in the French version, Snape is called Rogue for some reason. So everytime I hear it, I think of our Rogue. And I've mentioned before that Rai reminds me of Hermione Granger.
By the way, I think reading and listening to Harry Potter en français is a great way to learn. I tried doing that in Spanish during my first few years beavering away on español and it was very helpful. And I LOVE that the odios Snape is called Rogue. How perfect. Valentina and Sanson really chewed him up and spit him out last night.
1) Xochi and Fern announce to Alma and Rogue that they are getting married. Alma is happy for them. Rogue is not happy Fern is marrying Sushi, after his obsession with Biscuit.
2) Pati goes to Elias' house and returns the round thingy to him and apologizes.
3) Chucho is in so much pain from MalquiElvis' coffee that he can't even move from his desk. Julio and Aida find him writhing in pain.
4) Jessica gets a call from her brother. Their mother is very sick and can't travel to Mexico. Jessica gets weepy and tells Oli that they have to suspend the wedding.
The previews were more of Jesus writhing in pain and Agusto looking worried at the competition event, while Rogue and Malqui gloat.
On to this episode-- I continue to love Rogue and Val's scenes together. Best part of the episode!
Wasn't that Chucho's red haired neighbor singing the first upbeat song everyone was dancing to at the ranchero place?
Loved the ranchero outfits. Jessica looked best in hers. Not only was I annoyed that they wasted time on the AARP love triangle, but for some reason it really annoyed me that Chatita was there in the first place (while Chucho and Alma weren't), and that she and Saturn guy didn't even bother to wear ranchero outfits. I would have preferred the time be used on our other couples or more food porn.
Alma and Chucho have got to be the dullest tn couple I have ever seen. Really? Sending instant messages to each other in bed! Someone needs to teach them what beds are supposed to be used for.
Judy- I met Karen a few years ago when she passed through DC. Isn't she such a lovely woman? How wonderful that you also got to meet her mom!
I laughed until the tears rolled down at the "ghost" scene with Rogue and Val, yes Variopinta, I agree. Val is the adult.
The poisoning makes sense, due to Jesus' sudden illness. I hope that it can be discovered and stopped. What an idiot Mal-Kiddy is. Yuck!!!'
I agree,Blue Lass- the object that Paty stole was hideous. I'm glad that she was told to take it back and did. She needs help- ASAP!
What is Ricardo's problem?. How many times does Marisela have to say that she is sorry. Get over it, already.
Julia, "chinos" for curly hair makes more sense. Royer must be so proud of his curls that he couldn't bear to hide them. Such endearing stupidity. Maybe he cut that big hole accidently?
Ricardo seems to match Maricelas stubbornness. She insisted on her phony id and now he is too. It's nice to see her start to grow up. I hope he does too.
I agree that the best parts of the show were the scenes with Rogelio & Val. I love the declared war which they are carefully hiding from Moronica. Hilarious!
The cowboy themed party was also fu - but I expected a bit more action. I was waiting for some hot dancing by Jessica, Julio, Ricardo & Marisela -- but -- Jessica was into Oliverio, Marisela couldn't find a partner (hard to believe given how she looked) , Ricardo was pouting & Julio was crying. What a waste of dance music. It was still fun.
Someone very close to me once comandeered the mike at someone else's wedding and asked his sweetie to marry him -- egged on by the groom actually. I found it very tacky but it's 17 years later & they're still (blissfully it appears) married. Meanwhile the original bride & groom split years ago.
Güera
I agree with the other commenters about Rogelio and Valentina. They are a hoot when they are together.
I also loved your "Yvonne's clearly been using the Discuamatic." We did see quite a bit of Yvonne, didn't we?
Judy, glad you are getting to meet lots of Caray-mates. Mike and I still haven't managed to meet Vivi and we only live about 3 hours away. One of these days, Vivi, I promise.
Poor Rogelio - isn't there an old W.C. Fields quote about "Never work with animals or children" and he had both in that scene.
My hope, frankly, is that Ricardo keeps Maricela at arms length. The best thing I can say about her is that she's immature. With the writhing snakes in her head, it's not a matter of Ricardo being stubborn, rather a matter of self preservation.
Chatita's been funny, reciting all the planets and Greek gods referring to Saturnino.
Rogelio was the lamest ghost ever. Most ghosts aren't that worried about ruining their curls under a sheet. I loved Valentina's reaction.
I knew Chucho's coffee habit was a bad sign. Coffee is rough enough on a tender stomach even when you don't add poison to it.
The ugly decorative ball isn't Paty's first weird theft. I thought it was pretty weird when she grabbed all the little soaps off the cart at the hotel at Alma's wedding. I don't think it matters much to her what she's stealing. It's just the thrill of getting away with it. Everything else she tries to do goes wrong.
Maybe (armchair psychologist alert!) she's so happy that things are going well with Elias that she's deathly afraid she'll mess it up. So she steals some random object to reassure herself that she's capable of doing something right. (Same with the coatcheck job.) Ugh, self-sabotage much?
Rafael Amaya (el Señor de Los Cielos), Silvia Navarro (Amor Bravio), Majorie de Souza (Amores Verdaderos) are in pics 4-7: http://www.peopleenespanol.com/gallery/fotos-festival-people-en-espanol-2013-dia-2#655596_656006
Jencarlos (Pasion Prohibida) and Angelica Maria (Que Bonito Amor) also appear in some of the pics.
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