Monday, April 25, 2016
Sueño de Amor (SdA) #34. Monday April 25, 2016. Some Characters Need To Get Whacked And Cristián Needs to Take Off His Shirt! ¡Pero Ya!
Virgilio and Homero are La Sombra’s kids! So that’s why these marginally adorable doofuses were given more airtime than they should! Their grandmother sees the SUV leaving. She knows it was whoever it is that La Sombra is to her (either her son or son-in-law).
A quote from the capítulo
*Josefa reassures her grandson that she is no longer in a sad mood: “Enough! I’m shaking off all the sadness, (my) cherub!”
Your viewing vocabulario
como Dios manda = Lit. “as God ordered”, i.e. properly, correctly, as God intended.
un tipazo = a great guy, a stand-up guy.
billullo = money. I suspect this is a chilenismo.
Thank you for the pleasure of your company. Please join us again for the next capítulo. We’ll be saving you a seat!
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Don't mind me, guys! You know I kid Osorio... With love! :p
Enjoy the discussion! Good night :)
Best part of episode: the black orchid appearing in Pato's backpack. I so agree we need some ACTION one way or another. :)
Favorite granny and favorite grandson? How that make Virgilio feel? Less favorite?
Kracy is tired of being alone and now she wants Ricardo. When she was in Africa for months and months she didn't think that, right? Nobody knows what's worthy until is lost.
México, were we named the same thing with hundreds of different words, uses billullo too, it comes from billete (bill), we also call it marmaja, pasta, dinero, bolas, varo, lana, plata, feria, morlaco, morralla, and so on and so forth...
"They haven't even kissed “como Dios manda”, yet Tricky Ricky is practically living at Peppy Espy's house", "toxic parenting 101", "marginally adorable doofuses" and "
While his wife is out and about, planning murders and impeding traffic" were my favorites among many.
I really like Virgilio and Homero and never tire of seeing them (or Kiko or Adrian). More emphasis on the kids pleaseE
Silvana may be morphing into someone as evil as Kracy. Her breaking the figurine with such vitrol was disgusting. Kristel was so upset but her mother didn't care a whit. Everything she does is cruel and spiteful.
Espe and Ricardo do have chemistry but they have no scintillating dialogue! What a shame.
I really enjoyed the serenade. With a tuba!!
Nandicta, thank you for the vocabulary and for the terrific recap.
Diana
-- Jarifa: You're right, the editing is getting choppier and makes SdA a nightmare to recap. It's not logical that an episode of a show where practically nothing happens takes me more time to recap than an episode of the very eventful "El Hotel De Los Secretos"! Oh well...
I have known about Marjorie de Sousa joining the SdA cast for a while but I refrained from mentioning it because it could, theoretically, be conceived as a spoiler: A new character is getting introduced. Then again, there is only about 10 people watching and commenting on this show, including the 4 recappers. I don't think our Patio Pals would mind too much. De Sousa started shooting on April 19. Osorio resorted to her because, get a load of this, Betty Monroe (Esperanza) is being singled out as the reason for the low ratings of SdA! I was really mad when I read this! Monroe had already gotten so much flak before the show premiered for not being pretty enough or famous enough to be paired up with De la Fuente. And now she is getting the blame for this train wreck when she is, in fact, one of its saving graces. I admit that I first tuned into SdA purely for De la Fuente but it's Monroe who turned out to be the main pull for me, almost right from the start. She is charming, peppy, sweet, conveys strength and vulnerability at the same time. SdA is a flop because of Osorio and not because of Monroe. She is too good to star in this clunker! Phew! Sorry for the rant, but I feel so much better now. :)
-- Pablo: If I were Josefa, Homero would be my favorite nieto too. He is so cute and cuddly! All kidding aside, I guess she says that to Virgilio as well.
Many thanks for providing more synonyms of "dinero", though some terms specifically point out to loose change or chickenfeed like "morralla" and "feria". The reason I thought "billullo" was a chilenismo is because the only person that I ever heard use it, in my personal circle, is a Chilean friend of mine. Is this word as commonly used in Mexico as, say, "lana"? Or is it understood but rarely used, the way other Latin American countries tend to prefer "plata" or the way the use of "pasta" seems to be more prevalent in Spain?
And, if you don't mind too much, I'd like to pick your brain about another expression: "cachar en la maroma" (Is "to catch someone in a somersault" the correct literal translation?). Similar expressions that mean that someone got caught red-handed are: "cachar con las manos en la masa" ("to catch someone with their hands in the dough") and "cachar en la movida" ("to catch someone in the event/mess(?)"). My understanding is that the latter is mostly (exclusively?) used when someone gets caught in a sexually compromising situation. Is that correct? Does "cachar en la maroma" sometimes carry a similar sexual connotation as "cachar en la movida"? Sorry for the long question but you are the only native speaker in our group and you are always so generous with your time and knowledge. Thanks in advance! :)
I agree with you that Esperanza and Tricky Ricky have chemistry but are not aided by the predicament they are in, nor by the lame explanation for Ric's absence. The dialogue they're given really doesn't help at all. I think the three most romantic scenes I saw since SdA started were Esperanza and Ric meeting at the traffic light (more so her reaction to him) and the first few minutes of their re-encounter outside the cathedral, before he dropped the "I'm married" bomb. The scene of Samira and Adán that I mentioned in the recap rounds off my (not so top) Top 3 of SdA romantic scenes. I know they are not much but I make do with what I can find! :)
I like Homero more than Virgilio. And Selena and Rodrigo are adorable even though that phony accent grates on my nerves. Kiko will stay in my good graces as long as I'm spared the dancing and rapping.
I apologize to those who like El Chapo's song and who enjoyed that serenata segment. I don't mean to offend, it's just that I have never been a fan of banda, especially a song whose chorus starts with "I love the sea. And the sun as well". I have yet to meet someone who hates the sea and the sun. We need the sun to ensure the survival of our species, so we kinda have to like it! :D
I did however enjoy the builders' song that was shown a few episodes ago. Not so much the song itself, but the jovial dancing and the food preparation that went on at the construction site seemed like a lot of fun to me. I also think that El Chapo is doing well for someone who has never acted before.
Catch you guys later! Champions' League semi-final starting in a wee bit. ¡Hala Madrid!
Haven't seen this episode yet because, ONCE AGAIN, my DVR randomly decided not to record it. I'm really starting to think that infernal machine is offering commentary on my viewing choices.
Anyhoodle. I don't like the banda music either. Bleh. I don't think it really suits a youth-centered show in an urban setting. Maybe for a show set on a hacienda with everyone riding horses it would feel right. Kristel and Erasmo don't strike me as banda people at all. But I do like it when people dance.
And I can't believe anyone would blame Betty Monroe for dismal ratings, or claim she isn't pretty enough. The first thing I thought when I saw her on the first episode was "she's so pretty and charismatic! I wonder why I haven't seen her in more shows before." They'd do better to feature her more and spend less time on stupid stooge antics. And to make Our Intrepid Hero more likeable and less abusive and doltish. So far he's a waste of good packaging.
I think you're DVR is trying to tell you something, just like my internet connection that gets choppy everytime I attempt to watch SdA. :D
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