Friday, January 31, 2014
Weekend Discussion: Controlling Mothers, Part II
Maternal Monsters, Part II
There are way more of these than
perhaps any other female villain because they can play so many cards
in the game of control. Guilt, money, religion; even sex isn't
exempt from their repertoire in their attempts to control their teen or
adult children. I was hoping to compile another Dirty Dozen, but
some of these are so spectacularly evil it just couldn't wait.
Please provide any more details if you can.
Labels: Alborada, eva, Fuerza, Karmageddon, Manda, mentir, refugio, robo, telenovelas, weekend
Friday, January 17, 2014
Weekend Discussion: Censorship, the Plague (Revisited)
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| Anthony Comstock, Father of Modern Censorship |
Note:
This is a revised version of the article published here about a year
ago.
What's
the Point?
We
complain about it all the time among ourselves. We should be
complaining to the networks about this.
About
eight years ago I heard this subject covered on Anderson Cooper's
program in which comments were made about the body heat being
generated before Mexican and other Hispanic TV cameras on our
favorite shows. The news team was wondering why the English-language
networks were being raked over the coals and submitted to the rack to
censor programs of this salacious material while the Univisions and
Telemundos were being left alone. No answer was forthcoming and I
don't recall them taking the subject very seriously, but I took this
seriously enough to call a VP at Univision to let her know about it.
I found the transcript of the broadcast online and sent the link to
her with a cover note. After she read the page she let me know that
nothing is going to interfere with the content of the programs. No
te preocupes.
Labels: Alborada, bravio, no-podia, QBA, robo, telenovelas, weekend
Friday, December 13, 2013
Weekend Discussion: Controversial Subjects
Tuesday's
capitulo of Lo Que La Vida Me Robó provoked over 100
comments regarding the marital rape scene that echoed Gone With
the Wind in many respects [GWTW's scene is still being
debated today]. This may not have been the ideal way for the
writers to handle the wedding night of our flawed but otherwise
sympathetic protagonists, but a lot of bytes are being seriously
inconvenienced in internet postings from viewers debating all the
same hypotheses and issues we raised on Wednesday morning.
Which –
por supuesto – is always good for ratings.
Several
other series have provoked discussion in the last few years over
other highly controversial actions and interactions:
Labels: Alborada, amor, bravio, Fuerza, mentir, no-podia, pecado, robo, telenovelas, triunfo, weekend
Friday, January 25, 2013
Weekend Discussion: Censorship, the Plague
What's the Point?
We complain about it all the time among
ourselves. We should be complaining to the networks about this.
Seven or eight years ago I heard this
subject covered on Anderson Cooper's program in which comments were
made about the body heat being generated before Mexican and other
Hispanic TV cameras on our favorite types of shows. The news team
was wondering why the English-language networks were being raked over
the coals and submitted to the rack to censor programs of this
salacious material while the Univisions and Telemundos were being
left alone. No answer was forthcoming and I don't recall them taking
the subject very seriously, but I took the attention seriously enough
to call a VP at Univision to let her know about it. I found the
transcript of the broadcast online and sent the link to her with a
cover note. After she read the page she let me know that nothing is
going to interfere with the content of the programs. No te
preocupes.
However, what she couldn't predict at
that moment has happened: Gringos are getting interested in these
programs to the degree that overall ratings are being affected. The
U.S. Broadcast of the finale of Alborada was the
highest-rated television program in the country. That's a
combination of a number of factors:
- Friday night tends to be a sleeper time slot for English-language television
- Fewer Spanish-language networks means less fragmentation among the perceived potential viewers
- Gringos are getting more interested in telenovelas because of the exciting stories and hot actors. For Univision and Telemundo, those viewers are more salsa on the taco.
So... it's possible that the moral
watchdogs in the U.S. have decided to attack these programs or the
networks themselves are trying to head this off at the pass.
In recent times we have seen examples of silly edits in love scenes that make no sense to those of
us who have seen the entire scenes in their previous broadcasts. In
the original broadcast of Telemundo's Pasión
de Gavilanes we
saw a long shot of the naked Oscar lying on top of Ximena through the
eyes of her sister from the top of the waterfall; in the rerun a year
later this shot was replaced with a duplicate of an earlier kissing
scene. In Televisa's Fuego
en la Sangre the
skinny-dipping scene between Franco and Rosario was edited to remove
shots of (oh, the horror!) side views of her boobage and a
skinny-dipping scene two episodes later that showed the bare bums of
the Reyes brothers was digitally censored to blur out the details
without removing any actual footage.
PdG's
original broadcast time was 7PM EST; FELS was at 9PM EST. How
ridiculous was this censorship?
We've seen more recent examples that
make just as little sense as these. Amor Bravío
has not been immune and will continue to be hit with this.
Sound
off, amigos.
Labels: Alborada, bravio, Fuego, telemundo, telenovelas, weekend
Friday, July 27, 2012
Weekend Discussion: The Wedding Album, Volume 1
The
Wedding Album, Volume I
Since
I don't come from a large family I've attended more telenovela
weddings than real ones. Most of my married friends had modest
celebrations (including a lunchtime City Hall ceremony and the couple
went back to work) so live weddings have not been a regular
experience for me. Is that why I enjoy the wedding scenes beyond the
“felices para siempre” element of the story?
No
matter; when one is addicted to telenovelas as we are, we get to see
lots of weddings. What baffles me is that finding stills of ones
that are not in the finale is not easy for earlier productions.
Having said that, here are some excellent wedding photos from
Televisa's dream factory:
Labels: abismo, Alborada, familia, Pasion, salvaje, telenovelas, weekend
Friday, July 13, 2012
Weekend Discussion: Telenovela Villains -- More Parental Toxicity
Dirty
Dozen #2: Toxic and Controlling Fathers
The
other side of toxic parenting is the Controlling Father. While his
female counterpart typically controls through guilt or other forms of
emotional blackmail, he typically controls through the purse strings, sometimes also with keys and locks; insults and emotional blackmail are often
his last resort. Most are wealthy and powerful, some are insecure
and merely selfish, and some still are perverse. Not as common as the Controlling Mother and usually less deadly, but perversion can compensate for that. Some of these are candidates for redemption, although most usually pay the ultimate price.
It is rather surprising also, that this is the province of specialists and there are fewer actors cast in these series-length roles than for controlling mothers. Why do you think this is? I think it must be the deep voices.
Who
is the most evil of them all?
Labels: abismo, Alborada, duelo, Fuerza, Karmageddon, pecado, salvaje, Talisman, telenovelas, weekend
Saturday, June 23, 2012
Weekend Discussion: The Healers
Despite all the medical misinformation we get in novelas, we do get some good doctors who fight for their patients' well-being. Herewith are examples:
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Labels: abismo, Alborada, amor, duelo, Fuego, no-podia, pecado, stud, telemundo, telenovelas, Teresa, triunfo, weekend, Zorro
Thursday, October 06, 2011
Alborada, 10/6/2011. Cap. 91. Asi es, y asi será
Today's episode is covered in the second part of Melinama's Recap #36, The Finale, at this link.
On YouTube, haguilar78's clips for Cap 90 start at this link. Apparantly the original Cap 90 was spread over yesterday and today.
Thank you, Carlos, for today's pictures.
.
They grow up so fast, don't they?
.
El padre y el hermano
.
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.
.
On YouTube, haguilar78's clips for Cap 90 start at this link. Apparantly the original Cap 90 was spread over yesterday and today.
Thank you, Carlos, for today's pictures.
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They grow up so fast, don't they?
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.
Labels: Alborada
Wednesday, October 05, 2011
Alborada, 10/5/2011. Cap. 90. Penultimo capitulo, part 2.
oday's episode is covered in Melinama's Recap #36, The Finale, at this link. Tomorrow's will be in the same recap.
On YouTube, haguilar78's clips for Cap 90 start at this link.
Thank you, Carlos, for today's pictures.
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On YouTube, haguilar78's clips for Cap 90 start at this link.
Thank you, Carlos, for today's pictures.
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Labels: Alborada
Tuesday, October 04, 2011
Alborada, 10/4/2011. #89, El penultimo capitulo
Today's episode is covered in Melinama's Recap #35, Thursday segment, at this link.
On YouTube, haguilar78's clips for Cap 89 start at this link.
Carlos, you really outdid yourself today. That last picture is probably my favorite of the whole series.
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On YouTube, haguilar78's clips for Cap 89 start at this link.
Carlos, you really outdid yourself today. That last picture is probably my favorite of the whole series.
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.
Labels: Alborada
Monday, October 03, 2011
Alborada, 10/3/2011. Cap. 88
Today's episode is covered in Melinama's Recap #35, Wednesday segment, at this link.
On YouTube, haguilar78's clips for Cap 88 start at this link. Be advised, the YouTube clips don't quite line up with what is broadcast.
Stunning pictures Carlos sent us today. Zowie!
On YouTube, haguilar78's clips for Cap 88 start at this link. Be advised, the YouTube clips don't quite line up with what is broadcast.
Stunning pictures Carlos sent us today. Zowie!
Labels: Alborada
Friday, September 30, 2011
Alborada, 9/30/2011. Cap. 87
Today's episode is covered in Melinama's Recap #34, Tuesday segment, at this link.
On YouTube, haguilar78's clips for Cap 87 start at this link.
Thank you, Carlos, for today's pictures.
Paula's caption: Faithful to the end, Ramón's retriever never leaves his master's grave.
On YouTube, haguilar78's clips for Cap 87 start at this link.
Thank you, Carlos, for today's pictures.
Paula's caption: Faithful to the end, Ramón's retriever never leaves his master's grave.
Labels: Alborada
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Alborada, 9/29/2011. Cap 86
So sorry, Folks. Our power was out all morning. I was tutoring through the afternoon, then had to sprint to the office to get bills out. This is the first I've been on line all day, and I'm not home yet.
The original recap is at this link. On YouTube, haguilar78's clips for Cap 86 start at this link. Thank you, Juanita, for posting it earlier.
Sorry that I couldn't even send you folks a quick note earlier.
Another great picture from our querido Carlos.
The original recap is at this link. On YouTube, haguilar78's clips for Cap 86 start at this link. Thank you, Juanita, for posting it earlier.
Sorry that I couldn't even send you folks a quick note earlier.
Another great picture from our querido Carlos.
Labels: Alborada
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Alborada, 9/28/2011. Cap. 85
Today's episode is covered in Melinama's Recap #33, Thursday segment, at this link.
On YouTube, haguilar78's clips for Cap 85 start at this link.
Thank you, Carlos, for today's pictures. Not only TBLMOE, but also our favorite comedy team, Han and Chewy.
On YouTube, haguilar78's clips for Cap 85 start at this link.
Thank you, Carlos, for today's pictures. Not only TBLMOE, but also our favorite comedy team, Han and Chewy.
Labels: Alborada
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Alborada, 9/27/2011. Cap. 84
Today's episode is covered in Melinama's Recap #33, Wednesday segment, at this link.
On YouTube, haguilar78's clips for Cap 84 start at this link.
Thank you, Carlos, for today's pictures.
Julie's caption: "Why is everyone leaning at a 30 degree angle today?"
On YouTube, haguilar78's clips for Cap 84 start at this link.
Thank you, Carlos, for today's pictures.
Julie's caption: "Why is everyone leaning at a 30 degree angle today?"
Labels: Alborada
Monday, September 26, 2011
Alborada, 9/26/2011. Cap. 83
Today's episode is covered in Melinama's Recap #32, Tuesday segment, at this link.
On YouTube, haguilar78's clips for Cap 83 start at this link.
Thank you, Carlos, for today's pictures. The Japanese call that "fan service."
On YouTube, haguilar78's clips for Cap 83 start at this link.
Thank you, Carlos, for today's pictures. The Japanese call that "fan service."
Labels: Alborada
Friday, September 23, 2011
Alborada, 9/23/2011. Cap. 82
Today's episode is covered in Melinama's Recap #32, Friday segment, at this link.
On YouTube, haguilar78's clips for Cap 82 start at this link.
Thank you, Carlos, for today's pictures.
Julie's caption. Mirtha: "What do you mean, I'm too tall to be your flower girl? What if I scrunch down like this?"
On YouTube, haguilar78's clips for Cap 82 start at this link.
Thank you, Carlos, for today's pictures.
Julie's caption. Mirtha: "What do you mean, I'm too tall to be your flower girl? What if I scrunch down like this?"
Labels: Alborada
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Alborada, 9/22/2011. Cap. 81
Today's episode is covered in Melinama's Recap #31, Friday segment, at this link.
On YouTube, haguilar78's clips for Cap 81 start at this link.
Thank you, Carlos, for today's pictures.
On YouTube, haguilar78's clips for Cap 81 start at this link.
Thank you, Carlos, for today's pictures.
Labels: Alborada
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Alborada, 9/21/2011. Cap. 80
Today's episode is covered in Melinama's Recap #31, Thursday segment, at this link.
On YouTube, haguilar78's clips for Cap 80 start at this link.
Thank you, Carlos, for today's picture. I'm eager to see the comments it evokes.
On YouTube, haguilar78's clips for Cap 80 start at this link.
Thank you, Carlos, for today's picture. I'm eager to see the comments it evokes.
Labels: Alborada
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Alborada, 9/20/2011. Cap. 79
Today's episode is covered in Melinama's Recap #31, Wednesday segment, at this link.
On YouTube, haguilar78's clips for Cap 79 start at this link.
Thank you, Carlos, for today's weighty pictures.
On YouTube, haguilar78's clips for Cap 79 start at this link.
Thank you, Carlos, for today's weighty pictures.
Labels: Alborada
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