Thursday, March 10, 2016
Pasión y poder, Episode 102, Thursday, March 10, 2016: Regression to the Mean(ie)
These two wounded people, Eladio and Julia, have reached a stalemate.
Each suspects the other of betrayal. And each is right. (Wasn't spending the night with Arturo an emotional betrayal? Isn't hiding The Marintia Problem from Gaby and Julia playing dirty pool?)
And more narrowly speaking, each is wrong, of course. There has been no extramarital boinking. Not lately. (Or not yet.)
Eladio will tell Julia why he was visiting Caridad if she will tell him whether she spent the night with Arturo. Even if she had been with Arturo, she says, he hardly has the right to reproach her, he with his many lovers. And she storms out in a cloud of self-righteous angst.
Eladio's expression changes rapidly from devastation to rage. "She was with him!"
He calls Franco into his office and orders him to find out all the dirt on Arturo: the Riviera Maya project, the hydroelectric plans, the restaurants, the hotels – everything that bastard is doing. Eladio is going to ruin him!
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Tuesday, March 08, 2016
Pasión y Poder Martes 3/8/16 #101
Chapter
101: Reflections in a Dark Adapted Eye
Pierre
Choderlos de Laclos would probably love to trade places with me right
now. The absence of powdered wigs, folding fans, and canopied beds
would make no difference to him. There are still as many lies,
deceptions, and false promises to have gotten the book banned in
France in his time. As for now, nothing really gets banned in Boston
anymore and I think people like to be shocked. This particular set
doesn't shock me anymore; after the Bradleys and the Grenvilles
nothing does. – D.D.
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Pasion y Poder #100 Franco was Having the Greatest Most Bestest Most Evilest Day of His Life Until......
The hospital staff tell Erick that he can't have the baby until he produces an ID and birth certificate. He calls the family and informs him that the baby has been found. Consuelo grabs the phone and wants to know the details. Everyone runs to the hospital, but Nina tells Miguel to stay back. Gina grabs him and pulls him towards the door. Art stays behind when he gets a call from Julia.
The family runs into the reception area and Connie wants to know how the baby's doing. When Erick sees Miguel, he tries to go after him, but Art breaks it up. The doctor will not release the baby until he sees some ID. There is an Amber Alert out on that baby. Connie sends Clara home to get her ID and the birth certificate. The doctor says that the baby is dehydrated. Nina asks Erick what happened to the jewelry and cash. Erick says that the kidnappers were willing to discount the price because a sick baby is a worthless baby. The doctor brings out the baby and places it in Connie's arms. Nina tells Connie that the baby is coming home with them since it was kidnapped under Connie's watch. Erick agrees. Connie and Erick blame each other. Finally, Connie begs Art to let her take the baby home with her. Who will feed the baby and keep it alive? Petra can't clean the house and watch the baby. Art says that they will get a body guard. The baby will stay with Connie.
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The family runs into the reception area and Connie wants to know how the baby's doing. When Erick sees Miguel, he tries to go after him, but Art breaks it up. The doctor will not release the baby until he sees some ID. There is an Amber Alert out on that baby. Connie sends Clara home to get her ID and the birth certificate. The doctor says that the baby is dehydrated. Nina asks Erick what happened to the jewelry and cash. Erick says that the kidnappers were willing to discount the price because a sick baby is a worthless baby. The doctor brings out the baby and places it in Connie's arms. Nina tells Connie that the baby is coming home with them since it was kidnapped under Connie's watch. Erick agrees. Connie and Erick blame each other. Finally, Connie begs Art to let her take the baby home with her. Who will feed the baby and keep it alive? Petra can't clean the house and watch the baby. Art says that they will get a body guard. The baby will stay with Connie.
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Saturday, March 05, 2016
Pasión y Poder Cap #99 March 4th 2016 Erick Jr. is still kidnapped, Caridad gets fired, and Nina gives up her jewelry.
The old:
On Erick's instruction, the thug calls Casa Montenegro, and leaves a message for Erick with Petra. The message: Tell Erick we have his son.
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On Erick's instruction, the thug calls Casa Montenegro, and leaves a message for Erick with Petra. The message: Tell Erick we have his son.
The new:
Petra panics. She doesn't know what to do or who she should tell.
In order to do things right, Erick has the thug call him on his cell phone.
David's BS radar has returned. He doesn't believe his mother when she tells him that the person who came to see her is her boss. David wants the truth.
Nina panics when Petra passes on the message that someone has Erick Jr. Nina rushes to her cell phone and desperately tries to reach Erick and Arturo to no avail.
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Thursday, March 03, 2016
Pasión y poder, Episode 98, Thursday, March 3, 2016: Sudden Death, Stolen Babies, Broken Hearts, and Just Plain Malice – and you thought you had problems!
¿Para qué tienes a un niño en una telenovela?
¡Para que lo secuestren, c___! Para que lo secuestren!
(Why do you have a child in a telenovela?
So he can be kidnaped, fool! So he can be kidnaped!)
In Rating, by Alberto Barrera Tyszka, p.127.
Death is an affront. Always. Even at a distance, death strips us of the illusion of control. But when death is close enough to chill the air we breathe, it also strips us of our masks. As we look back at tonight's story, let's pay attention to the naked faces.
Eladio, primed by Arturo's trickery, has arrived at the Gómez Luna mansion prepared to confront Julia. And so it happens that he takes the call from La Cruz Roja, and announces the dreadful news: Gaby's parents were in a terrible accident and they are both dead. Everyone is stunned. Humberto appears genuinely stricken. Gaby, who only a moment ago was rejecting Julia's overtures and saying her parents and Franco were her only family, now collapses in Eladio's arms. "Tell me it's not true!" she wails.
Jorge "Turtle Boy" Pérez has won the brass ring. Yes, he knows Regina still has feelings for David. Has he, perhaps, fallen in love with an idealized version of her? No. Unlike many of us, he can see the goodness in Regina's (incredibly annoying) soul. Yes, he knows that Nina isn't one of his fans. He's just happy that Arturo is on his side.
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Pasion y Poder #97 Wednesday, March 2, 2016
Lo Nuevo
Justino and Clara talk about their upcoming nuptuals. They have already told Luisita about it and she's happy too. Clara texts Caridad to tell her the great news. Justino tells Clarita that the night before he heard Franco saying that he had a child with Marintia. Clara says she already knew, and that if it were up to her, she would have already told Gaby about it.
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Justino and Clara talk about their upcoming nuptuals. They have already told Luisita about it and she's happy too. Clara texts Caridad to tell her the great news. Justino tells Clarita that the night before he heard Franco saying that he had a child with Marintia. Clara says she already knew, and that if it were up to her, she would have already told Gaby about it.
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Wednesday, March 02, 2016
Pasión y Poder Martes 3/1/16 #96
Chapter
96: No Valor, No Discretion
Whether
in Roman times, the Renaissance, or during revolutions, the worst
social sin is cowardice. It is always necessary to present a brave
face to the world no matter what one faces and to be discreet about
it. You close ranks around your own and take no potshots at anyone
else lest they backfire. Some people just don't learn that lesson no
matter how many times anyone tries to teach them. Others love to
watch these people defy that lesson at their peril so they can enjoy
the consequences. Or write about them. That's what keeps me in
martinis, cognac, and champagne. – D.D.
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Tuesday, March 01, 2016
Pasion y Poder #95 Brando DeNiro Pacino and DeCaprio Ain't Got Nuttin' on Humberto
The shrink tells Eladio to back off of Julia, she doesn’t
see him as her boo anymore. Eladio grabs
the shrink and tells him that he won’t be able to control his emotions anymore
if he doesn’t have Julia. Yes! Cuz I loves me some Evil E! Anyways, the doctor remains calm and
doesn’t call security. The Hulk, returns
to his Bruce Banner and comes up with plan B.
If Julia won’t see him as her boo, he will make her see as her baby’s
daddy. Good luck with that Evil E.
Nina and Franny are in the garden enjoying tea and
scones. Franny tells Nina to screw both
men and Julia (in different ways, of course) and get more cash! Cha-ching! Franny uses a vulgar gesture to
demonstrate. I go to church on Sundays, so I won’t tell you which finger she used.
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Saturday, February 27, 2016
Pasión y Poder Episode #94 February 26th 2016 While Franco plays nice, Erick gets called a murderer (twice) AND a man whore, Julia realizes that she has to pay her employees, and Fanny gives Nina the finger.
If you can watch the episode again, watch the last scene again. When Fanny is with Nina, and counting on her fingers, she accidentally gives Nina the finger, and Uni blurs it out.
Franco, the two-faced bastard, tries to stir up some trouble, when he barges into Eladio's office and informs him that Julia is with Arturo in HIS office. Eladio is impactado, but does his best to keep his cool, as he remembers that he must respect Julia's wishes to stay out of her life. Oh, this wasn't the reaction that Franco had hoped for, so he further twists the knife, and points out to Eladio, how it's one thing for Arturo to be seeking out Julia, and another thing for JULIA to be seeking out Arturo. Franco tells Eladio how it enrages him and irks him to see him so depressed while Julia is over there with Arturo. Eladio losses his cool with Franco, tells him to shut up several times, yells at him that he can't say anything about Julia, and finally calms down and tells him that he did good by informing him, and that he must always keep him informed about what is happening.
Consuelo gets off the phone with her doctor, and informs Clara, that she's out of milk due to angustía (anxiety, distress), and that it's psychological. And yes, she's been feeling a lot of anxiety, with the mere thought of the Chimp (Erick) wanting to take Erick Jr. from her. Clara advises Consuelo to stay calm, and not pay any attention to what Chimp Boy says. Consuelo asks Clara to babysit Erick Jr. and heads out the door on her way to GM.
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Thursday, February 25, 2016
Pasión y poder, Episode 93, Thursday, February 25, 2016: Got milk?
Only the lowlifes are smiling these days. Things are going well for Chimp Boy and Franco. Humberto is enjoying himself too, though we didn't get to chuckle with him tonight. Jorge has been looking cockier lately. (Okay, Clara and Justino – the only unambiguously good guys in the story – are happily in love. Do we care? Seriously?) But everyone else is wallowing in the Slough of Despond. So let's take a look at each sad story tonight, not scene by choppy scene, but character by sappy character:
On the home front, Arturo finds himself confronted with a powerful female triumvirate. Regina, blaming her father for her breakup with David, has now allied herself with Nina and Daniela (who, by the way, are looking a little better these days in their almost, but not quite mother-daughter dresses). Regina wants to leave Grupo Montenegro, but Nina convinces her to stay and keep an eye on Arturo from the inside.
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Pasion y Poder #92: I Love Him, I Love Him Not, I Love Him? Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2016
Lo Nuevo
Fanny is visiting Nina. They talk about how Eladio is willing to help Nina once she gets her hands on half of Art's money. Nina does not totally trust Eladio, but will think about it. She's thinking of becoming a great businesswoman. She wants to shove it in Art's face that Eladio helped her.
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Fanny is visiting Nina. They talk about how Eladio is willing to help Nina once she gets her hands on half of Art's money. Nina does not totally trust Eladio, but will think about it. She's thinking of becoming a great businesswoman. She wants to shove it in Art's face that Eladio helped her.
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Wednesday, February 24, 2016
Premiere March 8: Sueño de Amor. Brief synopsis. Who's in?
Nandicta has said she'd like to recap this one. Other takers? Contact me at caray@mappamundi.com
Dream of Love tells the story of Esperanza and Ricardo and their desire to find each other again twenty years after living the intensity of first love. But today their lives are very different ...
Esperanza is a single mother and teacher in two different schools: in the exclusive Institute Palacios and also in the simple College Vasconcelos. She struggles every day to get ahead.
Meanwhile, in Los Angeles Ricardo is married to Tracy, a woman who puts puts her profession ahead of their children, Rodrigo and Selena. For this reason Ricardo is practically a "single" parent who must combine parenthood with his work as an agent of Interpol.
Life reunites them when Ricardo arrives, as an undercover agent, at Institute Palacios; he is following the trail of the terrible criminal "La Sombra".
Betty Monroe -- Esperanza Guerrero: a friendly, patient, fair and brave teacher. She is the mother and father at the same time and gives unreservedly to her family. She has dreams: to have her family improve its station in life, to build a school for poor children, and above all to see Richard, the love of her life, again.
Cristián de La Fuente -- Ricardo Alegría: the man who fought for the American dream and got it. He's an Interpol agent and the father of two wonderful children. But living with his wife Tracy has become untenable. Ricardo will have the good fortune to reunite with the love of his life. With patience and a lot of affection, they will establish a "reconstructed family" with all their children.
Carmen Salinas -- Margarita Manzanares: bold, cheerful and witty. She's a lively granny who understands technology. She always gives the right advice and wants to help her family find happiness. There is conflict with her daughter Silvana, director of the pompous Institute Palacios bombastic while Margarita runs the simple College Vasconcelos.
La sombra: a very dangerous international criminal, an art and jewel thief and jewels willing to do anything to get what he wants. He's been a nightmare not only for police but also for Ricardo and his family. He can even abandon his identity so nobody can catch him.
Sabine Moussier -- Tracy Kidman: Ricardo's capricious, impatient and selfish wife. For her the job comes first, she neglects her marriage and children. But as soon as she realizes Ricardo and his family can find happiness, she'll do what she can to become their nightmare. She is American and has little command of Spanish.
El Chapo de Sinaloa -- Jerónimo Durán: a very cheerful and hardworking bricklayer whose talent for singing may turn him into the builder of his own dream.
Dream of Love tells the story of Esperanza and Ricardo and their desire to find each other again twenty years after living the intensity of first love. But today their lives are very different ...
Esperanza is a single mother and teacher in two different schools: in the exclusive Institute Palacios and also in the simple College Vasconcelos. She struggles every day to get ahead.
Meanwhile, in Los Angeles Ricardo is married to Tracy, a woman who puts puts her profession ahead of their children, Rodrigo and Selena. For this reason Ricardo is practically a "single" parent who must combine parenthood with his work as an agent of Interpol.
Life reunites them when Ricardo arrives, as an undercover agent, at Institute Palacios; he is following the trail of the terrible criminal "La Sombra".
Betty Monroe -- Esperanza Guerrero: a friendly, patient, fair and brave teacher. She is the mother and father at the same time and gives unreservedly to her family. She has dreams: to have her family improve its station in life, to build a school for poor children, and above all to see Richard, the love of her life, again.Cristián de La Fuente -- Ricardo Alegría: the man who fought for the American dream and got it. He's an Interpol agent and the father of two wonderful children. But living with his wife Tracy has become untenable. Ricardo will have the good fortune to reunite with the love of his life. With patience and a lot of affection, they will establish a "reconstructed family" with all their children.Carmen Salinas -- Margarita Manzanares: bold, cheerful and witty. She's a lively granny who understands technology. She always gives the right advice and wants to help her family find happiness. There is conflict with her daughter Silvana, director of the pompous Institute Palacios bombastic while Margarita runs the simple College Vasconcelos.La sombra: a very dangerous international criminal, an art and jewel thief and jewels willing to do anything to get what he wants. He's been a nightmare not only for police but also for Ricardo and his family. He can even abandon his identity so nobody can catch him.Sabine Moussier -- Tracy Kidman: Ricardo's capricious, impatient and selfish wife. For her the job comes first, she neglects her marriage and children. But as soon as she realizes Ricardo and his family can find happiness, she'll do what she can to become their nightmare. She is American and has little command of Spanish.El Chapo de Sinaloa -- Jerónimo Durán: a very cheerful and hardworking bricklayer whose talent for singing may turn him into the builder of his own dream.Labels: camino, hotel, la-vecina, lichita, mivac, poder, proximas, qnc, sda
Tuesday, February 23, 2016
Pasión y Poder Martes 2/23/16 #91
Chapter
91: Dirty Pool
The
most powerful thing about money is that it makes its owners feel they
are somehow superior to others. This is not limited to old money;
nouveau riches like Eladio and Nina are not immune and often they are
the biggest offenders and the worst snobs. Money can buy a great many
things, but character isn't one of them, especially when one has had
a poor example to follow. – D.D.
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Un camino hacia el destino - synopsis in English
Starting at 6:30 pm tonight!! Anybody want to recap this one? Contact me at caray@mappamundi.comSetting: the hacienda of the Altamirano family. Fernando Altamirano (Red Gustavo), head of the family, is a widower and the father of Amelia (Lisette Morelos), the eldest daughter, and Mariana (Ana Patricia Rojo), the apple of his eyes.
Pedro Perez (Jorge Aravena) is gardener on the estate. He has secretly loved Amelia forever. But she's in love with Luis Montero (René Strickler), an ambitious young law student.
At the age of 18 Amelia gives herself to Luis and becomes pregnant. But Luis rejects her in order to marry Marissa Gomez Ruiz (Eugenia Cauduro), a widow millionaire banker. Somehow Don Fernando comes to believe the child Amelia is expecting is Pedro's - he throws both of them out of the house.
Pedro marries Amelia and for love of her assumes paternity of the child whom Amelia christens Luisa Fernanda (Paulina Goto). (Luisa for the real dad and Fernanda for the grandfather).
Luis and Marissa's wedding takes place quickly because she has to go to Spain for bank business. She ends up paying for Luis to study law in Spain.
Marissa has a son, Carlos Gomez Ruiz (Horacio Pancheri), who despite his young age is not deceived. He's always known Luis is a playboy who married his mother for money. This makes for an awful relationship between Luis and Carlos.
Years pass ... Luisa Fernanda is a beautiful young lady of 18, who is finishing high school and has two passions in life: she plays the violin beautifully though she's never studied it, and she loves gardening, which she learned from her father Peter.
A meeting led by fate makes Luis run over Fernanda, ending at the hospital where Carlos works ...
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Pasion y Poder #90 Discussion Page
Saturday, February 20, 2016
Pasión y Poder Cap #89 Friday, Feb 19th 2016 I hope Erick chokes on those enchiladas
Nina confronts Julia for snatching her hubs from her by smacking her across the face after calling her a cualquiera (slut, tramp, whore, etc) of course.
Downtown, Erick's on the hot seat and his future is about to be decided. We find out that The Ratt's necklace has been disqualified as a piece of evidence. Pedro Tapia, the witness, now takes the stand, and must state whether or not Erick was the man who was arguing with The Ratt on the night of her extermination.
Julia denies the accusations. She's NOT a husband snatcher. Nina doesn't believe her and calls her out on the harm she's causing everyone, including her own offspring.
Tapia commits perjury and states that Erick isn't the man who was arguing with The Ratt on the night of her extermination. Detective is aghast at what he hears. Tapia states that the man he saw was shorter, fat, almost bald, and had an aquiline nose. Detective calls Tapia a BIG FAT LIAR. Judge reminds Tapia that perjury = many years in the pokey.
Nina tries to put Julia in her shoes. What if the roles were reversed and it was she (Nina) who was fooling around with Eladio. Julia says that if she knew and were sure that Eladio loved Nina then she (unlike Nina) would at least have the dignity to not lower herself by going to see Nina and smacking her around in her own home. Nina isn't so sure about that and honestly neither is this recapper. But Julia is sure that, that's what she'd do. Because she would have had put up with Eladio enough already to have to deal with Mrs. Purple Lips as well. Nina then accuses Julia of not caring if she's destroying the lives of their kids as long as she was able to be with Arturo.
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Friday, February 19, 2016
Weekend Discussion: Crimes of Fashion, 3rd Edition 2/19/16
Thanks to Soledad Romero-Vargas, our
fashion critic here at Vanidades, we bring you these
disasters. -- D.D.
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Wednesday, February 17, 2016
Pasión y Poder Martes 2/16/16 #88
Chapter
88: “A Plague on Both Your Houses”
The
storm that's been brewing for quite a while is about to break. A
tsunami is coming over the houses of Gómez-Luna and Montenegro, the
likes of which are beyond Shakespeare and Tennessee Williams. We
could be witnessing a Götterdämmerung without having to go to
Bayreuth. This has all the drama although it lacks the spectacular
music.
The
more I'm around these people the more I wish I'd also majored in
psychology. Many wealthy people have problems about money, class,
and other matters but these people have more issues than National
Geographic.
–
D.D.
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Tuesday, February 16, 2016
Pasion y Poder #87 20160215 I Wasn't Kissing Your Boyfriend's Mother, I was Just Cleaning Her Tonsils!
My mother had major surgery and has been hospitalized since last Thursday. I've been sleeping on a cot in her room every night.
Please use this as a discussion page. If anyone would like to give a brief synopsis of what happened last night, I will post it when I get to work. Just put in in the comment section. Thanks.
Please use this as a discussion page. If anyone would like to give a brief synopsis of what happened last night, I will post it when I get to work. Just put in in the comment section. Thanks.
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Friday, February 12, 2016
Pasión y Poder Jueves 2/11/16 #86
Chapter
86: Summer
and Smoke
Had
a few cocktails the other day with an old acquaintance and it
occurred to me that this story is taking on some elements of one of
his less successful plays. This needs a few martinis now because I'm
not sure where it could go from here. Until now I seemed to be
looking at one of Shakespeare's greatest hits being turned inside out
which means it would end with adult children mourning their parents.
On the other hand, it could become something that ends in a modern
stalemate. Not sure what my readers will say to either.
One
thing I can say is that today's communication capabilities and
changes in morality means that all bets are off.
–
D.D.
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