Caray, Caray!

If you'd like to recap email me: caray@mappamundi.com - thanks - blog mom.

This story takes place in the picturesque town of Aguazul. Montserrat lives there: she's a pretty girl, of high social status, who wants to have a "rose colored" life. She is constantly manipulated by her mother, Graciela Giacinti, for whom only social appearances are important and who will under no circumstances lose social status, even though her husband Lauro Mendoza, a retired admiral, has lost everything.

Montserrat has been converted into the solution to all her parents' socio-economic problems: her mother has selected her the ideal spouse, Sebastián de Icaza, son of one of the most influential familes in Aguazul. Nevertheless, Montserrat is not interested in marrying for her family's convenience and in fact is in love with José Luis, who runs a marina. Her parents ignore this romance, and this oppresses their daughter.

José Luis feels his relationship with Montserrat is going nowhere and feels the family Mendoza will never accept him.

On the other hand, Alejandro, a laborer on a nearby farm with hopes of bettering his station in life, knows the truth: that his father is Don Benjamin Almonte, a cruel, powerful and wealthy man who revealed this secret on his deathbed. Alejandra didn't receive this news happily. At the very same time life will bring him to meet Montserrat, for whom he immediately falls!

[Skipping a lot which seems to be spoilers]

The destiny of these three people will coincide and among them will be love, friendship, passion, contempt and rancor due to secrets, betrayals and hate provoked by the ambition and avarice that surrounds them.

Cast of characters:

Daniela Castro is Graciela Giacinti de Mendoza
Bad guy. Hypocrite, she appears a devoted woman devoted to her Catholicism but is actually a dark creature full of ambition and greed. She loves to be surrounded by luxury and is proud to be part of an important family. But she has a secret! Long ago she was the lover of Benjamín Almonte. Now, for money she is capable of selling her own daughter to his bastard son and heir.

Angelique Boyer is Montserrat Mendoza

Good guy. Noble, capable of sacrificing herself for her family. Fragile and innocent, she's been in a convent. To her own surprise, little by little she falls truly in love with her husband, which will be a problem when she falls for José Luis. All her problems will strengthen her character.

Sebastián Rulli is Alejandro Almonte

Good guy. Loyal and fair, a gentleman who treats people with respect. His mother, a humble farm worker, died when he was a lad. His life changes when his boss confesses to being his father and leaves him a pot of dough. He becomes a powerful man. He meets Montserrat and falls hopelessly in love with her.

Luis Roberto Guzmán is José Luis Álvarez

Good guy. From a poor background but honorable and a good worker. Capable of anything when it comes to love. Montserrat is the love of his life. When he finds out she is forced to marry a man she despises while he is in jail (unjustly) [spoilers]. He realizes, sadly, that the love Montserrat has for him has changed and that Alejandro, her husband, is a good man.

Sergio Sendel is Pedro Medina

Bad guy, of course. Arrogant and egotistical, of course. [Will he throw phones?] He married Nadia for political reasons: he needed a wife of perfect reputation and a good name when he ran for municipal president. He's dedicated to persecuting Alejandro.

Rogelio Guerra is Lauro Mendoza

Bad guy. Retired husband of Marina, he seems strong but deep down is weak. He and Graciela had two children: Montserrat and Dimitrio. His heart troubles, exacerbated by losing all his riches, have diminished him before his dominating wife.

There are a lot more characters described at Novela y Series

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APB To All Recappers and Would-Be Recappers!

Anita and ViviDC will be alternating Tuesdays for the first two months of QBA, but then we'll need a recapper to take Anita's place if possible.  If someone wants to plan ahead please let Melinama know, either here or at caray[at]mappamundi.com

Thanks!

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Hello friends,

I'm behind the beat here because I've been very busy with another project and then the flu. But I can see the light at the end of the tunnel! As the anvils are whistling past our ears on Por ella we are assembling a new crew for the Colunga comedy "Porque el amor manda" - Ezra and I are stepping down and Wednesday and Thursday slots are available - unless somebody has already told me they're stepping up and I have spaced it out. Please EMAIL me at caray@mappamundi.com if you're interested in joining the team which will be head up by our redoubtable Cheryl!!

Thanks to all for keeping the ball rolling.

Melinama your blog mom

ps if you are interested in my other ridiculously arcane project, related to telenovelas only by the florid melodrama contained within - see Polish Jewish Cabaret, a blog where I am posting my own (vocal) recordings of Yiddish Theater songs from cabaret and kleynkunst between the world wars in Warsaw Poland. Here are a couple silly little samples - first, a song about poor girls ending up in brothels, set to a soppy old American tune "In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree"



and second, a free download (the rollicking more Jewish sounding 'Yosl Yosl') if you want to be on the mailing list for the project...

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Vivi tells us Corona de Lagrimas (Crown of Tears) will replace Refugio at 7pm starting December 3. We're thinking that with a title like that, and with no particularly beloved stars, Caray Caray may give this one a pass. If anybody is enthused enough about it to want to blog it, let me know.

When Refugio (Victoria Ruffo) and her three sons, Patricio, Edmundo and Ignacio are thrown out of their home, by a twist of fate they come to Mexico City, where they begin a new life.

Eighteen years later, and have settled in a small apartment in popular area. She has a modest job, and has serious vision problems, but no health care to meet the needs of her children. Patricio studied Law and dreams of a comfortable and prosperous future; Edmundo is studying medicine and is a brilliant student but undisciplined; and Ignacio could only finish high school because he works in a mechanic’s shop, helping his mother to pay for household expenses and the studies of his brothers.

Patricio is the boyfriend of Lucero, daughter Julieta, who lodged with the family when they came to town. But soon after, he rejects Lucero when he meets Olga, a girl whose fickle fortune dazzles him, leading him to be ashamed of his family and to lie about his origins, going so far as to deny his mother. Olga begins to doubt Patricio’s lies. Exposed, he lies again saying that Refugio was his nanny, has a mental illness and he takes care of her. Olga admires his charity. Later, Edmundo begins to woo Lucero, inadvertently hurting Ignacio, who secretly loves her.

Olga asks her father, the lawyer Romulo Ancira, to hire Patricio in his law firm. As her father is fed up with the vagaries of his daughter, he agrees and soon they announce their engagement. Following their wedding, Patricio pulls completely away from his mother and his brothers. When Refugio tries to approach Olga to try to regain the love of her son, she receives only humiliation. This creates disagreements between Patricio and his brothers Edmundo and Ignacio. Then Patricio learns that his father is not the same as his brothers’, accuses his mother of cheating, and demands she not approach him.

Consequently, Refugio falls into a severe depression that leads her to losing her job and aggravates her loss of sight. Neither Edmundo nor Ignacio seem able to comfort her, but strive to get ahead-- Edmundo first by looking for easy money through illegal business, and Ignacio, by borrowing and falling into debt. Edmundo is lands in jail, and the situation worsens when Ignacio goes to ask Patricio to legally defend Edmundo and he refuses.

The married life of Patricio and Olga is a mess. She is such a jealous wife that she uses emotional blackmail on Patricio, even attempting suicide. Patricio’s world of luxury and comfort crumbles.

When the man who ruined the lives of Refugio and her children comes back in their lives, by chance, Patricio learns the truth about his origins and the efforts of his mother despite adversity. The pain of his own failures, defeats the arrogance of Patricio. He begs the pardon of Refugio and agrees to defend his brother, after which family harmony is recovered.

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Hello friends, both these shows are ending pretty soon. I know we have some people going on sabbatical. Which of you wonderful recappers are staying on, and who is not? Email me or leave a comment here.

If you would like to be on either of the new teams, Amores Verdaderos which is starting this coming week or the other one (I don't know what it will be), also leave a message.

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Please let Melinama or me know if you're interested in giving it a shot!  Thanks!

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August 10 is the last day of no podia amar - Monday August 13 begins Amor Bravio. Which of the no-podia recappers are staying on for Amor Bravio? (You get first dibs.) Let me know. Here's the teaser plot:

This is the love story of Camila (Silvia Navarro) and Daniel (Cristian de la Fuente), who meet under adverse conditions but despite distrust, rancor, and the thirst for vengeance, they will emerge triumphant over all obstackes with their valiant love (amor bravío).

Camila suffers a terrible accident that marks her life. In consequence, Agustina (Olivia Bucio) decides to accept the help and protection of her brother-in-law Daniel (Rogelio Guerra), and the two of them move to 'La Malquerida' ranch.

Camila and her uncle Daniel love animals and the countryside; she works as vet on his farm, which is admistered by Alonso (Flavio Medina), a not-nice young man with a high and mighty attitude. He's intelligent and has noticed the affection Daniel has for his niece. He assumes Camila will eventually inherit everything. Thus he decides to seduce her slowly and strategically. She falls in love with him.

Alonso lives with his dominating, ambitious, high-born mother Isadora (Leticia Calderón) who wants to recuperate her former prestige and social standing.

Don Daniel finds out that Ágatha, with whom he had a love affair in his youth, has died in Chile, that she divorced her husband months after she and Daniel separated, and that she had a son, Daniel, who appears to be a chip off the old block. Don D. gets excited about this possibly being his son.

Daniel Díaz Acosta, a computer technology expert, lives in Chile with his wife Miriam (Lisset). They're a happy couple and just found out they are going to be parents. The anvil hovers over his head.

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According to titan tv, no. Opinions? So far only Ezra and I are signed up to recap. Any other takers?

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This show is supposedly starting July 16 at 8pm, so the dreadful 2-hour Refugio marathons suffered by bloggers and fans alike are almost over. Ezra and I will be blogging this new one. Current and would-be bloggers of Refugio and/or Por Ella, leave me a comment below.

Juan Carlos Caballero (Jaime Camil), an incorrigible Don Juan, who uses women and does not believe in love, is a prominent executive in Grupo Imperio, an outstanding firm dedicated to tourist-related activities and business.

Using his famous talents as a seducer he pretends to be a businessman from abroad and tries to steal from Helena Moreno (Lucero) - a single mother and entrepreneur - her innovative project related to tourist development for a Mexican beach. Nevertheless, despite all predictions, getting to know her he finds himself in love for the first time.

Just when he's thinking of telling her the truth, he is busted and at the same time is unjustly accused of a huge fraud by the financial vice president of the company where he works. This villain is the perverse Plutarco Ramos (Marcelo Córdoba), who furthermore is the one who in reality has robbed Helena's important project and now, with the Tourism Commission, he is accusing her of stealing his idea.

Pursued by the police, Juan Carlos flees while within Grupo Imperio Plutarco decides to hire Helen to head up her own project. The young woman, unemployed and with an accusation hanging over her, feels forced to accept the post in order to demonstrate that she has been victim of fraud.

It's at this point that Juan Carlos, who is in hiding, discovers an opportunity to return in order to vindicate himself and recover Helena's love.

How to be near her without her noticing? How to figure out who unjustly accused him of this huge fraud? Juan Carlose decides, because of his love for Helena, to become Eva; in this way he will learn a lesson that changes his vision of life and his perception of women, and will become a man of integrity and power and, finally, bring him to real love.

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Hey, I see your show is in ultimos capitulos. Would any of you be interested in helping with Refugio, which is killing us with the 2-hour sessions? We could split it up into hour long pieces, and then when (hopefully) some other show gets slotted in you'll be in place for it... ??? Let me know what you want to do...

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Hello friends,
I wonder if my Familia con suerte family is too exhausted by our MONTHS OF DOUBLE EPISODES to continue on with the next one, which is of the old-fashioned variety. Please let me know in the comments here. And is anybody else interested in signing on? Let me know.

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CME is ending January 6.

I guess the next show up is El Talisman. Anybody know when it begins?

Also I don't know what order the shows will be running in, does anybody?

Cuando recappers - who is staying on? Please comment here.

Thanks everybody, and happy New Year!

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Hello friends,

Starting this coming Monday, for at least a week and a day (that's as far ahead as I can see in the tv schedule), our show is running two hours a day, this time from
7 pm to 9 pm!
There's no way Ez and I can keep up with three 2-hour recaps next week. Any volunteers? Anybody know what's happening after that?

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Urban is switching to Monday; Elvira is on Wednesday; 5 foot and Keri are keeping their Thursday - Friday slots for "La Que No Podia Amar" - this leaves only Tuesday as a question mark. Do we have a taker? Thanks!

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Hello friends - who is going to be continuing on with "Familia"? Email me or leave a comment here. Thanks!

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Hello friends! Finally another comedy in our lineup. I hope to take a slot for this one.

Fernanda Peñaloza (Alicia Rodríguez) is told she has cancer and decides to commit suicide. When she's at the point of throwing herself off a bridge Pancho López (Arath de la Torre), a vegetable delivery man, tells her life is beautiful and one has to struggle for her every day. He conviinces her and invites her to join him in his truck, which he calls "The Donkey." He's a humble man, full of virtues and with natural knack for business - he helps whoever needs it and belives in family. He thinks having a lot of money makes for problems.

Fernanda meets his four children: Lupita (Ale García) is his pampered daughter, a warm-hearted girl who has inherited her father's love of helping others. Ana (Sherlyn) Lupita more than he loves her. Temo (Daniel Arévalo) is the baby of the family - their mother Laurita (Ana Bárbara) died giving birth to him and he's been raised by Chela (Luz Elena González), Pancho's sister-in-law, who took charge of the family when her sister died. She hides a secret: the only love of her life has been Pancho.

Pepe López (Pablo Lyle) is Pancho's oldest son. He's audacious, a mechanic's apprentice, he loves race cars and relates to people of a different social status than his own. He meets Mónica Rinaldi (Violeta Isfel), the rich girlfriend of Freddy Irabién (Juan Diego Covarrubias) and they become rivals on the road and for Monica's love.

Candelaria (Alicia Machado), Pancho's sister, is a pretty diva, who flaunts her exuberant beauty for all the men of the barrio to admire.

Pancho López and his family have a big problem: the neighborhood is mortgaged and there's no money to pay the debt. It hurts Pancho that he can't protect his family.

Fernanda Peñaloza values Pancho's honesty and sense of responsibility and considers him an honorable man, quite the opposite of her nephew Vicente Irabién (Sergio Sendel), an ambitious man who uses people, who's anxious for his aunt to die so he can have her fortune and become president of the business.

Enzzo Rinaldi (Pedro Moreno) wants to evict the Lopez family and their friends. Pancho feels trapped, he and his family suffer humiliation and in the end there's nothing for it but to accept Fernanda's proposal - that he become president of her cosmetics industry.

Rebeca Treviño (Mayrín Villanueva), a beautiful, intelligent woman, is Pancho's advisor in his new job as president. She will educate him, teach him how to live in the world of high finance. She becomes Chela's rival.

The López family moves into Fernanda's mansion, their new neighbors the Irabién family: Vicente, Pina (Daniela Castro) and Freddy...

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Hello friends,

Have you been reading our blog and thinking "I could do that!" ??

Our 8 pm show, Eva Luna, is ending April 11 (this coming Monday) and we don't know what's following it.. We need possibly FOUR bloggers for this show!! It's rumored to be quite good.
UPDATE: Some are of the opinion that in fact Eva Luna is NOT ending!??

Our 7 pm show, Llena de Amor, is ending April 18. and "Cuando Me Enamore" is starting on Tuesday, April 19. We need two or three bloggers for the show, which is rumored to be a comedy (I hope so!)

Our 9 pm show, Teresa, has just begun and has no regular recaps at all, because the recappers all went with "Triunfo" when it was put in the 10 pm slot.
UPDATE! Frances is going to blog Teresa tonight! Let's give her a hand!
UDPATE! Samantha is going to give it a try tomorrow night! Good luck Samantha!

We will go on with whoever we have on board, but understand: there is no "THEM" here to badger. If you are thinking, WHERE ARE MY RECAPS? consider being a recapper your very own self. Email me at caray@mappamundi.com if you're interested.

Respectfully submitted,
Your blog mom Melinama (Chapel Hill Fiddler)

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