Friday, January 29, 2016
Karmageddon Discussion: Muchacha Italiana Viene a Casarse 11/26/16
Labels: hotel, Karmageddon, lichita, mivac, poder, telemundo, weekend
Friday, December 18, 2015
Weekend Discussion: Yo No Creo en los Hombres -- Karmageddon!
Labels: Karmageddon, no-creo, weekend
Friday, December 11, 2015
Weekend Discussion: Recap Authors, What Series Was Your Biggest Challenge?
I'm going into my fifth year of writing for this blog and most of it has been fun and interesting. My first series was La Fuerza del Destino in 2011 where I caught most of the juicy episodes about the character we called Merry Piece and I felt privileged for that. There were a few truly great performances in that series and some wooden ones and we all take the good with the bad.
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Labels: no-creo, poder, weekend
Friday, November 13, 2015
Weekend Discussion: Crimes of Fashion, 2nd Edition
Labels: mivac, no-creo, poder, weekend
Friday, October 23, 2015
Weekend Discussion: Novela Cliche Directory
I decided once upon a time to compile these and here is what I've collected so far. What can you add to this?
Most are self-explanatory.
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Labels: telenovelas, weekend
Friday, October 02, 2015
Weekend Discussion: Viva Italia!
Friday, September 25, 2015
Weekend Discussion: Your Favorite Movies
Labels: weekend
Friday, September 18, 2015
Weekend Discussion: Unlikely Couples
Saturday, September 12, 2015
Weekend Discussion: Your Favorite Classic Novelas
Friday, August 07, 2015
Weekend Discussion: First Annual Televisa Perversity Pageant (Men's Division)
Labels: que-te, robo, siempre, sombra, weekend
Thursday, July 30, 2015
Weekend Discussion: Karmageddon Comes to Santa Lucia (La Sombra del Pasado)
Labels: Karmageddon, sombra, weekend
Friday, July 10, 2015
Weekend Discussion: Novela Stars in English!
Friday, July 03, 2015
Weekend Discussion: Life Imitates Art Imitates Life? Revisited
Note: This is a re-publishing of an August 2013 discussion that I think is relevant because I wonder to what degree the outdated attitudes get revived in remake after remake. Inspired by a line of dialogue in last night's episode of LSdP.
Do you think that telenovelas reflect or influence human behavior? A good friend of long standing is under the bizarre impression that in order to have a massively passionate relationship one must also have insane conflict. I had so many conversations with him during fights and estrangements with various girlfriends from college until his marriage and after his divorce that sounded like novela fights and reconciliations (and he not only isn't Hispanic, he doesn't even watch them).
Last weekend I watched The Godfather, Part III and found an article by a British journalist that discussed the difficulties the studio had with the real mob during production of the original film. Once they settled their issues and the film debuted something interesting allegedly happened: Real mobsters began addressing their leaders as "Don" and "Dons" became "Godfathers." The characters on HBO's hit series The Sopranos regarded these films as the bible of Mafia etiquette.
BTW, as an aside, I know that the original Godfather film was a hit in Mexico; in a 2001 novela it was named by a series protagonist as his favorite film. And El Padrino of QBA looks like he has something of a Vito Corleone complex.
Added: Do you think outdated attitudes are revived or reviled? Do you think that the PSA tendencies of novela writers can influence future behavior?
Have it it, amigos.
Labels: telenovelas, weekend
Saturday, June 13, 2015
Weekend Discussion: Love -- Reality or Poetic Delusion?
I actually know a few people who don't think love exists at all. Some of them had highly toxic parents and a couple of them have had disappointing love lives (one I suspect never had one). A few other people I know are so confounded by differences between men and women they refuse to believe it is possible to understand the other at all. It's possible that they are too lazy to try.
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Labels: weekend
Friday, May 29, 2015
Weekend Discussion: Have the Writers Declared a Competition on Perversity?
Labels: telenovelas, weekend
Friday, May 08, 2015
Weekend Discussion: Do Humans Need Love?
Friday, April 24, 2015
Weekend Discussion: Misogyny and Sexism Need an Executioner
I'm in step with those who are watching Amores Con Trampa but still catching up to La Sombra del Pasado (cap 25) and Que Te Perdone Dios (cap 34), but the sexism is getting to me. I totally get that rural environments are often more sexist than urban ones and what's going on in ACT makes a certain amount of sense. However in the 21st century are the other two even close to reality anymore?
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Labels: que-te, sombra, telenovelas, weekend
Saturday, April 11, 2015
Weekend Discussion Your Favorite Actors' Best Performances
This was suggested two weeks ago. Pick your favorite actor and his best performance. All character types are fair game; you can choose one of each. I'll start. I might add photos later from your entries in between catching up on the two big dramas currently airing.
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Labels: no-podia, stars, weekend
Saturday, March 21, 2015
Weekend Discussion and Writing Assignment for the Brave; to be continued next week
Labels: weekend
Friday, March 06, 2015
Weekend Discussion: Karmageddon Awaits on Mi Corazón es Tuyo
- What would you want to see happen to these villains and
- What do you think the writers will do to them?
Labels: Karmageddon, mcet, weekend
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