Sunday, November 09, 2014

An article about telenovelas y'all may enjoy.

I think this is well written and dead on. Comments?

Is America Ready to Fall in Love with the Telenovela?

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Mi Corazón #80: Dog Days At Mansion Lascurain; Bitch Linda’s Advantageous Power Gain

Cap. 80

Oh the horror-- chewed up shoes!!  “--¡ANA!!!” Ana and the kids try hiding Siete in the twins’ bedroom.  Nando states the obvious: Don Fernando will kill Ana for bringing home that dog.  (In unison, class.  Cancela!  Cancela! Cancela!)

DF continues sneezing and yelling at her alternately.  (Okay, so the guy is so obtuse he’s apparently never heard of allergy shots.) “—Salud!”   Siete tries taking matters into his own hands, however, and after racing out of the bedroom and down into the living room, he  stands up and begs for mercy from Don Hielo.  (Premio for El Siete!  Bravo!! Premio!  Premio!  A Puppy Premio!)  The kids and Ana are all in torment. “—But he’ll die back out on the streets, living in an alley!”  (Gr-r-r-r-r!)


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Saturday, November 08, 2014

Hasta El Fin Del Mundo #60 11/7/14 Irma Sells Out

Old:
Marisol takes her books to Lucas' house to study.
Chava tells Lupe' that he got hired as a stunt driver for a commercial.
Paco runs in to tell Lupe' and Chava that Cuco's place was robbed.

New:
Armie packs his things. Irma tries to convince him to stay, but he's had enough. Armie tells her that Nandito is okay with what's happening and she should stop trying to use him to manipulate the situation. Irma says, "You have no feelings."

Greta is upset that Oliver came to the mansion to give Dani her school lessons and she's nowhere to be found. Sofia comes in and tells her that Dani has gone out with Alexa. After Oliver leaves, Greta tells Sofia that she's so proud of her! Sofia is the only daughter who has been manipulated and guilt-tripped enough to do what's expected of her. Work hard to keep this family of layabouts financially solvent.

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Weekend Discussion: Do Things In Novelas Change Your Life?





Has your taste changed in anything since you became a regular novela viewer?  Did you find you love Latin music, did you want to try more Latin foods?  Do you think nothing of shopping in the international aisle of your supermarket?  Are La Costena and Goya products on your shelves or your shopping list?

Do you treat your family or friends differently?  Do you dress differently?

Enquiring minds want to know!

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TELEMUNDO Y MÁS: REINA DE CORAZONES -- PAGE THREE -- week of November 3, 2014


My Dear Reinamaniacs:

Here's a new page for the weekend.  Make yourselves at home here -- laugh, wail, rant, o lo que sea -- while I try to make some sense of Friday's triple episode.  

For now, please enjoy Anita's brilliant creation that was posted on Thursday, but that some of you may have missed in the embarrassment of riches that is Page Two:

THE WISDOM OF THE DRAGON
Subtitled: I Cannot Reveal Who is Making This Up

WEEK SIXTEEN – Mon Oct 20

He who hesitates when facing a dragon, loses.

When el llamado de la sangre regarding dragona daughters is in doubt and he doesn’t believe the child’s mother, a dragon can turn to DNA; but should be skeptical about believing the results.

A Dragon trusts no one, not even science. (See prior entry).

A Dragon always greets his mother with a drawn gun.

A Dragon can survive torture, as long as he remembers all the other things that were done to him that were worse (like abandonment in a church as an infant and being raised in an orphanage).
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Friday, November 07, 2014

La Malquerida, capitulo 55. 11/07/14

Recap will be up tomorrow.

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La Gata #50 Friday 11/7/14 La Visita

Here's a link to the latest entry in the La Gata soundtrack: Todo lo que soy. A duet with Alex Ubago.

On with the show:

Damian presents FDLSC with legal paperwork. The legal team wants to request that the courts freeze Augie's assets. Since they will be able to show that FDLSC is the real owner of the MN assets, a judge will most likely grant that. All they need to do is deposit some bond or fee or something (they used the word "fianza" so clearly not bail. I friggin' hate having to recap legal crap.) FDLSC tells Damian to proceed.

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La Malquerida, capitulo 54. 11/06/14

Dicussion page

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La Gata #49 Thursday 11-6-14 Lowrenza and Augie declare war; Pablo, Mariano and Virginia declare Independence!


We rejoin Pablo and Esme in a rare moment of intimacy, their souls joined at the lips.  She breaks the kiss complaining that his parents will never accept her and she can’t wait all her life.  She wants to marry a good man and have a normal life!   Like with El Italiano?  Pablo asks.   At least he’s done something for my daughter unlike you who hasn’t shown me any of this money you are supposedly earning!  Pablo looks incredulous, almost amused.
 
Quick cut to El Italiano and Rita in his shop.  Rita wonders when he’s going to make wedding preparations.  El Italiano says Gata will never marry him.  Lupe is glad El Italiano has come to his senses.  In bursts Pablo who is no longer looking amused.  He slugs El Italiano for letting Esme think it was his money that paid for the hospital bill.   He falls back and Lupe catches him.  Having been warned to stay out of it, Lupe flings El Italiano back and Pablo slugs him again telling him if he keeps up this lie he swears he will kill him!  [Admit it, didn’t that feel good!]
 
Now we are with Mariano and Augustin discussing strategy in the counter offensive against Fernando.   Augustine discovers he holds title to land that includes the town dump!  A light bulb goes on in Augustine’s beady eyes:  he will get back at Fernando by throwing La Gata and everyone else out of the basuerero!
 
Back to the pizza shop where El Italiano screams at Pablo that La Gata is afraid of him, that he will take the babies from her.  We are treated to Pablo yelling at him one more time, forget about the wedding and tell her the truth or I swear I’ll kill you.

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Mi corazon es tuyo, #79, Thursday And Siete makes eight



Fernando tells Ana that her mom’s full name is Soledad Fuentes. Ana is happy to learn what her real name should be. (I wonder where Leal comes from, did the monjitas give it to her?) But before the news has any time to sink in, Doroteo el Feo shows up at the house, wanting to talk to Don Fernando about the money Ana owes him. Ana is freaked out, but thankfully Fanny is there and distracts Fer with some school papers that he needs to sign. This gives Ana the chance to talk to Doroteo and beg him not to say anything. Somehow the lecherous weasel agrees and goes to wait for Ana outside.
Now freed from Fanny, Fernando asks Doroteo to call next time and never show up at his house again.
In the street Doroteo tells Ana that he found out about her second job by following Jonny (apparently he has one of his teams of goons on Jonny at all times) and since her other boss doesn’t know about her job at Chicago, this seems like the best opportunity for some good old-fashioned blackmail. Ana can forget about making calculations to see how much money she still owes him, because he just decided to reinstate the full debt, no matter that Ana actually worked her butt off (literally, ahem) to pay him back.
Doroteo has her cornered and she knows it. This would be the best moment for her to TELL FERNANDO THE TRUTH!

After she gets rid of Doroteo Ana goes to Fer’s office and he tells her that he doesn’t like that man coming to his home, where his kids are (fair enough). He wants to know what that was all about and why is Ana involved with such characters and owns them money, too. Ana makes up an excuse about the money being borrowed by Jonny for them back when they were dating; and since Jonny doesn’t have a job now she feels like she needs to help him. Fer tells her that Jonny will start working for him as a handyman around the house, so he should be able to chip in, too. He also asks her if she needs a loan, but Ana refuses (because every good natured telenovela girl will always refuse money from good, respectable men, but always somehow get tricked into accepting blood money from the villains).
Getting back to Ana’s mom, Fernando tells her that his investigations also brought to light some other pieces of information – apparently Soledad was in jail for 18 years, but not for premeditated murder; there was no intent from her part, so she was convicted for involuntary manslaughter (I hope I got this right, basically Fer says that she killed a man by accident). This makes Ana feel better, but this is all the good news that Fer has for now; since Soledad has been released from prison 14 years ago, the prison has no other information about her.
Ana thanks Fer for his help and for trusting her and then Fer sneezes, because we need to be reminded that there is a dog in the house and Fer is allergic to furry ones.
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Hasta el Fin del Mundo #59 20141106 Your Phone was Ringing so I Read Your Mail


Pleased that his son Oliver will be good for evil!

After Peralta discovers that his son Oliver is Daniela Ripoll's tutor, he breaks out a Cuban cigar to celebrate!  His goody-two-shoes son might be good fit for the Diabolical Family Corporation after all.
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Thursday, November 06, 2014

Hasta el Fin del Mundo Recap

  • Chava lays in a hospital bed and Lupe lets her emotions out; she was worried about him. Marisol says Chava really loved playing Superhero. Chavita then says he got hurt because he was defending Don Paco; their future father. Marisol asks, "What do you mean future father?" Lupe changes the subject and Chava follows suit but Lupe didn't raise a fool; Marisol demands to know what he meant by future father. He explains and she takes it that he is dizzy from the medicine. Lupe defends herself and reminds Mari that when Mari called him, the jerk of their real father Javier just hang up!




  • Ugh, speak of the devil, he's guitaring in a cantina and everyone rebuffs him; he's a nuisance to society and after pulling himself aside, proceeds to drink his beloved alcohol.





  • Armie is with Nandito and says the boy is sold enough to understand the concept of divorce. IrkMe comes and intervened so OhSoSexyInGreenArmie tells him to go watch TV while IrkTheHellOutOfMe and him have a talk. Armie is trying to let the kid know what he has to know the easy way and IrkMe takes it that he is justtrying to run off with Alexa. Armie says she has nothing to do with this situation; he is leaving IrkMe porque le falto el respeto durante ocho (8) anos! She needs to understand that she's shoved Armie away the most she possibly ever could and he is trying to hurt Nandito the least he possibly can due to their separation. IrkMe says she is going to come off as the witch (bitch) of the story and Armie says he isn't going to hurt her verbally now get off his dick! (my words, not his!)


  • Chava says out of the three of them, Guadalupe has suffered the most and she deserves some lovin' Marisol. She agrees and she likes Paco so she submits to these plans. Chava feels ready to leave but he's still dizzy.


  • Lucas and Miguelina; Luc. is telling 'Lina about having told Marisol about his past of thievery; he likes to be a stand-up guy with his friends and now he thinks Mari doesn't want to have anything to do with him! 'Lina suggests for him to wait and she is proud of him for having improved his lifestyle.


  • Renzi and Pato gloat over their evil actions.

  • Las Hermanas y Mama Ripoll have dinner;


Greta-"Hace mucho tiempo de que no cenamos sin discutir."
Alexa- "I'm Lovin' it! It's also looking like our last dinner with Sofia."
Sofia- "I'm going to visit hiffer-and-fiffer."
Alexa-"Yay!"
Daniela-"This is all a lie!"
Greta-"Daniela, what did you say? (And so it begins...)
Daniela-" The vibe is perfect, the company of us gals tonight is perfect but the food is horrible."
Alexa-"La monstrua tiene razon, eh?" (Does she call Dani Monstrua after the cartoon and fabulous doll collection Monster High?)
Daniela-"Eldest Sis, chime in when you're ready!"
Sofia-"Aurora tried/tries her best but keep in mind she isn't the cook here."
Daniela-"No one cooks better than Miguelina."
Greta-"You've just ruined everything."
Daniela-"This must run in the family; first YOU fire Miguelina and then Sofia fires Salvador!"
Alexa-"You fired Salvador?"
Sofia-"(Carita de Yo No Fui)"

  • Matias is helping Chava in with Lupe (I guess he was dispatched but remains somewhat dizzy.) Lucas has come to check on Chava and Marisol apologizes for having been a bitch to him (to quote Mamma Mia!- Just one look and I was smitten with you! Long story short, I guess all it took was a flash of his biceps and Marisol realized what the pretty packaging she was about to toss out.)
  • Back to dinner with the R4, Alexa chides Sofi and lets her know she's throwing away a really good guy! Fausto agrees. Moreover, Alexa asks Sofia for the opportunity to work at the Ripollery and access is granted (SQUEE!)
  • IrkMe has gotten a call that Paco's shop was assaulted and Chava was hurt; Armie uses this as his chance to go out running and IrkMe JUST THIS ONCE is the voice of reason in which she says, "Let me call Paco, he'll inform us more about this" but Armie's already out the door!
  • Paco and 'Celi are with Tavares and their aghasted-ness of the town being overrun with thieves and quasi-murderers is quite present!
  • Chava  is colored surprised at how Luc. is such friends with Marisol who brushes him off (He was a thief once but I doubt he ever purloined virginity malicefully) Matias thankfully lets Chava know that Luc. has been working hard to the Ripollery. Mati goes to answer the door and it's Armie who ran all the way to Chava's! He asks if Chava is OK and Chava responds maybe with another tamale. Bro-Hugs.
  • Sofi lays in bed thinking about Chava and Fausto startles her! He apologizes but he had put all together why Sofi fired Chava. She's glad he is OK though.
  • -Theme Song-
  • Luc. and Armie head out and Chava says he'll walk them out.
  • Dani calls Miguelina; She misses 'Lina and not just because Aurora cooks awful. 'Lina tells her about Lucas's schooling and she is proud and really wants to talk with him but he doesn't sadly and is at Marisol's. Daniela- "Marisol's..."
  • Chava cautions Lucas to be careful walking home at night.
  • Greta agrees with Dani that Aurora cooks awful. Fausto lets it slip that Chava was hurt at Paco's shoppe and she worries about Paco.
  • Silvie and Pato are in bed and Pato suspects that BilgeRat Paco is Sofia's father. Silvie asks where did he get that Paco is Sofi's father from? Pato (I keep almost typing Paco and that's a funny thought since Paco and Silvie were Uncle and Niece in La Tempestad) responds with. "It's elementary my dear Silvie." Silvie says it must run in the family and chortles like no one's business. (All the while she is sucking on Pato's toes literally!) Just pure PILLOW TALK throughout this scene.

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Wednesday, November 05, 2014

Mi Corazon es Tuyo #78 At this rate Ana will complete the puzzle of her mom by the time she collects social security ... Johnny gets a new job... and the mansion gets a new pet

Refritos:


Repeat of Nando giving Ana the laptop. Repeat of Reeky saying goodbye to Fernando. Repeat of part of the moving convo between Fernando and Alicia.

Lo Nuevo:

In the homework room the kids tell Fernando about an online contest they want to enter to try to win some money (1 Million pesos, about $50K) to help out Leon. Fernando agrees to let them enter the contest.

Jenny in kitchen asks Manuela to teach her how to fix healthier foods for Nico. Manuela happy to help.

The plumbing under the sink begins to leak pretty fast and furious.

Johnny is at the door. He asks Manuela to see if he can talk to Fernando to try to get a job through him. Manuela invites Johnny to eat some of her stew.

Isa at Reeky’s is nagging she has been waiting for him for hours. He shows her the photo shopped result. She is impressed. He gets a call in his cell. It is Laura. He explains who it is to Isa. Isa can’t believe he is adding another ‘little girl’ to his list. ( Meanwhile in the bus Laura is hoping that Reeky will be her ticket to continue at the University. ) Isa tells Reeky that the baby is Fernando’s, not his.

Johnny helps Bruno and Manuela out in the kitchen. (I will skip the comic choreography)

Fernando talks to Ana in her room. She is so glad he was able to talk to Alicia. She is so proud of him, very beautiful words he said. She makes him blush. He wants to hear what happened with her mom. She gets upset.. tells him Diego discovered her mom’s name is Soledad. (we see a woman polishing her nails… turns out to be Soledad, but we don’t see her face. Only hear her voice and her singing voice singing the Ana song… but with the ‘today’ voice… there is a certificate on the wall for Soledad Fuentes from Mexiquense school… praising her performance at a ‘Sing together’ campaign… seems she might have made a career as a singer… this woman has a very nice manicure set and another guitar. She looks well off, although not quite as well as the Lascurains) Ana gets real sad and after a few attempts from Fernando and some caressing of her chin and hair, she finally tells him that her mom was in jail for killing someone. Fernando gives her a great comforting hug. She says she had been looking for her mom all her life and she turns out a killer. Fernando asks ‘are you sure?’ everything will be alright. I am with you. Ana is embarrassed that he found out. He is really moved and his eyes are teary.
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La Malquerida, capitulo 53. 11/05/14

Discussion page.

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La Gata #48 - Wed 11/5 - La Injusticia

Esme reads Carlos the riot act for absconding with a minor.  She gives up when confronted with his big, stupid heart and says she'll do what she can to help.

Days later….

Lorenza, faking concern, is yelling at the cops, but since, as far as they're concerned Virginia ran off with her boyfriend....*shrug*...the cop thinks they have bigger fish to fry.  Lorenza seriously tells him if they just follow her orders, they'll find her daughter.

Carlos leaves Virginia in Ines' care while he goes out to sell chicle.  The cops pull up while he's out, two cars of them, with sirens blazing and everything, to arrest him.

Leti's going to be out of the hospital soon and Pablo tries to talk to Esme about moving out of Rita's and letting him, you know, actually be a responsible parent and provide her and the babies with a home.  He makes the mistake of invoking the Meatball and upsetting Esme.  She tells him there's never going to be anything between them and then changes the subject to Virginia.  Since he promises he won't do anything against the person she's with, she tells him where Virginia is.

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La Gata #47 - Tue 11/4 - La Discusión

Sorry for the delay.  Life happens!

Previous: Episode 46
Next: Episode 48

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TELEMUNDO Y MÁS: Reina de Corazones -- page two -- Week of November 3, 2014

Reina de Corazones, Tuesday, November 4, 2014 -- capítulos 101, 102, 103: 

If it weren't for Dr. Mala Suerte, the Dragon family would have no luck at all.

My dear Reinamaniacs,
This recap got absurdly long when I tried to incorporate all three episodes in one.  I hope you are okay with meeting on a separate page just this once.  It was simply too unwieldy to chop the thing up and load it into comment boxes.

[Cut scenes are bracketed and in blue.] 

The Reina is in Spain... 
And it's the first time we've ever seen Victor in anything but black.  Victor tells Reina and Navier that Lopez was shot twice, the kill shot through the head suggesting a mafia hit.  At first, he thought it was the work of The Organization, but now he's thinking it could well have been Estefi who gave the order.

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Hasta el Fin del Mundo #57 20141104 Chava and Dani get Schooled

Uppityville
Nothing will ever erase my memories of Chava's kisses except a Brillo Pad!
 

Sophia fondly remembers Chava's kisses while enjoying a relaxing bubble bath.  Meanwhile downstairs in the office, Patrick suggests to Greta that Sophia's biological father might be behind the mystery telegram.  Greta disagrees.  Sophia's father never knew about his daughter.     When Patrick brings up the name of a man named Francisco Fernandez, Greta almost leaps out of her skin.  Franciso claims that Octavio and Coria stole the recipes and products from him. 
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La Malquerida, capitulo 52. 11/04/14. Esteban needs a cold one.

Skipping the old....

Esteban and Acacia go to the reception desk to ask for another room. Unfortunately, they are booked up, but offer to put in another bed. Esteban declines and calls Cris.

Hector finds out from Cris that Esetban and Acacia went alone on the trip to the city. Cris explains that she didn't want to miss the meeting with him. Her phone rings and it's Esteban telling Cris about the confusion with the room. Since he thought she was accompanying him, he only reserved one room and forgot to arrange two instead. Cris asks to speak with Acacia and asks her if it's okay if the hotel would put in another bed for Esteban. Acacia doesn't have a problem. She hands the phone over to Esteban and Cris says to just put in another bed since Acacia doesn't have a problem with it. (Hector's eyes almost pop out at hearing this). Esteban says he doesn’t' want to inconvenience Acacia and would just sleep in the car. Esteban needs to rush off to the meeting and will call her back later. Hector continues talking business then offers to make her a cup of coffee.

Esteban says he doesn't mind sleeping in the car. Acacia will not hear of it. They will be roommates tonight. Esteban is gracious for the offer but doesn't want to inconvenience her. Acacia would feel bad if he had to sleep in the car. She says it would only bother her if he snore loudly. They have a good laugh and he says how he likes to see her laugh again. Acacia says she sometimes feels empty and that the pain will not go away. But you are making it more bearable.
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Tuesday, November 04, 2014

Mi corazon es tuyo #77 4 Nov 2014... hankie-worthy ep... Our favorite sleepwalker is on the loose again... the 1001 nicknames for Isa... and Fernando opens up his heart to Alicia, to the delight of Ana and the rest of the family.

sorry the recap is long, but there were several very moving scenes i felt I needed to capture word by word.

Refritos:


No refritos… instead we got update on election results in local Uni station.

Lo Nuevo:

We pick up right where we left off Monday. (Fernando asks Ana whether Fanny and Leon went far since she slipped ‘they were careful…’)… Ana immediately changes the subject and they argue about the changes she is making to the recipe of the tea she is fixing him a 2nd dose of… he does not like lemon on it. He just wants an answer to his question. Ana claims she is not in liberty to give details of other people’s lives. Fernando gets a bit more irritated and grunts at her ‘Fanny trusts YOU, she surely told you something’. Ana rebutes yeah she trusts me because I don’t spill the beans!! (no abro la boca!!) Ana claims Fanny is her friend. Fernando pulls his card ‘and you are my employee!, and she is MY daughter’. Besides, let me tell you ‘el que calla otorga.’ (meaning if she won’t tell him it must mean it did happen). You just responded. She gives a bit disrespectful body language. Again she takes offense at his calling her ‘empleada’. (these two rather than lovebirds, look more like close age siblings). He rebutes that Ana is not fulfilling her job (as a nanny to a 19 year old?? GMAB!! He sounds like a 19 yr old himself, projecting blame away from himself!) Ana suggests he talk to Fanny directly himself. Then she asks ‘you don't mind if i get tea for myself too, right?? And what will we do if you get another episode of somnambulism?’ She ended up putting the lemon on it anyway so he stands up and dumps it in the sink repeating he does not want lemon on it. She claims the recipe includes lemon! She claims the work area of the kitchen is her SPACE. She then wants to talk about meeting halfway. He thinks this is about Fanny going out… she corrects 'nope, it is about your somnambulism issue.' What about we try placing some hurdles (objects) in his way between his room and hers. As they get to argue about that, Nando comes in and they cut the talk right there. He smells the tea. Ana explains about it. Nando asks if it works. Nando tells them he went to see Ximena. He asks if he can talk to both of them about it. Of course.

Laura and Reeky at his place… he offers to escort her out. She says 'no need, you are not my dad'. She had a great time. Will call you when I get home. She is very flirty with him…

Diego is looking in the phone book for the Valdez-Resendez. Wonders if the guy is still alive.

Fernando and Ana explain to Nando what is their concern. Nando agrees with them now. He is tired of the situation. He got mad at Ximena and left her at the place they were at. She is very fragile/unstable. He is afraid of losing her… of losing her forever.

Leon in his house texts Fanny that he 'got home. Good nite. Love ya'. He seems cold. He notices Mau is feverish. Leon checks Mau's belly area skin, there are pink spots all over (could be measles or chickenpox).
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