Saturday, April 27, 2013
Porque el Amor Manda #35: Spying Eyes Get a Surprise, the Puppy Fetches Popcorn, and Everybody Goes to Chatita's
Jesús and Alma are in the Avon conference room working on some project or another -- I don't really know what it is and I don't think they care -- while Rogue watches them on the office security cameras. Patimelt slips into the office buns-first (how does she DO that?) and joins the audience. Alma and Pati are both wearing these really cute slit-sleeved blouses that were all the rage in los escaparates de Miami last month, and I want one really bad but of course mine would have to be fleece-lined. Anyway, Alma drops her pen and both she and Jesús slide under the table to look for it...for a long time. Rogue freaks completamente OUT. Pati helpfully points out that they've had plenty of time for a quickie and even furnishes voices for the silent movie. That girl is a hoot and a half.
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Friday, April 26, 2013
TELEMUNDO SUPPLEMENT: El Señor de los Cielos -- Week of April 29, 2013
Here is a new page for your conversations about this show. Enjoy!
TELEMUNDO Y MAS -- WEEK OF APRIL 29, 2013
Here is a new page for the week ahead. This space is mostly for discussions and minicaps of Pasión Prohibida and La Patrona.
[As I did last week, I'll be putting up a separate page for El Señor de los Cielos.]
Enjoy!
[As I did last week, I'll be putting up a separate page for El Señor de los Cielos.]
Enjoy!
Labels: patrona, prohibida, telemundo
Weekend Discussion: Food!
One of the things I love about novelas is the kitchen scenes. The kitchens of the mansions and haciendas all look like such welcoming places, full of Andalucian tile and gorgeous produce on the tables that one of the first things I would do if I won a huge lottery is buy a house large enough to have a kitchen like that.
We often note the food because hospitality is a dictate of the ancient gods and because it often demonstrates the relationship of the characters who are sharing the food. We all fell in love with the cooking scenes in Amor Bravio that showed the bonding of Viviana and Rafael and the love between Piedad and her daughter. The waitress in last night's restaurant scene in Que Bonito Amor explaining the dish she served Santos was clearly proud of it and of her country's cuisine. She had a most welcoming attitude. Gala of Un Refugio Para El Amor and Veronica in Porque el Amor Manda use food as a weapon of control; I cringe at the possibility that Valentina will have eating disorders when she's older.
So..... do you enjoy cooking? Do you get creative with it? Do you favor any particular cuisine? Do you have a signature dish you contribute to potlucks and other parties? Do you watch anything on the Food Network?
Finally, do you have a favorite food scene from a novela (just to keep this from being totally off-topic)?
We often note the food because hospitality is a dictate of the ancient gods and because it often demonstrates the relationship of the characters who are sharing the food. We all fell in love with the cooking scenes in Amor Bravio that showed the bonding of Viviana and Rafael and the love between Piedad and her daughter. The waitress in last night's restaurant scene in Que Bonito Amor explaining the dish she served Santos was clearly proud of it and of her country's cuisine. She had a most welcoming attitude. Gala of Un Refugio Para El Amor and Veronica in Porque el Amor Manda use food as a weapon of control; I cringe at the possibility that Valentina will have eating disorders when she's older.
So..... do you enjoy cooking? Do you get creative with it? Do you favor any particular cuisine? Do you have a signature dish you contribute to potlucks and other parties? Do you watch anything on the Food Network?
Finally, do you have a favorite food scene from a novela (just to keep this from being totally off-topic)?
Labels: bravio, Manda, QBA, refugio, telenovelas, weekend
Qué Bonito Amor #9 (Mex 13-14.1) Thursday 4/25/13 Que Bonita Tristeza
Is it really only the second week? They're really packing a lot into these commercial-less episodes! Here we go!
My recording starts with Maria crying over the breakup to two of the Saucy Wenches outside the bar. Santos/Jose Alfredo is spying on her and tells himself he has to get a job somewhere, anywhere, so he doesn't make her suffer anymore. Has anyone brought this up as a trope yet? That doing the thing that's intended to keep someone from suffering is actually the thing that makes them suffer?
At home, Paloma is daydreaming about her teen heartthrob and doodling hearts in her notebook…she summons a vision of him right there inside her notebook and smooches it. Heh.
Meanwhile, he's mooning over his laptop where Paloma's name appears. His mom overhears him sighing over Paloma and asks him what's up and how school was. She asks why he's not unhappy about going to school anymore. "Ummm, cause I like it a lot." I think Mami knows something's up, but thankfully for him, she and Susanito's mom did not attend the same Mom classes!
Paloma is still smooching on that notebook in a way that makes me fear she'll end up with paper cuts all over her face. She gets busted by Isa, who won't take "nothing" for an answer. She tries to say she wasn't kissing her notebook, but come on, Isa's no fool. Paloma calls her "metiche" (nosy), but seriously, if you're going to get it on with a notebook in the middle of your living room, you're just asking to get caught!
Doña Prudencia is on the phone with a painter she hired to fix up a room, but they stood her up. Jose Alfredo offers to do it for her and she agrees, in exchange for a week's rent.
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My recording starts with Maria crying over the breakup to two of the Saucy Wenches outside the bar. Santos/Jose Alfredo is spying on her and tells himself he has to get a job somewhere, anywhere, so he doesn't make her suffer anymore. Has anyone brought this up as a trope yet? That doing the thing that's intended to keep someone from suffering is actually the thing that makes them suffer?
At home, Paloma is daydreaming about her teen heartthrob and doodling hearts in her notebook…she summons a vision of him right there inside her notebook and smooches it. Heh.
Meanwhile, he's mooning over his laptop where Paloma's name appears. His mom overhears him sighing over Paloma and asks him what's up and how school was. She asks why he's not unhappy about going to school anymore. "Ummm, cause I like it a lot." I think Mami knows something's up, but thankfully for him, she and Susanito's mom did not attend the same Mom classes!
Paloma is still smooching on that notebook in a way that makes me fear she'll end up with paper cuts all over her face. She gets busted by Isa, who won't take "nothing" for an answer. She tries to say she wasn't kissing her notebook, but come on, Isa's no fool. Paloma calls her "metiche" (nosy), but seriously, if you're going to get it on with a notebook in the middle of your living room, you're just asking to get caught!
Doña Prudencia is on the phone with a painter she hired to fix up a room, but they stood her up. Jose Alfredo offers to do it for her and she agrees, in exchange for a week's rent.
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Labels: QBA
Amores Verdaderos #117 Thu 4/25/13 The Trampire Strikes Back
Restaurant: Jean Marie and Estefano are having a romantic lunch. Jean Marie encourages Estafano to tell Odd-ette that her only son is gay and has a lover. Esefano says he will do it when the time is right; his explains that mother works hard and is often irritable because she is naturally a crazy b*tch. Jean Marie agrees to wait. He's happy because they will get to hang out at Nikki's wedding.
Ballsvanera Mansion Foyer: Kendra begs for Vikki's forgiveness. She knows that her spawn will change the agency's plan. She didn't know how Vikki would react when she learned of her pregnancy. Mother and daughter agree that Kendra will have their support even if she can't depend on the father of her baby. Kendra fakes like she is getting up to leave. Nikki tells her father to tell Kendra to stay. Vikki tells Kendra that Tomasina is getting a guest room ready for her and suggests that Kendra stay untill the police discover who robbed her apartment. For once, Nelson and I are in total agreement. The dark leader of the evil Trampire cannot occupy Richguy headquarters. It's just not right! Nelson says that Salsero will take Ken Invader to the police station to make a report, but he is vetoed.
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Ballsvanera Mansion Foyer: Kendra begs for Vikki's forgiveness. She knows that her spawn will change the agency's plan. She didn't know how Vikki would react when she learned of her pregnancy. Mother and daughter agree that Kendra will have their support even if she can't depend on the father of her baby. Kendra fakes like she is getting up to leave. Nikki tells her father to tell Kendra to stay. Vikki tells Kendra that Tomasina is getting a guest room ready for her and suggests that Kendra stay untill the police discover who robbed her apartment. For once, Nelson and I are in total agreement. The dark leader of the evil Trampire cannot occupy Richguy headquarters. It's just not right! Nelson says that Salsero will take Ken Invader to the police station to make a report, but he is vetoed.
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Labels: Amores
Thursday, April 25, 2013
PEAM #34- The Episode Where The Children Act Like Adults and the Adults Act Like Children, Except in the Basement!
Panfilio gives Ferny a piece of his mind, Ferny runs out to
look for the “garbage” bags of money.
He found them!!! Panfilio
lets him know that possession is 9/10 of the law. He bribes the workers and they put the money into his trunk
and then he gives them a handshake and no money. - Jerk!!! He proceeds to do a stiff- Idiot
version of a Happy Dance!! Fern
meets up with the other two stooges- Malvino and Silverio. Fern calls them useless. (The pot calling the kettle-in other
words -el burro hablando de orejas)
Malvino tells him that he stinks.
Fern also tells Malvino that Jesus recognized him. Fern was questioned by the Federal police. Fern smells himself. - Phew.
Fern’s phone rings and Rogue is yelling on the other end, to
get the status of the bags. Why didn’t you answer the phone? I was busy with your money. Fern has to
return immediately back to the office because Alma has a problem with the
certification. He is coming but he
has to stop home and bathe first.
He hangs up on his brother.
Ricardo sees Marisela in the break room and asks if she is
okay. She seems a little sad. He is still in heaven over his 2-second
kiss and asks Marisela if she felt anything. She denies it.
He felt that for the 2 seconds there was something, it was better than nothing
at all. The lady doth protest too much, methinks. Marisela asks Susana if she had a love of
her life that escaped. Susana doesn’t
want to share her business.
Fern is showering while Patymelt calls. Patymelt wants to know if Fern told
Rogue about her tidbit of information. She wants details. Ferny speaks about Rogue having an
ace up his sleeve, (As de la manga) but doesn’t know what it is.
Paty tells Ferny that he has to earn his position. Gee, she is annoying.
The two Orion sillies are at Jesus’ computer; Jesus moves
them away because he wants to speak to his daughter. They start asking questions- are you married, etc. Jesus skype
to Valentina. He notes that she is
a little sad. Val is worried about
her mom who is still “sick” in her room.
Jesus says that she is okay because he just saw her. She came to his office. She didn’t sign her school paper. She wants her mother to go to a school
social with her but since she is not available and Elias is not around, so she
asks Jesus, who will go to the ends of the Earth with
Cardenas is practicing how he will speak to Jessica. He has no swag. Gilberto enters the office, overhears
the “practice session” and asks if he likes Jessica. Cardenas tells him to be careful because there are important
records in his office. Come on, the door was open. Gilberto has a problem- his wife is mad with him and he needs
money to buy her a little gift, so he use the money that Cardenas gives him in
exchange for his silence about Jessica.
Paty is showering herself with perfume and Rogue asks about
seeing Ferny and what is she planning, Rogue warns her to stop interfering with
he and Alma. He will marry
Alma. Paty is at a loss for words
but she is furious. (She gets what
she deserves.) Who is conspiring
against whom???
Jesus calls Vero and speaks to Minerva. She yells that she doesn’t want to talk
to anyone. Jesus asks Minerva to
keep an eye on Val.
Elias knocks on Chatita’s door. She thinks that Elias is the plumber. Then she recognizes him as the
drunk. She tires to tell him that
Vero was there, a la Abbott and Costello style. She invites him in.
Marisela claims that she is staying at a 5 star hotel but
her father canceled her credit cards.
Xochy offers her apartment to Marisela. Discua wants to know why was she fighting with her father, it’s
not holy. Honor thy parents.
Jessica is trying still raging over Discua. Ferny doesn’t want to hear about Discua
and Jessica says that he smells.
In the next moment he is so sexy and wants to jump his bones. Cardenas
arrives to see her “working on Fern” and his luscious bouquet shrivels up to
dried up branches. A saddened
Cardenas sulks away.
Val has the foresight to call her therapist. The child is more mature than most of
the adults in this novela!! She
said that her mother said that she could call her in an emergency and this is
an emergency.
Elias tries to talk to Chatita, who confuses us all by her
memory. Chatita asks Elias if he
thought about Val when he left.
She thinks of him as a father.
Jesus enters Alma’s office, he needed to see her, and he
can’t hide what he is feeling.
Where is Rogue, he has left and Jesus plants a sensuous soul touching
kiss on Alma. (Is this a dream?)
Yep, it was a nightmare for Rogue. He wakes up and calls for Susana. He asks if Jesus ahs arrived. He asks Susana to check the boardroom for Jesus. Jesus arrives and Xochy squeals like a
little pig and starts kissing all over him. He tells her that he is here to work. Xochy will stay with Jesus. Marisela reminds
her that she was going to take her home.
She ask him for an Eskimo kiss,
After the nookie fest, Fern warns Jessica to stay away from
his Discua. Jessica is none too
happy. Cardenas approaches the 3 sillies
and says that he thought that Jessica and Fern had split. Gilberto disagrees because
there was a big ruckus at the restaurant with Fern over Discua. Cardenas wants to keep his love for
Jessica a secret. Yeah right, with
these 3 sillies. They discuss how
Discua is a virgin and is waiting until marriage to have sex.
Chatita sends Elias back to Val. Elias wants to tell Chatita his problems but she is focused
on Val. Chatita misses her son. She embraces his photo.
Marta the Therapist arrives at the Ice Castle.
Rogue feels that it would be more comfortable to work in the
boardroom as opposed to Alma’s office. He is not staying to help. (I smell a
rat) He tells Susana that if
anyone asks he has left and he asks for Susana to call the crack security team.
Labels: Manda
Amores Verdaderos #116 Wed 4/24/13 How Lucía came to be Liliana
Aníbal assures Victoria that he will take care of Nelson and his dastardly blackmailing scheme. And then maybe Arriaga -- and Liliana -- will be willing to come back to the mansion. The old reprobate has no trouble believing in Victoria's innocence. Fooling around with her bodyguard? Please. (¿En qué cabeza cabe que mi hija -- ¡una Balvanera! -- se relacione con su guardaespaldas?)
It is a new day at the mansion. Adriana has read a couple of chapters of Victoria's novel and, remarkably, doesn't mock her. Not even a little. Instead she offers her support and her discretion. Did Nelson read her romantic tale and think that it was fact, not fiction? Well no, says Vikki, there was a video -- a dirty trick really. Adriana suggests that Nelson himself might have been behind the video. It makes sense -- he was so jealous of Arriaga.
Labels: Amores
Qué Bonito Amor #8 (Mex 11.2-12) Wednesday 4/24/13 Que Maldito Corazon
Some scenes were
rearranged for continuity
I think my DVR may not
have picked up the action at the very beginning, please fill in anything I may
have missed…
Casa Mendoza
Maria finds the key for the emergency Mariachi Traje Under Glass,
so she won’t have to break the glass after all.
While she's thinking, dawn breaks over D.F. Amalia walks by said Emergency Traje and immediately notices it's gone!! QTH? Maria comes in the room and Amalia is so
stunned she can't say anything. Maria
has a guilty look on her face as she looks at the empty case. Amalia is standing in the kitchen, still
unable to absorb what's happened.
Labels: QBA
PEAM # 33- 4/24/13: Marisela Definitely Chose The Wrong Career! She Should Have Been a Therapist!!
It may be November outside but in Alma and Jesús hearts it is spring!!
They get together for any reason justifiable or not, and this time it is to talk about Orion's dirty business. This could not be important, but it is because Avon is in the mix and Jesús has not been able to take Avon out of his heart!
Or Alma, for that matter...
Xóchitl keeps screeching and stalking subconsciously getting on Jesús nerves, who sooner rather than later is going to face her like he has done with everybody else who has reached the limit of his patience...
In the office, Ricardo brags about the shortest kiss in show business (including Hitchcock's) while remembering the lips touching in the most cold way.
Alma and Jesús plot to uncover Maximo's dirty tricks before the CAMERA OF COSMETICS and maybe before the security cameras too, why not? And to do that guess what? Yes!! They have to spend the whole night together ''working'' on the spreadsheets to make their entry unbeatable.
Labels: Manda
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Qué Bonito Amor #7 (Mex 10-11.1) Tuesday 4/23/13 "Singing in the Rain" -- No; Just Cold, Wet and Kissable
This is Anita, La Dama del Queso, putting up a Headliner for
Ellie. She will be with us shortly. Amuse yourselves in the fluttery flag and
rain-soaked plaza in front of Jorge Alfredo's pension while we wait.
Ellie says: Apologies for the late recap, I had a heck of a
time last night trying to write as I’ve come down with a cold that’s brutal! My
little recap turned into 4+ pages so I’m trying to trim it down! My recap is
not in the order things happened, I’m just trying to get all the important
events/conversations down, and when I’m done hopefully everything will flow
smoothly.
Starting with the events going down in Los Angeles:
We find The Orange One talking to the godfather, the little rat is trying to plant evidence against our hero! He is going to plant pictures and a list of buyers for the police to find, making it seems like Jorge Alfredo really is guilty. I say we vote Giuliano off the island and send him back to the Jersey Shore where he belongs! [Pardon me for breaking in, Anita says to fit him out with cement boots, too, muy de moda.]
Also in LA we find El Comandante Derecho and his assistant Curtis who have now received a photo of Jorge Alfredo shaking hands with a known mob boss. To them this is enough proof of his guilt and they resolve to show the photo to Justo. Maybe having proof that his son is in fact guilty will make Justo spill the beans about Jorge’s location. Our little investigators eventually make their way the Garza household where they are met by a cranky Justo who is fed up with the baseless accusations being made against his son, the Comandante tells papa Garza that they have photographic proof of Jorge meeting with a mob boss, the look on his face tells us that he is starting to doubt his sons innocence.
Now for the events in Mexico:
Jorge and Maria have said their goodbyes and have agreed to meet the next morning at 9:30, viewerville sees that neither Maria nor Jorge want to part as they each stand on opposite sides of the door both wearing looks on their faces that tell us they are in love. Maria finally looks up and sees her mom standing there giving her a disapproving look, before she can say anything her mom sends her straight to bed. We then get a sweet scene of Maria in bed, thinking about Jorge, on the other side of town our hero lays in bed and thanks his mother for sending Maria to protect him, at the same time we see Jorge’s mother in Los Angeles looking sad and worried and holding a picture of her baby boy (so sad! And shout out to Apple, you know you’ve made it when Televisa pimps your product!)
It is now a new day in Mexico and Jorge Alfredo is making his way to Maria’s house. He stops and has a little chat with his landlady, Doña Prudencia, who points out he is looking good (viewerville agrees), then helps her out with one of the old songs. We are also treated to a scene of Paloma acting like a stalker by ringing Gloria’s door bell and running away. She is sad because this is the third time her crush has failed to come to the door. I’m wondering how many times she has done this? She might need professional help. Anyhoo, Jorge Alfredo finally makes it to Maria’s and shows up with a bouquet of flowers for Paloma, who asks him if he is Maria’s prince! Jorge acts like a total class act and finally they sit down at the table where Maria holds his hand (aww) as they say grace and I don't know what they are eating but it made me hungry!
End of part 1
Stay tuned for part 2 where we will cover Jorge Alfredo’s Epic meltdown.
Read more »Starting with the events going down in Los Angeles:
We find The Orange One talking to the godfather, the little rat is trying to plant evidence against our hero! He is going to plant pictures and a list of buyers for the police to find, making it seems like Jorge Alfredo really is guilty. I say we vote Giuliano off the island and send him back to the Jersey Shore where he belongs! [Pardon me for breaking in, Anita says to fit him out with cement boots, too, muy de moda.]
Also in LA we find El Comandante Derecho and his assistant Curtis who have now received a photo of Jorge Alfredo shaking hands with a known mob boss. To them this is enough proof of his guilt and they resolve to show the photo to Justo. Maybe having proof that his son is in fact guilty will make Justo spill the beans about Jorge’s location. Our little investigators eventually make their way the Garza household where they are met by a cranky Justo who is fed up with the baseless accusations being made against his son, the Comandante tells papa Garza that they have photographic proof of Jorge meeting with a mob boss, the look on his face tells us that he is starting to doubt his sons innocence.
Now for the events in Mexico:
Jorge and Maria have said their goodbyes and have agreed to meet the next morning at 9:30, viewerville sees that neither Maria nor Jorge want to part as they each stand on opposite sides of the door both wearing looks on their faces that tell us they are in love. Maria finally looks up and sees her mom standing there giving her a disapproving look, before she can say anything her mom sends her straight to bed. We then get a sweet scene of Maria in bed, thinking about Jorge, on the other side of town our hero lays in bed and thanks his mother for sending Maria to protect him, at the same time we see Jorge’s mother in Los Angeles looking sad and worried and holding a picture of her baby boy (so sad! And shout out to Apple, you know you’ve made it when Televisa pimps your product!)
We are now back at the bar where Don C is one happy, happy
bar owner, hiring Jorge has put him in a good mood! Oh and also he is cheating
on his wife with The Lovely Mirna, there’s some talk about Don C being like a
lion and something about marathons (I’m guessing this means they go at it like
wild animals for long periods of time-ewww), Don C lets his hair down
(literally!) locks the door and chases after his employee of the month, I bet
with her extra services she wins this award every month!
This brings us to Colosos apartment. He is there with Milamores who has come to
discuss what songs they will be using for their next show. El Coloso, being an
attentive host offers Mil some milk (did they run out of tequila? Someone
update that shopping list and add tequila to it!), Mil, seems to have some
hostile feelings towards milk and declines Colosos offer (doesn’t he know that
milk does a body good? I bet Jorge Salinas drinks lots of milk…lots, sorry I
get distracted!).
Milamores tells Coloso that he wants to ask him a question. El
Coloso, who has not been having a good day
or night or week gets a bit of an attitude to which Mil replies “bring the
attitude down a bit and stop acting like a child, you know I love you and it’s
the good kind of love, you are like my brother and I’m worried about your
obsession with Maria, because I don’t see her ever giving you the time of day.”
El Coloso agrees and tells Mil that the topic they are discussing is a hurtful
one, what he feels for Maria is true love, not lust “me entro no por los ojos
pero por el alma.” She has everything he wants and yet while he chases after
her she is chasing after another man, then he breaks into a sad song about a
man who is defeated and who pretends to be ok while he truly is just heart
broken, defeated, sad, he sings this while holding a picture of Maria, and I’m
starting to wonder if maybe he has a Maria shrine set up somewhere in his
apartment, he strikes me as the kind who would build a shrine!
It is now a new day in Mexico and Jorge Alfredo is making his way to Maria’s house. He stops and has a little chat with his landlady, Doña Prudencia, who points out he is looking good (viewerville agrees), then helps her out with one of the old songs. We are also treated to a scene of Paloma acting like a stalker by ringing Gloria’s door bell and running away. She is sad because this is the third time her crush has failed to come to the door. I’m wondering how many times she has done this? She might need professional help. Anyhoo, Jorge Alfredo finally makes it to Maria’s and shows up with a bouquet of flowers for Paloma, who asks him if he is Maria’s prince! Jorge acts like a total class act and finally they sit down at the table where Maria holds his hand (aww) as they say grace and I don't know what they are eating but it made me hungry!
End of part 1
Stay tuned for part 2 where we will cover Jorge Alfredo’s Epic meltdown.
Labels: QBA
Amores Verdaderos #115 Tue 4/23/13 Make a big messy scene. That always solves everything.
Amores Verdaderos Cap 115 - April 23, 2013—Make a big messy scene. That always solves everything.
PUT A FORK IN IT, IT IS DONE! Blogger has been difficult for me today, so I'll leave it like this!
A few things I remember (not listed in order and may not be completely accurate):
* Refry: Lili tells Candelaria a little more about Paula's and Chris's friendship. Cande wants to know more personal details about Paula.
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| Cande hears more about Paula, Chris's friend. |
* Nikki does the precisely wrong thing to do, and confides in Kendra-Ho about her feelings about the Little Ape. Nikki is starting to see through the "Guzman's a gold digger" narrative, and so the Ho has to work hard to try to undo common sense infusing Nikki's addled brain. After the Ho leaves Nikki laments that despite the Ho's urging her to stick with her "dream man" (Roy the Boy—PUKE) that she just doesn't love him!
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| The huge curler look is hyper cool, captas? |
Labels: Amores
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
PEAM, Tuesday 4/23/13 (#32): Someday, All Our Stalking Will Be Done by Robots...
...and then there will be no more telenovelas. Or they'll all have to be historical TNs, or TNs for robots. (I'd watch 'em!)
We're good for now, though. Xochi left 15 telephone messages with Chucho's secretary, after making a dozen calls to his cell.
Discua is wearing her new Avon uniform, and it even sort of fits.
Mari is going out into the world. "You might just make it after all..." (Nah, I doubt it.)
But let's not get ahead of ourselves. Let's go to prison!
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We're good for now, though. Xochi left 15 telephone messages with Chucho's secretary, after making a dozen calls to his cell.
Discua is wearing her new Avon uniform, and it even sort of fits.
Mari is going out into the world. "You might just make it after all..." (Nah, I doubt it.)
But let's not get ahead of ourselves. Let's go to prison!
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Labels: Manda
Amores Verdaderos #114 Mon 4/22/13 Cristina's mourning continues... Planning a dinner party some look forward to and some look away from.
Editing in progress. have to make brkfast for grandson first.
KenDrat's place.... Nil-Brains with Ken-Drat in her tub... candle-lit romantic scene...
JA in front of a semi-homemade iron cross at Cristina's toumb...
'Cris Corona de Arriaga... you and I will always be together through the memory of a great love'
(almost seems like a final goodbye, he has planted the white flower plants all through the top of her toumb.)
At B house, Vicky on her laptop... a bit upset... stands up and puts on the music of their theme 'y ahora tú' ... 'Arriaga... Arriaga...'
JA packing at the apartment bedroom... Cristina's dresses draped on the bed, he carefully folds them and hugs them tightly, sniffs them...
Vicky dials a number on cell phone...
JA has not shaven in a few days... the call is to his apartment, he answers... but Vicky cannot speak. He guesses and asks if it is her... 'Sra Victoria?... is that you?... thank you very much for worrying...' She on the other side can only snif a quiet cry. He hangs up.
'Several days later'.
At B house kitchen, JM and Polita worried that Lilli has not come back to work yet. They miss her. They have prayed for God to give them consolation for Cristina's loss.
Nikki lets Gorilita go visit the Arriagas. Adriana comes downstairs and wants to go along. Adriana will first make a phone call and will catch him up outside.
Roy comes in with a 'surprise news for his doll'. 'Tonight my parents are coming to dinner'. Nikki does not think it is the right time. Roy says Nil-Brains and Anyballs agreed. Surely my mom will tell Victoria. Nikki lowers head, not really up to such a 'get to know together among families'. 'you caught me on a curve' (LOL!! or is that translation for 'you threw me a curve ball'?) 'I don't feel up to organizing a dinner right about now...' 'All you have to do is ask JM to prepare it! we have to please our parents!'
Roy drops the other bomb. 'It is a very important dinner, the whole family has to be present. Because today i will ask for your hand in marriage. Today i will give you your engagement ring.' (engagement? I would say it is rather a death row sentence. For her heart, that is.) 'Kiss me.' Nikki gives him a flash and you missed it touch kiss on lips. But of course Roy is not good with that. Nikki is forced to kiss him, and this proves too much for He-man(after having had to watch the whole BS from RoyFoyToy and the forced kiss his beloved had to give), swallows hard and walks away completely heartbroken. Niki knows it and does not feel that good about it either. Roy smiles satisfied.
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KenDrat's place.... Nil-Brains with Ken-Drat in her tub... candle-lit romantic scene...
JA in front of a semi-homemade iron cross at Cristina's toumb...
'Cris Corona de Arriaga... you and I will always be together through the memory of a great love'
(almost seems like a final goodbye, he has planted the white flower plants all through the top of her toumb.)
At B house, Vicky on her laptop... a bit upset... stands up and puts on the music of their theme 'y ahora tú' ... 'Arriaga... Arriaga...'
JA packing at the apartment bedroom... Cristina's dresses draped on the bed, he carefully folds them and hugs them tightly, sniffs them...
Vicky dials a number on cell phone...
JA has not shaven in a few days... the call is to his apartment, he answers... but Vicky cannot speak. He guesses and asks if it is her... 'Sra Victoria?... is that you?... thank you very much for worrying...' She on the other side can only snif a quiet cry. He hangs up.
'Several days later'.
At B house kitchen, JM and Polita worried that Lilli has not come back to work yet. They miss her. They have prayed for God to give them consolation for Cristina's loss.
Nikki lets Gorilita go visit the Arriagas. Adriana comes downstairs and wants to go along. Adriana will first make a phone call and will catch him up outside.
Roy comes in with a 'surprise news for his doll'. 'Tonight my parents are coming to dinner'. Nikki does not think it is the right time. Roy says Nil-Brains and Anyballs agreed. Surely my mom will tell Victoria. Nikki lowers head, not really up to such a 'get to know together among families'. 'you caught me on a curve' (LOL!! or is that translation for 'you threw me a curve ball'?) 'I don't feel up to organizing a dinner right about now...' 'All you have to do is ask JM to prepare it! we have to please our parents!'
Roy drops the other bomb. 'It is a very important dinner, the whole family has to be present. Because today i will ask for your hand in marriage. Today i will give you your engagement ring.' (engagement? I would say it is rather a death row sentence. For her heart, that is.) 'Kiss me.' Nikki gives him a flash and you missed it touch kiss on lips. But of course Roy is not good with that. Nikki is forced to kiss him, and this proves too much for He-man(after having had to watch the whole BS from RoyFoyToy and the forced kiss his beloved had to give), swallows hard and walks away completely heartbroken. Niki knows it and does not feel that good about it either. Roy smiles satisfied.
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Monday, April 22, 2013
Qué Bonito Amor #6 (Mex 8.2-9) Monday 4/22/13
Capitulo
8, Part 2 & 9: The Cock Will Crow
Lo
del pasado
Jorge Alfredo auditions for Don Concho, forced by Oscar to sing "Jalisco, no te rajes." Don Concho imposes the ridiculous condition that failure will also result in Maria being fired. Jorge Alfredo tells Oscar that if he passes, Oscar can no longer call him "pochito." He seems to fail.
Lo
de nuevo (Capitulo 8, Part 2)
JNTR
Bar: Jorge Alfredo does his best imitation of Alejandro
Fernández, holding a long note without the microphone, shocking the
hell out of Oscar and Don Concho, who glare back at him. He
defiantly grabs the mike and finishes the song with a vengeance to
the delight of everyone in the room but Oscar and Don Concho, who
looks like he's trying desperately to save face. Mirna makes some
token applause [WTF is her problem??] while Elvira needs a
drool mask à la Leoncerdo from AB. Even the band stops to applaud.
Don Concho finally gets up and tells Maria and Jorge Alfredo he wants
to see them in his office after he has a word with Mirna. Oscar
steps in front of him, saying first he wants to talk to him on behalf
of the guys. Concho agrees and exits to some minor-key suspense leitmotif. Oscar kicks over a chair
before exiting behind him, showing that somehow the cock of the
walk's feathers have been ruffled big time. The waiter laughs in
grito fashion as he approaches the bar, saying “It looks like the
gringo isn't bad at singing rancheras” and the bartender comments
[I think] on how the females are all batting their eyelashes
at him, so he seems to agree. Fernando Milamores congratulates Jorge
Alfredo by putting his sombrero on him for a minute and we see that
Jorge Alfredo has won the approval of the rest of the band. The
saucy-wench waitresses all stare at him; they know an alpha male when
they see one. They all comment on how they can see what Maria sees
in him.
“I
told you you could do it,” Maria says to him. He is astounded that
she would have accepted being fired if he had failed. She tells him
she believes in him. Some romantic background music as he says he can't begin to enumerate what she's
done for him. A casi beso and he kisses her forehead again,
restraining himself once more. Lourdes and Elvira sit at another
table and it's obvious that the apple hasn't fallen far from the
tree; Mama is something of a ramera herself. Despite having none
herself she seems to know class when she sees it and wonders why
Jorge Alfredo is singing in a bar. Elvira isn't thinking past her
hormones and the two conspire on how they will coerce Don Concho into
allowing Elvira to pursue Jorge Alfredo.
Labels: QBA
PEAM #31, 04/22/2013 - Drinking and Thinking Apparently Do Not Mix But Thinking is Not Dominant Here
Back at the only restaurant, we see Chucho deck Fernando, and Patimelt parry with the ivory queen, Alma. Pati sees Rogelio try to escape the mens' room but he goes back in. Maricela shows up with her princesa attitude to belittle Ricardo, on a char-girls salary and reality no where in sight. Is he learning anything while she reveals her ignorance of good champagne? and good lobster tail?
Chucho tries/tires of lifting Fernando to a vertical position. The two sillies Gilberto and Ricardo talk to Chucho. Poor Discua settles the bill with Alma who agrees to pay the bill so Discua left without Ricardo's resources will not be embarrassed. Xochi comes up screechy and I didn't get what she said last Friday nor today. Trying too hard is not a virtue….
Rogelio and Pati argue over which of them is more ridiculous, beats me, I can't decide any better than they can. Jealousy and silliness are not a good combination as Rogelio's continued attitude informs us.
Chucho and Pati have a funny meaningless exchange, Rogelio notices Discua's assets as she passes. Discua confronts Chucho asking him to think about his destiny? Religious message? Discua and her winking tic are a mystery once again.
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Labels: Manda
Saturday, April 20, 2013
Telemundo Supplement: El Señor de los Cielos -- week of April 22
Since the main Telemundo page is getting a little crowded and people are having trouble following conversations, I thought we could try a separate weekly page for El Señor.
For now, please post recaps and comments about El Señor de los Cielos in this space. Thanks, everyone!
- I'll only post this page while it's needed.
- I'm not asking Jane for a space on the sidebar. The page will be tagged as "Telemundo" and easily accessed that way on the index.
- If someone wants to commit to regular recaps and get a regular slot on the sidebar for this show, please contact Melinama, our blog mom. Since Jean and I aren't even watching this one, it's up to you guys to take the initiative.
For now, please post recaps and comments about El Señor de los Cielos in this space. Thanks, everyone!
Screencap fest for QBA, first week.
QUE BONITO AMOR, SCREENCAPS! Week April 15-19, 2013.
I love to do screencaps, I love Jorge Salinas & Pablo Montero, I love the colorfulness of this novela, so I wanted to share. I hope it's okay. This may be a weekly thing or not, I'm not sure. Right now I have screencapped two episodes, and will post highlights. I hope you don't mind!
The full screencap collection can be found here for Cap One and here for Cap Two. (I may not be able to post more screencaps here on this page, since Blogger seems to have a limit on how many it'll take before it goes insane. In which case, I'll let you know and link to my blog.)
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| A happy moment between Santos and his mom, before things went down the toilet. |
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| Bad guys Bruno and whatever his name is, plotting and planning for Santos's downfall. |
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| El Celoso Coloso and his . . . errrr . . . rooster. |
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| Santos is on his way, Maria, so you don't have to put up with this guy's B.S.! |
Labels: QBA
Amores Verdaderos #113 Fri 4/19/13 Cristina Corona de Arriaga Balvanera Descanse En Paz
Hello, Y'all on the Patio, your faithfull recapper here. Grab your box of tissues and lift your glass of Baileys with ice, and relax on your sofas or chairs and take this solemn journey with me as we say a final goodbye to Cristina Corona de Arriga Balvanera.
FF and Kendho are meeting and Kendho advises FF to give the naughty video to Nikki for her to see with her own eyes. FF agrees.
Anyballs and the Godfather Take a Meet:
In a semi-darkened bedroom at the Balvanera Manse, Anyball is taking a meeting with the Godfather. He explains how he found out Cris was his daughter, right in front of her coffin! She was the wife of one of the bodyguards, right under his nose all this time! The Godfather gives him some sage advice, as all Godfathers do, and tells him tell the truth or Anyballs will come to regret it and to tell Ms Vikki and Adriana all about it, stop with all the secrets and to recognize Lili as a Balvanera and give her his name, oh, and to stop all the secrets. Anyballs just can't do that, it's complicated. The Godfather also advises Anyballs to tell Adri what happened to her daughter. Anyballs is not in agreement. He's given Adri all the info she needs and that's it.
Ms Vikki Slaps the Crap out of the FF:
As Ms Vikki and the FF are in the hallway of the Balvanera Manse, they are of course having a disagreement. FF was out all night with "friends" and Ms Vikki could care less what he does with his time. FF is pithed cause she has been comforting the Angel in his time of need. Ms Vikki is pithed cause FF has no clue about anyone else's pain but his own, and she tells him to shut it and go move in with his lover and leave her alone. The cheating accusation flies again, he cheated but so did she, he's got the proof. Ms Vikki raises her arm and smack! first on the one cheek and then the other, the face that is. Don't insult her she says. He is threatening to show the video to someone who beleives him. She has to remind the FF once again that nothing, but nothing happened between her and the Angel. He just wants her to go to the cemetary so she can say goodbye to her lover's wife. Where is the flying anvil for this putz!
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Qué Bonito Amor #5 (Mex 7-8.1) Friday 4/19/13 Can The New Cock On The Block Crow Or No?
Cap #7 thru1/2 of 8
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Parte 1~~
Lo
del Pasado:
King of the Cock-walk, aka, El Coloso,
aka El Celoso of the colossal ego, has told his posse musical he’s gonna teach El
Pocho a lesson and warns Santos/Jorge Alfredo to stay the heck away from
Maria. Santos, desde Los Alphas, doesn’t
take guff from anybody, least-wise from some hick from the Mexican sticks who
drives around in a hoopty car with a
ginormous sombrero de charro stuck on its roof and 7 charro bobble-heads
wobbling when warbling on his dashboard, not to mention a pet rooster he
babies. Naw, who the heck was Coloso to
tell anybody who can or cannot hang
around with Maria? Up in Maria’s humble
abode, meanwhile, Amalia has asked Maria if she’s fallen in love with this
Jorge Alfredo. Maria hesitates (like she really has to think that one
through?).
Lo
del Nuevo:
Santos
blows off Coloso’s threats. As
for being king cock, Santo’s smiles back with just a hint of condescension like
he figure’s Coloso’s more like an average dick. “—Kings make me laugh, and…
they’re old fashioned [pasado de moda].” Santos pushes his way through the
posse and says he’s got better things to do with his time than stand around yammering. Coloso has to be held back. Nobody in the colonia needs a scandalous
ruckus right now, the posse warns him.
After duly dissing Col [la col = a head
of cabbage, BTW] Santos/Jorge Alfredo returns to his fleabag of a room to get
some sleep. He tosses and turns. Maria does the same in her bed. Each is thinking of the other and whether
they should allow this romantic sentiment to take hold since both know he’s
heading back to L.A. in a few weeks.
Across town, Milamores is stepping out
with a well-heeled married woman whose husband apparently mistreats and
mentally abuses her. Mil gives her his
philosophy on the proper treatment of the female of the species and then he and
she go at it hot and heavy on the couch.
At the same time, one of the others in
the band (Baritono?) in his crappy hotel room? Dressing room? is on the phone
with his wife. He misses his Missus and
kids; per her request he serenades the missus a cappella through his cellphone. FF>>
At Cheating Wife’s house again,
Abusive Hubby is heard opening the door so Mil races to hide behind the
stairway. He hears Hubmonster’s verbal
abuse and grumbles to himself about it.
The next day, the street noises
outside his window wake Santos. He thinks to himself that he can’t believe
what’s happened to him, and tells himself that he can’t continue to live like
this; that he has to get back to clear his name.
At the same time that mornning, Maria
is packing up breakfast and some cleaning supplies for Jorge. Mama tries to suggest that Maria tamp down
the emotional side of this relationship because the young man (she calls him
“boy”, but I just cannot!) is going to leave Mexico and return home soon. Their discussion is cut short with Isa’s
rambunctious entrance. Maria needs to
hurry away so she can walk Isa safely to school.
Back in L.A., Comandante Derecho y
Deshecho tells his goofy Lt. Curtis (who, IMNSHO, dressed in that skin-tight
60’s-retro black body dress and blazer, gives Emma Peel anything but a run for her money) that he feels
some international gang is probably helping out Santos. He will find out just whom that is, or die
trying. Lt. Curtis swoons. (Since the
two are going on a date of sorts to see The Rolling Stones together??? can we
assume they’re an item now—or soon to be?) He’s going to find out if Santos is still in
El Paso, Tx, or if he went back to Mexico City.
Either way they’re sure to catch him soon, he tells her. FF>> FF>>
Maria arrives at Jorge’s room with
soap and sheets, a broom and a mop. Yes,
she intends to clean up the disgusting place and make it at least livable for
Jorge while he’s off getting himself cleaned up down the hallway.
Amalia tells herself that her mother’s
intuition is screaming at her that Jorge is probably hiding something from
them. But, all she can do is hope that
this first love will have been something pleasant to remember for Maria once
he’s gone and it’s over with. She prays
to the virgencita to make it so.
Jorge is walking back from the
bathroom when Irasema (Karla Álvarez??!!) a happy hooker also living in this
no-tell hell-hole, spies JA returning from the bathroom and his morning
ablutions. She blocks his way, starts to
flirt, zeroing in on another john. He
politely gets out of her way. A minute
later he stops at the open doorway to his room to marvel at Maria’s Merry Maid
miracle. (So the heck do we!) “--¡Guau!”
He tells Maria he realizes she knows very little about him, but she
should believe him when he tells her she’s the best thing that’s ever happened
to him in his entire life. Again they
share a meaningful stare and nearly kiss… till she catches herself and abruptly
changes the subject to something safe and respectable.
A few minutes after, Irasema seeing
Santos alone from the hallway, walks in and puts the working-girl moves on
him. From the other room, Maria
apparently hears her propositioning Jorge.
She races in to put her possessive, and most respectable, foot down. “—Asunto???” [Your business here is??? –this is always said in a way that implies
the person it’s directed to actually has no business discussing any
business with you.] Maria, telling
Happy Hooker that her “husband”
doesn’t need [her kind of] help, thank
you very much, manages to get rid of irritating Irasema toots-sweet. Santos raises his eyebrows and smiles at
Maria’s …er…street savvy shall we say…..
The word “esposo” sounds pretty good to him, too, we can assume--at
least when Maria mouths it.
Amalia, now, is cooking at home with
Susanito’s mama, Fortune-Telling Neighbor. But the steam is apparently hurting
her wrists. (Can we assume that she
suffers from some kind of debilitating arthritis, or MS?) Susanito arrives with some groceries and the
two women kid him about being such a good boy.
He’ll make somebody a good hubby someday. Not too soon, says his mama, he’s waaaaaaay
too young to consider having a girlfriend.
(Hmmm. What’s the Mexican word
for nebbish? Whatever it is, Mama’s got him
fast-tracking.)
Irasema excuses herself now to Maria
for thinking that he was another prospective john, like most of the men living
in this flop-house. Maria curtly replies
thanks, but they are busy people. Santos
is extremely amused at this scene, Viewerville notes. Yes, I’d be extremely busy myself if my
husband were as handsome as yours, says Ira and leaves. Once she’s gone, JA looks at the bright side
of this particular situation. He tells
Maria that at least this gal was a friendly sort, whereas the guy chasing after
Maria came around to threaten him if he didn’t keep his distance from her. They giggle over El Coloso’s bad boy
attitude.
El Celoso, meanwhile, is home now and
looks up at a large poster of Maria in her charro costume that he has framed
and hanging in his living room. He
remembers how she told him it wasn’t any of his business if she was leaving or
not with El Pocho ése! He decides to pay
a visit to Amalia and tell her what kind of guy her daughter has decided to get
involved with!
A bit later, on the other side of the
colonia, Santos has changed clothes and is remembering what he read about
Michael’s being caught and thrown in jail, and the scandalous way the
newspapers had written up the story.
He’s in one mell of a hess, he is!
Just then in walks Irasema again to explain she wasn’t there to cause a
hassle, just just to make it clear that she doesn’t mess with “prohibited” men;
and she adds, it was quite obvious that his “wife” was very much in love with
him. Cara de “Hmmm” de Santos.
El Celoso now goes looking for Maria
at home and runs into sweet little Isabel playing out front by the stairs. She tells him that Maria went to see JA, and confidentially, she thinks the Maria and
Jorge are sweethearts! El Celoso feels a
sudden case of heartburn coming on and secretly frowns. Cara de say-it-aint-so-Joe! del Coloso.
Meanwhile, Mil and our nebbish
neighbor boy named Su are chatting about the proper treatment and wooing of
women. Mil sees a group of gals standing
by the entrance to the colonia and tries to give Su a lesson in the arts of
womanizing. Works like a charm for
Milamores—he makes it look sooooo easy.
Su doesn’t have the same luck, though, and gets a slap across the
chops. (Ugh. This is painful to watch…..cuz MB is such a believable angelic, mama’s boy.)
Amalia spies Coloso with Isa now and
mentions Maria’s gone out. He invites
himself up for a glass of water.
Back at Santos’ place, over breakfast,
Maria tries to ask about his family, but he avoids telling her more than
there’s really nothing to tell her.
“—Food’s delicious!” He adds,
again in all sincerity, how great it feels to be pampered the way she’s been
pampering him, especially considering all the tons of silly stuff
[burradas=nonsense/gross errors] he’s been mixed up in.
Santos mentions then that Neighbor
Lady made another visit and commented that it was obvious that Maria was in
love with him. Maria hesitates, stares
into his eyes meaningfully once more, and then says that is just a lot of hooey
because he’s leaving in three weeks.
Santos says, well speaking of that, he knows he’s bee abusing her
generosity but now needs to ask her to help him find a job so he can get enough
money together to buy his ticket back to L.A.
She offers to loan him the money, but he refuses to hear of it since he
knows she is financially strapped herself.
She suggests he could work at the bar.
He thinks she means as waiter or a bouncer [garrotero?]. No, she means singing with the band. Oh no!
That’s the last thing in the world he’d ever consider doing, he assures
her! Maria can’t believe it. “--Why not?
You have a marvelous voice!” No,
singing for his supper isn’t an option, y punto!
Back at Maria’s, Col begins
badmouthing JA to Amalia and tells her he thinks the guy is a big liar; that he
is only trying to take advantage of Maria before he leaves town, living at her
expense and well, who knows what!
Suddenly this stranger appears with his load of horse manure about
getting hit over the head and robbed, and having no money. True, he’s been living off Maria’s good will,
agrees Amalia, but he’s not a bad person.
Well, says Oscar hoping to plant more than a few seeds of doubt, as his
dear, departed mama used to say, “’Better safe than sorry.’”
Maria and Santos discuss working at
the bar vs. looking for a mechanic’s job a bit more and then decide to leave to
discuss his options with Don Concho.
Once outside the colonia again, Col
hops into his hoopty de mariachi and rushes over to the little hotel to see if
Maria is still with El Pocho ese who is going to find out what’s what if he has
anything to say about it!
We beam over to Don Concho’s manse
where Elvira-Desira (wearing a mini-kini worthy of a Sports Illustrated cover
shoot) tells her mama, Lourdes (who herself dresses like the ex-madam of a formerly first-rate escort service) that
Jorge Alfredo is a very handsome
man. Don Concho arrives and (seemingly totally oblivious to Elvira’s Playboy centerfold look) tells his two
luxuriating family members that he likes this Jorge Alfredo Vargas guy who is
also from L.A. and very refined and distinguished. Yep, he needs more of those
types of customers filling the seats in his bar, he tells them before rushing
back to the bar. Mama Concho takes all
this into account, and decrees that if Concho is that gung-ho on the guy he
must be good husband/SIL material. She
encourages Desira to try hooking (pun intended) Jorge before he gets away.
Doña Prudencia tells Col he’s come too
late. She just saw Maria and Jorge
Alfredo leave together. Well, when you see him again, please tell Jorgito that El Colosito was here and to tell him they still have some unfinished business together.
Col walks back out and spies the Maria and JA walking across the plaza together, then sneaks a jealous peek from behind a pillar.
Col walks back out and spies the Maria and JA walking across the plaza together, then sneaks a jealous peek from behind a pillar.
--end of parte 1~~
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Parte 2 ~~
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Parte 2 ~~
Meanwhile, kid sis
Paloma, tries knocking on Rodrigo’s front door and playing hide and seek
again. This time, though, maybe Rod’s
not falling for it—or everyone’s gone inside.
Either way, Paloma’s down in the dumps because of it. (Yawn!) FF>>FF>>
Milamores has a chat
in the park with the abused Cheating Housewife, Roxana. He gets really angry when he sees the beating
she got from Hubmonster, Regino, and urges her to leave him already. She is
afraid to because he’ll come looking for her and will want to get even with her
for leaving him. FF>>
Back at Maria’s again,
Amalia gives cooking lessons to Paloma and Isa.
Across the barrio, in
another colonia, Oscar’s ex-girlfriend, Gloria, looks at a medallion and tearfully
remembers her courtship with Oscar multiple moons ago, and his empty promises
that nothing will ever separate them.
They and their little crumb-crunchers will live happily ever after. She laments now her apparent battle with breast
cancer. (We get a pink-ribboned PSA style
soliloquy about her fear to do monthly self-exams so that something like this
could have been avoided.)
At the bar, the band
is coming to get ready for the evening’s business. Maria has asked about JA’s possibly working
in the bar or singing with the group.
The band members object because he isn’t documented/has no papers. Heck, they don’t even know if he’s a real
mechanic or not, they tell her. JA walks
in on them and insists that he is. (I
suppose he got his degree in The States as an auto engineer, right?) The band does a major eye-roll.
El Coloso celoso,
meanwhile, is driving to the bar, griping the entire way about seeing JA and
Maria together. “—What a pretty pair those
two are!” Suddenly, his mariachi-mobile conks out on him
a few blocks away from work and in the middle of traffic. (Boo-hoo.)
Maria tries convincing
Jorge to tell the gang he can sing. Mil
wants to hear more, but JA refuses to discuss it. Maria tells the band how well he can sing. “—Won’t there be a problem asking a favor
like that from Coloso?” Why, if it’s to
earn enough to pay for a ticket back to L.A., asks Mil? Don Concho arrives and Maria hurries in to
discuss this with him.
Don Concho Is more
upset to find out Jorge Alfredo lied to him and is really only a lowly car mechanic
instead of a rich, cultured American. He
refuses to hire such a liar, he argues.
But he isn’t, Maria says, he simply needs a ticket back to L.A. because
he got robbed. Not his problem, says Don
Concho. “--The guy hasn’t got any papers!!
I’m not going to get mixed up with a guy who doesn’t have identification and
you shouldn’t either!!” Maria tells
Concho then that she knows he’s always on the lookout for people who might have
a good voice and that Jorge Alfred has a spectacular one.
Mil Amores tells JA,
meanwhile, not to get his hopes up cuz more than likely, Don Concho will
refuse. Su tells him his mother has a
small shop and she might be able to offer him something.
Coloso walks in at this
point and gets angry when he sees his buddies jawing with JA instead of
rehearsing. He gives Santos grief about
always hanging around their bar, then tells him he cam by for a visit. Santos asks suspiciously why it was so
important to know where he lives. Col slaps him on the arm like they’re best
buds. “--Oh, it was only a friendly
[cordial] visit….. in case you ever happen to need something…..” Maria races and to let Jorge and the others know
that she got him work as a singer. JA
isn’t a happy camper—but then neither is El Coloso. “--Waddayamean El Pochito is going to sing
with us!!!?????”
It seems Jorge Alfredo
suffers from a bad case of the bashfuls [estar tímido]. He wouldn’t dare think of standing up on a
stage and singing! Col hears the
discussion and starts giving Santos grief about it. Just then Don Concho walks out of his office
and yells for Jorge to see if he’s ready to sing. Oh, he’s ready, he says, he’s ready to run the
heck out of there. This cracks the band up
and they enjoy a belly laugh at Santos’s expense. Maria promises then to explain to Don Concho
and not force the issue, but Don Concho reminds her that she agreed that if the
guy couldn’t sing he’d fire her. Coloso
gets upset and says the guy’s a no-good liar that’s got Maria bamboozled and she
shouldn’t be made to pay for his lies. Santos/JA
turns around and screams back at him that he’s no liar! Tough nutz, cuz Don Concho screams back that
if the guy doesn’t sing like she told him then both of them can pick up their
stuff right now and hit the street!
Santos gives in. What song should he sing? Coloso is one pissed off cockerel. “--Sing??? What song should he sing???? You can’t sing!!!” “—Yes, I can sing!!!” Col turns to the boss. “--Hey, Don Concho, it’s one thing for him to
make up things to Maria, but it’s quite another for him to go telling you
stories! [cuentear]” Don Concho yells at the both of them that he
says the guy is going to sing for them and that’s an order!! No buts about it!! Coloso asks Don Concho to let him choose the
song, then, that JA has to sing. Ok. Don Concho warns JA to sing like he means it
cuz Maria is involved.
Lourdes, meanwhile,
goes shopping with daughter Desira for dressed-to-kill wear. The dress Desira tries on is “extremely
daring” according to our flirting young floozie with the basketball-sized
pocket-protectors. All the better to snag Jorge with, my dear, advises
Lewdes. “—There are two ways to win a
man, either through his belly or the advantageous use of your physical…assets.”
Back in their dressing
room, Coloso explains the plan to give El Pocho the kind of song that will do
him in right away. Mil reminds him that
Maria will be run out of the place just like Jorge if that happens. Is he willing to do that to Maria? No way, says Coloso. They’ll all just go on strike and follow her
out if when he runs her off. What’s Don
Concho going to do without a band, right?
At the same time, Santos
tells Maria that he never has wanted to sing it’s just not him! “—How could this be happening! Ay yai yai!
Dear gawd!” Such an absurd idea never even crossed his
mind! She tries calming him down and
telling him she knows he has a beautiful voice.
He’ll do great. Yeah, but he just
doesn’t want her getting hurt because of this thing. He’s so tired of relying on her generosity
and decency. “--And, the next time that I
hear Don Concho has mistreated you, I won’t be responsible!” [Yo no respondo = I
won’t answer for my actions as a result!]
Maria smiles at this protective stance of his.
Don Concho yells over
at him that it’s time for him to sing.
Get to it. Yeah, what’s one more
humiliation after all the others, he tells Maria as he prepares himself. Coloso tells the “hombrecito compadrito” that the song he’ll have to sing is Ay,
Jalisco, No Te Rajes. Maria becomes
incensed and immediately objects.
“—That’s too difficult a song for most any mariachi singer!” Doesn’t matter to Don Concho. “-- All the
better!” Let the chips fall where they
may. He either sings or he’s
owdader! El Coloso quips to Pichi the
barkeep to go ahead and open the door cuz El Pocho is going to be flying
through it shortly. The guys in the band snicker loudly in the background.
Santos sets the
condition that if he does well with the song, then Coloso has to stop calling
him “Pochito”. Col accepts. “Uno, dos,
¡arrancanse! [Start her up!]” Santos
begins singing, but it’s very weak and just way too
robotic. He apparently forgets some of the lyrics, too. The camera pans to the shocked disappointment
on Maria and the bargirls’ faces, then to Don Concho’s disgusted cara de I-knew-it! Even El Coloso’s pet rooster is hard put to
shake a tail feather! (And, that has got to be the best
scene of the whole night!)
Santos sees the
shocked look on Maria’s and the other’s faces, and tries improving the
performance, but it just ain’t happenin’. Don Concho calls it quits and then starts
screaming for Jorge and Maria to grab their stuff and hit the road!!
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