Friday, January 10, 2014
Weekend Discussion: Culture Shock
What cultural head-scratchers get you every time you watch a novela?
I'd love to know whether men and women still interact as though it were the Victorian age. Mexican women go to college and have careers; shouldn't that have eliminated the ridiculous notion that they exist only for their men and their children? Despite it being a comedy, the sexism in Por Ella Soy Eva really was disturbing. Do Mexican fathers really devalue their daughters like that?
Do parents really call their children "princesa," "mi reina", "mi rey," etc.? This really bugs me because I can't help thinking that this is more appropriate for a significant other. I can't help thinking that applying this to a child is spoiling them and giving them a sense of entitlement.
Sound off, amigos.
I'd love to know whether men and women still interact as though it were the Victorian age. Mexican women go to college and have careers; shouldn't that have eliminated the ridiculous notion that they exist only for their men and their children? Despite it being a comedy, the sexism in Por Ella Soy Eva really was disturbing. Do Mexican fathers really devalue their daughters like that?
Do parents really call their children "princesa," "mi reina", "mi rey," etc.? This really bugs me because I can't help thinking that this is more appropriate for a significant other. I can't help thinking that applying this to a child is spoiling them and giving them a sense of entitlement.
Sound off, amigos.
Labels: por-ella, telenovelas, weekend
Lo Que La Vida Me Robo Capitulo 43, 1/9/2014 - Ladron Que Roba A Ladron
Ladron Que Roba A Ladron
Want of money and the distress of a thief can never be
alleged as the cause of his thieving, for many honest people endure greater
hardships with fortitude. We must therefore seek the cause elsewhere than in
want of money, for that is the miser's passion, not the thief s.
A Wet Death
I guess it had to
end this way. Someone was going to die today and it was supposed to be Alejandro
Almonte. The plan was laid between Police Captain Loreto and fugitive
Jose Luis/ Antonio. “Get close to, ambush and kill Almonte.”
The day is dark
and the rain falls down noisily as it does in a tropical rain forest. The first hard drops hit the tree canopy with
a sharp sound, then, as the drops turn into runnels, the noise becomes even
louder, making a slapping sound as stream turns into a torrent that rushes over
each level of life on its way to the forest floor.
The men on the
ground have dressed for the rain in serviceable black nylon capes. The swishing
noise of the nylon makes it even harder for us to hear what is happening. We
get glimpses of the action; Loreto tells JL/Ant to shoot Alejandro, JL/Ale
fires but he has no intention of harming Ale—he has emptied his gun of bullets.
Loreto takes a real shot at Alejandro as Ale comes closer on his horse. Ale
falls or jumps off the beast. JL/Ant loads his gun, this time for real, and
calls, “Loreto!” Loreto turns to face JL/Ant and Jose Luis fires, hitting
Loreto square in the chest.
Loreto falls to
the ground, dead. A drop of rain falls from his hood onto JL’s nose. It looks
like a tear and it falls from the tip of his nose to the ground. A small curl
of smoke goes up from the gun and Jose Luis Alvarez looks as though he will be
sick. Perhaps his life to-date just flashed before his eyes. Jose Luis knows
that homicide can be justified or even forgiven but its resonances will stay
with a man for his lifetime. He will never be the same.
Labels: robo
Thursday, January 09, 2014
Mentir Para Vivir #66 Thu 1/9/14 Regresar para Recuperar
Ric, Homero, and Inésiana discuss Alina. They agree that she can't see too much of Inésiana while she's staying at Paloma's, but Inésiana wants to see her at least once. Homero goes off to see what happened to his car, but not before laughingly patting Ric on the cheek and telling him he's got a lot to learn. Ric and Inésiana trade "I love you"-s and Ric starts listing all the documents he's going to need to get the adoption ball rolling.
Ric calls Marilu, aka Alina's new NannyMommy, to tell her not to take Alina over to Paloma's after school, even though Alina was looking forward to it. "Just make up an excuse." Niiiiiiice.
Homero catches Leo up on the car incident and mentions that he could swear he knows the guy who was with Francisco/JL. He finally remembers that the guy's name was Mike and he used to be an agent. "If he's undercover, why wasn't I informed?!" Uh, oh…either Mike changed sides or someone forgot to keep forwarding Homero all those memos….
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Ric calls Marilu, aka Alina's new NannyMommy, to tell her not to take Alina over to Paloma's after school, even though Alina was looking forward to it. "Just make up an excuse." Niiiiiiice.
Homero catches Leo up on the car incident and mentions that he could swear he knows the guy who was with Francisco/JL. He finally remembers that the guy's name was Mike and he used to be an agent. "If he's undercover, why wasn't I informed?!" Uh, oh…either Mike changed sides or someone forgot to keep forwarding Homero all those memos….
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Labels: mentir
Qué Pobres, Thursday 1/9/14 (#4): Discuss and Enjoy
Posting my notes a week and a half later, just for posterity's sake:
- MA and Minerva try to have their engagement party. It's difficult because Leo loudly takes a phone call right in the middle of MA's speech. Then Leo announces to everyone that he has a girlfriend. ("I thought he was gay," Minerva's mother mutters.) MA protests; this is his party. Frida backs him up. But AS and Leo are adamant that everyone should hear all about Leo's new girl, the Countess Macarena, no I'm not kidding, that's her name.
- The loan shark pays Lupita a visit with a "friendly reminder" about the Menchacas' debt.
- The board of directors likes MA's proposal to open an office in London. They praise him lavishly and openly snub Ahole.
- MA wants to buy a castle in England. Just in case Ahole is the first to fulfill that goofy clause in Grandpa's will, MA wants to make sure he and his family have something of their own.
- Adolfo, an old friend of Grandpa's and of the company, helps MA with all the legal and financial arrangements for the London office. MA and Saul are comfortable with Adolfo's help because they know Ahole hates him. (I think there's some talk of the company putting up 30% of the money and MA is putting up the rest personally?) Adolfo suggests giving MA power of attorney to expedite things. The board of directors agrees.
- While Grandma snoozes in her darkened bedroom, Ahole gloats to Grandma's nurse: "I'm paying you a fortune to keep her over-medicated. With any luck, she'll lose her marbles in no time!"
- It appears that the deal to create the London office is just about finished. The business partner from London praises MA and snubs Ahole. (This seems to happen a lot.) He says it will be a big success. "And we owe it alllll to Miguel Angel," Ahole points out with greasy sincerity. "And Adolfo," MA adds.
- Ahole gives MA a manly hug and hisses in his ear: "I've supplied the financial records for the audit. I hope this will clear up any remaining doubts about my honesty."
- Meanwhile, back on Italy Street, Lupita worries about Emiliano's school. His tuition is past due, and there's no money to pay it. Sure he could go to public school, but that won't give him the education he needs to prepare for college.
- The audit of the company's finances is finished. The result: the company has failed to pay 30 million pesos in taxes, and they're also short an additional 60 million pesos. MA accuses Ahole of fraud, but the auditors say: all of the evidence points to just one person - Miguel Angel!
- MA and Minerva try to have their engagement party. It's difficult because Leo loudly takes a phone call right in the middle of MA's speech. Then Leo announces to everyone that he has a girlfriend. ("I thought he was gay," Minerva's mother mutters.) MA protests; this is his party. Frida backs him up. But AS and Leo are adamant that everyone should hear all about Leo's new girl, the Countess Macarena, no I'm not kidding, that's her name.
- The loan shark pays Lupita a visit with a "friendly reminder" about the Menchacas' debt.
- The board of directors likes MA's proposal to open an office in London. They praise him lavishly and openly snub Ahole.
- MA wants to buy a castle in England. Just in case Ahole is the first to fulfill that goofy clause in Grandpa's will, MA wants to make sure he and his family have something of their own.
- Adolfo, an old friend of Grandpa's and of the company, helps MA with all the legal and financial arrangements for the London office. MA and Saul are comfortable with Adolfo's help because they know Ahole hates him. (I think there's some talk of the company putting up 30% of the money and MA is putting up the rest personally?) Adolfo suggests giving MA power of attorney to expedite things. The board of directors agrees.
- While Grandma snoozes in her darkened bedroom, Ahole gloats to Grandma's nurse: "I'm paying you a fortune to keep her over-medicated. With any luck, she'll lose her marbles in no time!"
- It appears that the deal to create the London office is just about finished. The business partner from London praises MA and snubs Ahole. (This seems to happen a lot.) He says it will be a big success. "And we owe it alllll to Miguel Angel," Ahole points out with greasy sincerity. "And Adolfo," MA adds.
- Ahole gives MA a manly hug and hisses in his ear: "I've supplied the financial records for the audit. I hope this will clear up any remaining doubts about my honesty."
- Meanwhile, back on Italy Street, Lupita worries about Emiliano's school. His tuition is past due, and there's no money to pay it. Sure he could go to public school, but that won't give him the education he needs to prepare for college.
- The audit of the company's finances is finished. The result: the company has failed to pay 30 million pesos in taxes, and they're also short an additional 60 million pesos. MA accuses Ahole of fraud, but the auditors say: all of the evidence points to just one person - Miguel Angel!
Labels: pobres
Por siempre mi amor #26 1/9/14: Close Your Eyes And Make A Wish. I Wish That I Was Ten Years Older!!!
A tearful Bruno is telling Tita that he is leaving Mexico; he is going to stop being breast-fed and live the way that he wants without pressures from anyone. Funny, he was doing the pressuring if my memory serves me correctly.
Ara has been instructed to cut up 5 of Isa’s favorite pieces of clothes and the brat that she is complies with her evil Aunt’s wishes. There is something very disturbing about this scene. Ara has no filter between what right and wrong, she continues to emulate her aunt’s sociopathic tendencies.
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Por siempre mi amor #25 1/8/14: The Show Must Go On! (Where There's a Will, There's a Way!)
(Hi, it's CorazonSalvaje substituting for the night. This episode shows love and patience overcomes any obstacles no matter how diminutive or major.)
Lo de ayer-
Isabel is gussied up and off to get dressed.
Methuselah's beating and death threat.
Our preview at the sabatoge and the outcome of it with Isa's scream.
Lo de Hoy-
As Isa screams, Gabs, Tita and Aranza hurry in to see what the deal is and two out of 3 comfort la novia. Some suspicions are up but Tita states whom is really at fault. You-know-who leaves and thoughbubbles about when Soni had instructed her to commit the deed (I wanted an Edgar Allen Poe reference there BTW) and how she did it. Isa then overreacts and pleads to call off the wedding when Tita re-assures her, "where there's a will, there's a way." and that the wedding won't be discarded due to un capricho de Aranza.
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Lo de ayer-
Isabel is gussied up and off to get dressed.
Methuselah's beating and death threat.
Our preview at the sabatoge and the outcome of it with Isa's scream.
Lo de Hoy-
As Isa screams, Gabs, Tita and Aranza hurry in to see what the deal is and two out of 3 comfort la novia. Some suspicions are up but Tita states whom is really at fault. You-know-who leaves and thoughbubbles about when Soni had instructed her to commit the deed (I wanted an Edgar Allen Poe reference there BTW) and how she did it. Isa then overreacts and pleads to call off the wedding when Tita re-assures her, "where there's a will, there's a way." and that the wedding won't be discarded due to un capricho de Aranza.
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Mentir Para Vivir #65 Wed 1/8/14 As Elvis would say, "Thank you, thank you very much."
Hermosillo--Casa de Ricardo
Everything is falling into place for la boda. Marilu has
even taken Tito to Paloma's house so he won’t be underfoot (hmmmph, he wasn't
invited?) Ricky enjoys a few flashbacks of his relationship with Oriana.
Preparations are underway in Fidelia's Purple Palace and the
guests are starting to arrive, including Matilde, resplendent in a lavender
suit to match the wall color. She barely
says hello to Fidelia as she enters. Fidelia and Ruben share an awkward
hello. The bride enters in a cute short wedding dress carrying a flower ball
(is that what they're called?) She looks really cute with her hair done
up away from her face. The ceremony begins. Later, the couple signs the wedding license
and voila! It's done! As the judge pronounces them man and wife,
Oriana gets a sudden twinge in her hospital bed. Something is amis in
The Force. Marilu turns expectantly to Ricardo, all smiles. Ricardo gives his
bride a peck on the cheek. QTH?
Matilde annoyingly cheers for the happy couple, crying out "Beso!
Beso! Beso!" Her family is
embarrassed.
Labels: mentir
Wednesday, January 08, 2014
Qué Pobres, Wednesday 1/8/14 (#3): Let's Make a Deal
- Frida and her boyfriend go to the place where they keep the bulls and let them all free. As a saner person would expect, the bulls run around and it's not a very safe place to be. Frida is arrested, thanks to the tip Mom called in earlier. Frida calls her mom, but Mom refuses to bail her out. Mom gloats to Leo that this will give Frida some time to think. (Mom and Leo are gambling with the money MA gave them. I think THEY need some time to think.) Fortunately, Frida's boyfriend calls MA, and MA bails Frida out.
- "We Have to Talk," MA tells Minerva. She does her best to distract and sidetrack him. She also tries to get him to explain what was that mysterious clause in the will, but he doesn't say. He does give her an extension on her credit card for wedding preparations, though. As for the topic he wants to discuss - it's about where they'll live. Min says she's willing to live anywhere with him. She's very cosmopolitan. Indeed, she'd even be willing to have multiple homes in various cities.
- Frida tells MA she called Mom instead of him because she's not used to having him around to help. He's never been around when she needed him. Not when she had her appendix out (MA is hearing about this one for the first time), nor when Grandpa died. He's never had time because he's always been working. MA promises that this will change.
- Lupe's family transforms the gym into a restaurant. Don Chuy tries to convince Emiliano that he ought to be enough for the boy so he doesn't need any other dad, but Emiliano desperately wants to know who he came from. It's really hurting him not to know. Lupe overhears this and rushes off to Conceptos, er I mean Grupo Imperio, er I mean Ruiz-Palacios Inc. or whatever it's called.
- Just FYI, Carmelita is Lupe's other friend, Lucy is an executive secretary, and Vilma (it said Vilma in the captions but might be Irma) is Alejo's secretary. Also: Tato is Frida's boyfriend.
- Lucy lets MA into Grandpa's old office. MA flashes back to the angry confrontation he had with Grandpa when he announced that he was moving to London. He's been given everything he could possibly need on a silver platter, but he's leaving anyway. Grandpa predicts that MA will be a failure. MA is just the kind of guy who likes to prove everyone wrong. But MA also remembers his mother and his sister complaining that he hadn't been in their lives. MA nods decisively at Grandpa's presidential desk.
- Alejo is meeting with some shareholders or maybe it's the board of directors. Whoever they are, they're skeptical that he'll be able to give up his womanizing ways to secure his position with the company. Anyway, he's not officially president yet, so don't count your chickens before they're hatched. As if on cue, MA comes in and says he's gonna do it! Alejo is MAD!!#@$%!!
- Privately, in his office, Alejo tries to get MA to make a deal with him. Vilma comes in without knocking. Alejo screams at her exactly the same way he screamed at Lupe on 12/22/02. MA scolds Alejo for speaking to her that way and says now that he's half president of this joint, he insists that Alejo treat people with respect. (Oh, how I miss Eva!)
- In the main lobby, Lupe asks to meet with Alejo. Vilma says he doesn't have time, but I'm not sure if she even asked him. She says Lupe will see Alejo "over my dead body." Territorial much? Lupe won't leave without a fight, so Vilma calls Security. Lupe puts that big guy in a headlock. MA happens by. He doesn't know exactly what's happening, but he's impressed as hell! He figures it has something to do with Alejo, but he doesn't get a chance to find out any more because Lupe flees. However, she does leave behind a little glass slipper!
- No, there wasn't really a glass slipper. I wish.
- Lupe tells Dad she was out doing errands and "thinking." "You were right," she tells her father. "Emiliano has the right to know his father, but his father has no right to such a great son." Later, at bedtime, she thanks Emiliano for his patience and says she's "working on it" but it will take time. He agrees to wait, but I know how youngsters reckon time. He'll be clamoring again within a week because when you're a kid, a week feels like a month. Emiliano asks if she's had a lot of other novios. She says she's had a lot of amigos, but was never much into the novia experience. And Emiliano's dad doesn't even count as a novio. "Losing one's head is not the same as love.
- MA meets with his friend Omar, er, Saul(?) for a rehash session. Just like old times!
- MA hasn't extended Minerva's line on the credit card yet and he tells her they need to slow down on the wedding preps because he's not going back to London soon. I think that was the gist of the convo, anyway. This worries her. Min's mom interrupts and MA cannot get out of the room fast enough.
- Someone should tie Juan Osorio Ortiz to a chair and make him watch this show. THIS is a comedy!
- Minerva and her mother argue over which of them is more likely to ruin this whole wedding deal. In my opinion, Mom (whose wide smile reminds me of the Joker) is more in love with MA than Min is. I think MA doesn't mind Minerva, but he can't stand her mother.
- MA looks through photos of Minerva on his tablet. However, his favorite photo is his mental picture of Lupita.
- At the office, Omar/Saul tells MA, "you don't seem very enthusiastic about this wedding." MA is concerned because he doesn't think he's seen ALL of he company's financial reports.
- Vilma/Irma is trying to talk to Alejo, who is ogling women. To get him to pay attention, she tries to stand in front of the one he's looking at.
- Alejo, Vilma/Irma, and MA are with a bunch of executives or... I dunno, people who are entitled to opinions. MA shows two different versions of the next issue's magazine cover. HIS version shows a confident, professional-looking woman. Alejo's version shows a hot model. Which one do they thing better represents the "Mujer de Hoy"?
- MA also says that he's been looking at the financial reports, and SOMETHING DOESN'T ADD UP!
Next time: Alejo and Vilma/Irma accuse MA of fraud.
Labels: pobres
Lo Que La Vida Me Robó Miercoles 1/8/14 #42
Chapter
41: Another Day, Another Death
In
Review:
Constable
Loreto disposed of Pervertino in the stable. He then stole the
cursed gold ring previously stolen from Lord Benjamin Almonte.
Current
Happenings:
Gaol:
Esmeralda visited Refugio to assure herself of his safety; alas
there is a price she will pay for that. She carefully stepped away
before being seen by the guard seeking her favors.
Almonte
Estate: The recently returned Macario entered the manor to
advise Lord Alejandro that his prisoner had been disposed of before
he could be transported. He had made enquiries of the other workers
and no one had heard the shot. Their other prisoner is alive. Lord
Alejandro concluded that Pervertino had been killed so he could not
speak of whom he was working for. He then ordered Macario to post
guards at the entrances and to guard Lady Monserrat.
Labels: robo
Mentir Para Vivir #64 Tue 1/7/14 Suck It Up and Grow a Pair of Balls, Pretty Boy! (Words of Wisdom by Homero de la Garza)
Casa de Homero: Paloma objects to Oriana moving in with Jose
Luis. In her current state, Oriana might
fall in love with him again. She reports that Ricky is
also suffering because he can’t see his honey bunny. Homero says that Oriana either cooperates
with the sting or she goes to prison. Besides,
Ricky will have to grow a big pair of balls in order to get through this. Paloma calls Homero a hardass. Homero tells Paloma that Ricky marrying Marilu
is a stupid idea. Paloma says that the
plan will work because Jose Luis is “dead”.
In order to take Rhodalina, Francisco would have to admit that he is
Jose Luis and he will get sent to prison. Homero says that the plan will never work because
Francisco Falcon can prove that he is the father with a simple DNA test; he
doesn’t have to admit that he is Jose Luis.
Fathers have rights. The girl
could be the result of an affair. Homero
thinks they can get around the law if Inez signs a notarized statement giving
custody to Ricky and Marilu.
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Tuesday, January 07, 2014
Lo que la vida me robó, ep. 41, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2014 -- When Bad Things Happen to Bad People
Lo refrito:
Montserrat and José Luis say their goodbyes.
José Luis collapses in grief after Montserrat leaves him.
Montserrat sits alone, very straight, very still, and she lets the tears stream down her cheeks.
Macario knows what he knows, darn it.
And he knows that there was no other Rosario on the hacienda in the old days. Because if there was, how come he can't remember her? Rosario, filling in for Dominga in the kitchen, tries to avoid loquacious Macario and his dogged questions. She answers in monosyllables and looks anywhere but at his face. But she gets increasingly flustered as he keeps pressing her.
Was this other Rosario older or younger (más grande o más chica) than she? Older. Well then, says Mac, she must have known Alejandro when he was a newborn!
This is too much for Rosario. The dish she is holding crashes to the floor, and she hurries out of the room, asking him to stop talking nonsense.
A joyless coupling that ends in a squabble over the bill.
We are spared the details. María has done what she was expected to do and Adolfo is pleased. He hands her a single wad of bills for services rendered. She is outraged. This isn't half the money! She knows herself that there were many bundles of bills in the locked drawer. Maybe so, shrugs Adolfo. But what is she going to do about it? If she wants Montserrat to get blamed, Alejandro can't know he had anything to do with the theft. If Adolfo gets dragged into it, he'll make sure Alejandro knows her role in the robbery -- and worst of all, that she slept with him for a few pesos. Actually, he has paid her a lot more than a night with her is worth.
Labels: robo
Pobres ep 2, Tuesday Jan 07: Its a small world after all... and some new interesting characters make their entrance
Refrito: AnaSophy keeps her pitiful-me-song about her disastrous life, and her son trying to get her to be quiet for a record 10 seconds. She is so afraid she will be the laughing stock of several Mexican generations… (he suggests she choose from 2 solutions: bigger party or punish Frida with no funds… she likes that.. but she thinks sending Frida away to an European bording school is too easy (LOL!).. she will think of something… but meanwhile, how will she face the embarrassment she just endured. Have no choice. Give me the gun… (psych!, she wanted the blow dryer to dry her full fur coat)…
We get the ice cold reunion scene of Minerva and MA… and her sticky mommy, who can only see in terms of dollar bills.
Back to the colorful neighborhood party and Emiliano’s wish of meeting his dad. Lupita and her dad put a ‘oh crap!’ face when he says it.
Lo Nuevo:
Here comes (Arturo Peniche as) Nepomuceno (I will do him a favor and call him Nepo from here on), he arrived with his musicians to get the party started. Lupita is sad, Nepo comes to bring her some fruit (is he a green grocer/distributor?) and try to cheer her up. Fruit is not as pretty as you, but they are sweet as honey. Lupita not in mood, even with the band he brought to her son.Nepo is definitely interested in Lupita, and he does not skip a beat, he asks her out. She is very reluctant… just a movie or a drink… please don’t say no or I will squish like an avocado. Lupita leaves him with a pinch of hope, ‘maybe one of these days we can go out to dinner…’ That’s good enough for him. He happily goes back to animate the party. Wendy(?)(is this the aguas girl?) comes to scold Lupita for rejecting Nepo. For some reason Wendy wants to know the name of Emiliano’s dad. Lupita won’t tell her.
Next morning, Lupita and her dad again discuss the options about the gym, and even consider selling the house. He can tell Lupita is more worried about Emiliano wanting to meet his dad. She is thinking about it. Her dad says should not even consider it. Lupita never told Emiliano’s dad she was expecting. She remembers:
We see her on the day she got the positive pregnancy test results and was coming to the office to tell him, she found him (none other than Alejo) in the arms of a woman (none other than Minerva!)… Lupita got upset and left, he basically demanded that she not tell anyone about what she saw. She gets really upset, claims he had told her he loved her. Alejo says ‘I am a R-P, the next President of this corporation. You are just a receptionist. How can you even think there could be love between people of such different social ranks?’ She gathers some strength and backbone and says she does understand and will leave him something (he thought she wanted to give him a last kiss, but she actually gives him a knee in the sweet spot… YAY!!, you go Lupita!! WHOO!!! WHOO!!!)…
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We get the ice cold reunion scene of Minerva and MA… and her sticky mommy, who can only see in terms of dollar bills.
Back to the colorful neighborhood party and Emiliano’s wish of meeting his dad. Lupita and her dad put a ‘oh crap!’ face when he says it.
Lo Nuevo:
Here comes (Arturo Peniche as) Nepomuceno (I will do him a favor and call him Nepo from here on), he arrived with his musicians to get the party started. Lupita is sad, Nepo comes to bring her some fruit (is he a green grocer/distributor?) and try to cheer her up. Fruit is not as pretty as you, but they are sweet as honey. Lupita not in mood, even with the band he brought to her son.Nepo is definitely interested in Lupita, and he does not skip a beat, he asks her out. She is very reluctant… just a movie or a drink… please don’t say no or I will squish like an avocado. Lupita leaves him with a pinch of hope, ‘maybe one of these days we can go out to dinner…’ That’s good enough for him. He happily goes back to animate the party. Wendy(?)(is this the aguas girl?) comes to scold Lupita for rejecting Nepo. For some reason Wendy wants to know the name of Emiliano’s dad. Lupita won’t tell her.
Next morning, Lupita and her dad again discuss the options about the gym, and even consider selling the house. He can tell Lupita is more worried about Emiliano wanting to meet his dad. She is thinking about it. Her dad says should not even consider it. Lupita never told Emiliano’s dad she was expecting. She remembers:
We see her on the day she got the positive pregnancy test results and was coming to the office to tell him, she found him (none other than Alejo) in the arms of a woman (none other than Minerva!)… Lupita got upset and left, he basically demanded that she not tell anyone about what she saw. She gets really upset, claims he had told her he loved her. Alejo says ‘I am a R-P, the next President of this corporation. You are just a receptionist. How can you even think there could be love between people of such different social ranks?’ She gathers some strength and backbone and says she does understand and will leave him something (he thought she wanted to give him a last kiss, but she actually gives him a knee in the sweet spot… YAY!!, you go Lupita!! WHOO!!! WHOO!!!)…
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Por siempre mi amor #24 1/7/14: So what I consider pretty is considered faux-pas?
Recap by Corazon del Salvaje
Lo de Ayer-
Gaby and Bruno are in the aparment discussing marriage and while one-B-wants to tie the knot, the other-G-isn't feeling it yet. Bruno then dismisses himself.
Aran, Art Dad and Isabel are meeting and break the news that they wanna marry which stresses her and she runs off. AD & Isa. are worried for her sake but know Aran is capable of being reassured.
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Lo de Ayer-
Gaby and Bruno are in the aparment discussing marriage and while one-B-wants to tie the knot, the other-G-isn't feeling it yet. Bruno then dismisses himself.
Aran, Art Dad and Isabel are meeting and break the news that they wanna marry which stresses her and she runs off. AD & Isa. are worried for her sake but know Aran is capable of being reassured.
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Qué Pobres, Tuesday 1/7/14 (#2): "Just a Secretary"
We don't have a recapper for tonight, so I am taking the liberty of adding a few high-level notes.
- Grandpa's been dead for a while, I think, so they're not actually reading the entire will tonight. They're just reading a never-before-revealed portion of it that deals specifically with who should take over the company if Grandma is unable to. Since she's now been deemed mentally unfit, the time is now. The will states that both grandsons will share responsibility for the company and the estate, but whichever one produces the first LEGITIMATE, within-wedlock, male heir first wins. If no varón shows up within a certain period of time (I missed it), the remaining stockholders will divvy up the bienes in whatever way they think best.
- Emiliano's father is... drum roll please... Alejo. Lupe was his secretary. She never got a chance to tell him she was pregnant, because when she came into his office without knocking, he was making out with Minerva. (The date on Lupe's pregnancy test results was 12/22/2002, and MA only started dating Minerva 10 years ago... so that's another reason for Alejo and MA not to get along.) Lupe wanted to tell Alejo about the baby, but when he said "you're only a secretary" and to know her place, she slugged him but good. It was glorious. But anyway, she does think Emiliano has a right to know. The boy is adamant about it. But she doesn't tell him just yet.
- MA insists he has no interest in running the company. He's a self-made man and doesn't need the family or the name or the company, blah blah blah (we heard this several times last night and it's repeated several more times tonight). Mom tries to guilt him into accepting his share of company and producing an heir pronto so that "we" can have the whole enchilada. She says they're entitled to it.
- Today the dog is wearing an outfit of the same color/fabric as MA's mom's dress.
- Alejo's current secretary is, I believe, the woman who played Marisela in PESE. I almost didn't recognize her, because this character's attitude is VERY different. I think she's hot for Alejo.
- MA borrows/rents/whatever a fancy car at a place that looks a lot like part of the Conceptos building and visits Grandma. She recognizes him right away and gushes about how much she and Grandpa loved him. He was their favorite! This confuses MA, because Grandpa was always so critical of him. Grandma explains that Grandpa wanted to build up MA's and Alejo's character, because their own fathers had grown up to be totally useless.
- Arturo Peniche's character, who I think is a greengrocer, begs Lupe for a date. (A cita date, that is, not a date fruit.)
- Chuy and Lupe put up all the gym's equipment as collateral for a variable-rate loan. They're using a loan shark/pawnbroker because a bank would be "too slow" (and most likely turn them down anyway).
- MA's mom arrives by helicopter to have lunch with some nasty gossipy friends. Instead of collecting money from them for the benefit, she has to write them checks to cover the damage to their furs at last night's debacle.
- MA tells Grandma again that he doesn't need the family name, etc. Gran tells him not to be so prideful. Everyone needs help from time to time. She asks him to please take over the company because Alejo's been doing a really lousy job.
- MA's mom gives her lazy kids a lot of money to loaf around and amuse themselves. Frida is smirking at a magazine article about a matador; Mom realizes Frida must be planning mischief. Mom phones a friend to warn of likely vandalism.
- Alejo complains to a photographer that the pix he's taking of a model aren't hot enough. The photographer asks if the company co-president, Miguel Angel, feels the same way. Alejo angrily says he's the ONLY president of the company. "No ship has two captains!"
- Lupe's friend (or is she her sister), a cosmetician, helps Lupe's would-be sweetheart with a "new look" to impress Lupe.
- MA is a bit put off to hear that his mother and siblings don't eat together at home each day. Mom insists that he take the job and produce an heir. If Alejo gets everything, MA will have to support Mom, Leo, and Frida. "Don't any of you have jobs?" MA asks, aghast. Nope. And in Mom's opinion, "they" deserve the inheritance. "I earned it!" she declares. She must be exhausted from all that waiting!
- Minerva wants to see Alejo. She's dying to know what was revealed by the lawyer this morning, and she hasn't seen MA yet. "Stay away from Alejo!" Mini's mom warns. "Miguel is the good one," she assures her daughter. Mini says don't worry! Nothing will happen with Alejo! Promise! But she also lets on that although MA is good in bed, he's a bit "rigid."
Next time: Lupe tries to visit Alejo.
- Grandpa's been dead for a while, I think, so they're not actually reading the entire will tonight. They're just reading a never-before-revealed portion of it that deals specifically with who should take over the company if Grandma is unable to. Since she's now been deemed mentally unfit, the time is now. The will states that both grandsons will share responsibility for the company and the estate, but whichever one produces the first LEGITIMATE, within-wedlock, male heir first wins. If no varón shows up within a certain period of time (I missed it), the remaining stockholders will divvy up the bienes in whatever way they think best.
- Emiliano's father is... drum roll please... Alejo. Lupe was his secretary. She never got a chance to tell him she was pregnant, because when she came into his office without knocking, he was making out with Minerva. (The date on Lupe's pregnancy test results was 12/22/2002, and MA only started dating Minerva 10 years ago... so that's another reason for Alejo and MA not to get along.) Lupe wanted to tell Alejo about the baby, but when he said "you're only a secretary" and to know her place, she slugged him but good. It was glorious. But anyway, she does think Emiliano has a right to know. The boy is adamant about it. But she doesn't tell him just yet.
- MA insists he has no interest in running the company. He's a self-made man and doesn't need the family or the name or the company, blah blah blah (we heard this several times last night and it's repeated several more times tonight). Mom tries to guilt him into accepting his share of company and producing an heir pronto so that "we" can have the whole enchilada. She says they're entitled to it.
- Today the dog is wearing an outfit of the same color/fabric as MA's mom's dress.
- Alejo's current secretary is, I believe, the woman who played Marisela in PESE. I almost didn't recognize her, because this character's attitude is VERY different. I think she's hot for Alejo.
- MA borrows/rents/whatever a fancy car at a place that looks a lot like part of the Conceptos building and visits Grandma. She recognizes him right away and gushes about how much she and Grandpa loved him. He was their favorite! This confuses MA, because Grandpa was always so critical of him. Grandma explains that Grandpa wanted to build up MA's and Alejo's character, because their own fathers had grown up to be totally useless.
- Arturo Peniche's character, who I think is a greengrocer, begs Lupe for a date. (A cita date, that is, not a date fruit.)
- Chuy and Lupe put up all the gym's equipment as collateral for a variable-rate loan. They're using a loan shark/pawnbroker because a bank would be "too slow" (and most likely turn them down anyway).
- MA's mom arrives by helicopter to have lunch with some nasty gossipy friends. Instead of collecting money from them for the benefit, she has to write them checks to cover the damage to their furs at last night's debacle.
- MA tells Grandma again that he doesn't need the family name, etc. Gran tells him not to be so prideful. Everyone needs help from time to time. She asks him to please take over the company because Alejo's been doing a really lousy job.
- MA's mom gives her lazy kids a lot of money to loaf around and amuse themselves. Frida is smirking at a magazine article about a matador; Mom realizes Frida must be planning mischief. Mom phones a friend to warn of likely vandalism.
- Alejo complains to a photographer that the pix he's taking of a model aren't hot enough. The photographer asks if the company co-president, Miguel Angel, feels the same way. Alejo angrily says he's the ONLY president of the company. "No ship has two captains!"
- Lupe's friend (or is she her sister), a cosmetician, helps Lupe's would-be sweetheart with a "new look" to impress Lupe.
- MA is a bit put off to hear that his mother and siblings don't eat together at home each day. Mom insists that he take the job and produce an heir. If Alejo gets everything, MA will have to support Mom, Leo, and Frida. "Don't any of you have jobs?" MA asks, aghast. Nope. And in Mom's opinion, "they" deserve the inheritance. "I earned it!" she declares. She must be exhausted from all that waiting!
- Minerva wants to see Alejo. She's dying to know what was revealed by the lawyer this morning, and she hasn't seen MA yet. "Stay away from Alejo!" Mini's mom warns. "Miguel is the good one," she assures her daughter. Mini says don't worry! Nothing will happen with Alejo! Promise! But she also lets on that although MA is good in bed, he's a bit "rigid."
Next time: Lupe tries to visit Alejo.
Labels: pobres
Lo Que La Vida Me Robo, Capitulo 40. 01/06/14.
Sorry for posting so late. I was up late last night watching the BCS Championship. Noles won the 2014 Championship. YEAH!!!!
Ale tells Montse that he will be going to Aquazul
tomorrow. What to come with? Montse declines. There is no reason for her to buy new clothes
if she doesn't go anywhere to use them.
Are you bothered that I won't let you go by yourself asks Ale. Yes, replies Montse. But I understand it's hard for you to trust
me. Hopefully with time you will trust
me when I say that I no longer want to leave you. One thing that bothers me though. I don't like to have to ask for money or tell
you why I need it. Ale agrees and gives
her a copy of the keys to his locked desk drawer. Whenever you want money, just come and take
what you need. During this exchange,
Adolfo hears this.
Montse recalls Dim's threat about spilling the frijoles about
JL if she doesn't give him money.
Ale goes to visit Loreto.
He says that JL is hanging out at his hacienda. Loreto thinks he's mistaken. JL and his accomplice died in a fiery
crash. But did you ever find the bodies
asks Ale. No, the place they crashed is
a hard place to get to says Loreto. Ale
says they are wrong. JL is still alive. Loreto can open up an investigation, but it
will cost money. Ale has no problem
paying for it as long as they bring JL to him.
Nadia is depressed.
Montse calls and wonders if everything is alright. Are you having problems with Pedro? No, everything is fine replies Nadia. But I am glad you called. Why did you ask me not to tell Josefina that
Dim and Adolfo are at your hacienda?
Montse says that Dim is threatening to tell Ale the truth about JL if
she don't give him money. Why does he
want money asks Nadia. Because he and
Adolfo want to flee the country to avoid Toma's threats replies Montse. She asks Nadia to lend her the money to get
the boys out of her hair.
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Labels: robo
Mentir Para Vivir #63 Mon 1/6/14 Selective memory loss – the best kind of telenovela amnesia
Sorry for the delay, I’ve
had a very busy day yesterday and wasn’t able to revise the recap until now. I
hope you enjoy and maybe understand some of the stuff that happened better than
I did.
Paloma is with Alina,
explaining her that mom didn’t come home last night because she had to go on
her trip. Why she didn’t even say ‘goodbye’ then? Because it was very late and
Alina was already asleep. And mom went to the USA, which is far, but Alina
doesn’t have to worry because mom loves her very much.
What about dad, what if
he comes for her now? Alina inquires. Not to worry about that, he won’t be
allowed to get in and besides, she’s going to stay with Ricardo for a while and
everyone at his house will have good care of her.
At Trejo Bonfil
Textiles, JL is pissed because Joaquin’s goon has come to keep an eye on him.
Antonio interferes to remind him that they really need to start with their
shady business activities. Ok, JL agrees; first, they have to find out who are
Aresti-Breton’s suppliers and who are the local women working with them.
Antonio needs a few days to find out all this information, so JL suggests to
enlist Seb’s help, too (like that would help). After, he calls Eliseo,
demanding to know where he is.
And why is that? Because
JL sends the guy who is supposed to be watching him to kill Eliseo (or at
least, that’s what I got from the scene).
And that is exactly what
happens, even if Eliseo does smell the trouble and tries to attack first. One last
smoke, a stare directly into the camera and his perplexed face at the thought
that he’s about to kick the bucket and Eliseo is dead. Good riddance, you were
mostly a useless bad buy. I hope you and Berto have a good time, wherever it is
that you surely ended up together.
Labels: mentir
Por siempre mi amor #23 1/6/04: Love Is - Isn't - No Wait... IS in the Air... or Maybe Not
I hope you all had a great weekend and are staying warm and safe. Sub-zero weather is no fun, especially the "freeze the hair in your nose" kind most of the country is having right now.
Nothing warms like a good laugh so I wanted to share this. I saw this on Friday and laughed till I cried.
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Nothing warms like a good laugh so I wanted to share this. I saw this on Friday and laughed till I cried.
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Labels: siempre
Monday, January 06, 2014
Qué Pobres, Monday 1/6/14 (#1): God Save the Queen
Nighttime in Mexico City. Lupita weeps in the street and prays before entering a building where there's a wrestling match. It turns out the star attraction, Don Chuy, aka the Son of Sumatra, is her dad. He's excited to see her; she's never come to watch him fight before. But she's not really here to watch him tonight, either. He can tell she's been crying.
"What's the matter?" he asks. "I'm pregnant," Lupita replies. The Son of Sumatra is so stunned that his opponent quickly defeats him.
Later, the luchador tells Lupita that he hasn't felt such pain since Mama died. He thinks someone's done something terrible to Lupita; she says no, she's not blameless. It's partly her fault she's pregnant. She let herself be deceived. She won't tell Dad who the father is. All she will say is that he's an arrogant man whose name isn't worth mentioning. (HINT: Look out for an arrogant man who's hung up on names. Good luck with that.)
Some years later, in London (England)...
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"What's the matter?" he asks. "I'm pregnant," Lupita replies. The Son of Sumatra is so stunned that his opponent quickly defeats him.
Later, the luchador tells Lupita that he hasn't felt such pain since Mama died. He thinks someone's done something terrible to Lupita; she says no, she's not blameless. It's partly her fault she's pregnant. She let herself be deceived. She won't tell Dad who the father is. All she will say is that he's an arrogant man whose name isn't worth mentioning. (HINT: Look out for an arrogant man who's hung up on names. Good luck with that.)
Some years later, in London (England)...
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Labels: pobres
TELEMUNDO Y MÁS: THE FRONT PAGE -- La Reina del Sur et cetera, Week of January 6, 2014
Try to stay warm, amigos!
Reminder: La Impostora, a new telenovela starring Christian Bach, Sebastián Zurita and Lisette Morelos and filmed in and around Acapulco, is scheduled to begin on Tuesday, January 14, 2014 at 8pm/7c, the time slot currently occupied by Marido en Alquiler.
Is anyone interested in writing minicaps? This is the place to talk about it.
Labels: avenida, reina-sur, telemundo
TELEMUNDO Y MÁS: Santa Diabla -- Week of January 6, 2014
Here's your page, folks. Enjoy!
Remember that Jean will be away for the next three weeks, so Monday's recap spot is open. Anyone interested?
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