It's so exciting, and even though the graphics and acting aren't amazing and I've definitely laughed at how silly some of the situations are, the plot is so thick and completely absurd that I can't stop watching it. After I popped the first disc in, I literally sat in front of my laptop for the next 4 hours non-stop.
After Monday's lecture, I immediately started piecing together which elements fit the telenovela I'm watching, which is Mariana de la noche.
I don't know if anyone else has this problem, but I'm getting a lot of different Cinderella elements/twists mixed up in the characters. For example, the protagonist is Mariana (obviously) and she fits the Cinderella prototype by being naive, kind, virginal, etc. The only thing that doesn't quite match up is she's the one who's rich. Her "prince" is the poor one who comes from out of nowhere with an obscured past, and since he is also good could he be a male Cinderella too? Are they a Cinderella couple? There are also several antagonists--Mariana's evil "father" who can be the equivalent of the evil step-mother, an evil "sister", and evil "aunt". They're all enemies to Mariana in a different way--the father wants to keep Mariana for himself, the sister is jealous that Mariana gets all the attention, and the aunt wants Mariana's "prince," or Ignacio.
I put all of the relatives in quotes, because in truth none of them are related by blood and that's where things get really crazy. If I try to even explain what the actual relationships are between the characters, I think I'd just confuse myself. I still have about 2 hours left of the discs, so I'm anticipating what kinds of twists and turns are going to happen next--super excited!!!
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