As we gear up for a big football weekend in Athens, I observed random LSU fans yelling obscenities from their car windows to pedestrians. That is exactly how I felt when I watched my telenovela "Amarte es mi Pecado."
One of the antagonists, Isaura, absolutely disgusted me. Every time she was a part of a scene my stomach dropped and I wanted nothing more than to shout at my TV. She continuously ruined the life of the beautiful protagonist, Nora. Her manipulative, conniving, and selfish ways were characteristic of most telenovela antagonists, but her ability to get under my skin with her long wispy whistles was crazy. I can't get her image out of my head.
So, when you read my description did you picture her to be unattractive? Quite frankly, you should have. She is. Her teeth are eroded and every time she opens to tell her lies it is clear that she is the bad "guy." So, her beauty or lack thereof represents her personality.
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Yeah, the antagonists are exactly here for that... to hate, and without them, the protagonists may not seem AS great.
ReplyDeleteMine (Nada Personal) was strange in that the love triangle did not include the tradition "antagonist," because the true antagonist was purely evil. He killed one of his best friends for political gain. So how do we look at this? I found myself sympathizing with the "antogonist" in the love triangle, but in the larger picture, he was a protagonist.
I think this complexity of story-line gave me a different experience than most.