Consumption Issues

Alright, so I'll be honest... as we've been talking about consumption these past couple of class periods, my mind's been wandering about what I'm going to talk about for my presentation and how the telenovela that I watched is going to play into consumption issues.

My first question was discussed a bit by Dr. A in class- I asked how fans of telenovelas react to their protagonists in other telenovelas. For instance, I watched how Edith Gonzalez stole the heart of Juan del Diablo and the entire audience of Corazon Salvaje in that specific telenovela. As Dr. A discussed Edith's new telenovela, Doña Bárbara, I found myself relating to the "Barbaritas." I haven't even watched the telenovela yet!!!! So I'm safely assuming that this will play into other telenovelas and the audience consumption. Once they relate to a character in one telenovela, it'll be hard to go against them in another. We all have our favorites.. let's face it. And at this point in the semester, I'm pretty sure we're all hooked onto the protagonists in the telenovela we've watched. I'm looking forward to purchasing Doña Bárbara and seeing how I react to Marisela and Santos. Not very highly, I'm already thinking....

I wonder if that's what I should talk about in my consumption presentation, though I've already got an issue in Corazon Salvaje that Dr. A and I discussed. She's talked about this in class too, but apparently Juan del Diablo isn't the typical "hunk" for a protagonist in the telenovela. I'll admit- when I first started watching, I wasn't that into him either. By the end of the telenovela, I thought he was just perfect- especially for Monica. But apparently I'm not the only one with initial apprehension about Eduardo Palomo playing Juan del Diablo- other people had the same hesitations too! I've been looking it up online (through blogs, message boards, etc.) and I've been interested to see that people only starting thinking Juan del Diablo was attractive further along into the telenovela, once he showed his soft side and his love for Monica. Interesting....

The last topic I might discuss for my consumption presentation is the upcoming remake of Corazon Salvaje. People have made SUCH a big deal about the casting for the new show, and I'll be interested to see how that perspective changes once the telenovela is aired. So maybe I can do some research about all those hesitations now and compare it to what people thought when the 1993 version came out and then make predictions about how this new consumption issue will play out...

So many things to choose from... So little time...