"Sin tetas no hay paraiso" still freaks me out a little. The mom, Dona Hilda, is sleeping with Catalina's boyfriend, Albeiro. I was watching Super-Nanny last night and I am pretty sure that is a BIG parenting no-no. Super nanny might even put Dona Hilda in the naughty chair.
It grosses me out more then anything else. Albeiro sleeps with Catalina's mom and then Catalina. Although the whole thing is completely sordid, people love it. But it just makes me hate Albeiro because he has no backbone and Dona Hilda because she is such a terrible mother. I guess I really do fall in the Catalina camp. She is annoying and a lair, but is terribly naive. She hasn't got a father and as we see, her mother isn't the best role model.
It makes me wonder what the writer was thinking. I know telenovelas are far-fetched, but I really feel like this could never happen. Couldn't the writer make a less sordid love triangle? Or just one that doesn't use mother and daughter? I just feel like this goes against every philosophy I have about motherhood. In class we talked about Dona Barbara's love triangle with her daughter and Santos. But unlike "Sin tetas", Dona Barabara obviously doesn't care for her daughter. In "Sin Tetas," Dona Hilda worries non-stop about her children. It just doesn't make sense to me. How could a mother who raises, loves, cares for, and worries about Catalina betray her?
I have to remember that it isn't real. It is the writer's creative license. I know people love watching train wrecks, but really???
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It's not as far out as you'd think.
ReplyDeleteRemember the old adage that art imitates life (imitates art, etc).
Watch any sort of daytime talk show crap like Springer or Montel Williams and you'll see that this scenario is all-too-familiar to a number of people.
The reason writers use this triangle is for the exact reason you said: it goes against every philosophy of motherhood. Because some mothers suck and shouldn't be mothers. Reflection of life, albeit a sore part of life.
These are the types of situations where we talk about how much we think it's gross...but can't stop watching. There was a subplot in my telenovela that made me feel the same way.
ReplyDeleteHowever I think that there is definitely a difference between the plot in Sin Tetas and the trash talk shows like Jerry Springer. After hearing the presentations on Sin Tetas and watching clips of the final episode, I think it was trying to teach the audience a lesson. Jerry Springer is more for entertainment's sake...sadly. I think it is important to differentiate between a telenovela de ruptura and just something trashy.