Sometimes I wonder how we get addicted to TV shows. It is the strangest phenomenon to me. All we know is that when it's 8pm...we have "our shows."
Take this Telenovelas class, for instance. A large majority of us had never seen telenovelas before. In addition, I think it is safe to say we had stereotypical telenovela ideas in our minds. We get into this class, learn about telenovelas, watch one on our own, and boom! We're addicted. When I went home to Atlanta one weekend, I only brought discs 1 and 2 (out of 4) with me. What a mistake! I finished the first two so quickly and couldn't wait to get back to Athens and finish the rest.
As I have mentioned before in an earlier post, I love TV. I can watch marathons like a pro! I don't know what it is about TV shows and series that keep us wanting more. But I feel like having a commitment to a specific show is comforting. Similarly, a person with an addiction to smoking cigarettes probably feels better after a smoke break.
I love listening to everyone in class talk about "their" telenovelas. It's so great and amusing to see the impact this class has had. One person even has a telenovela DVD set on her Christmas wish list. So at least our parents are probably much happier knowing our drug of choice is telenovelas.
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I completely agree! I am the exact same way-a TV addict. I had never seen a telenovela before and I watched my entire novela in less than 2 days. Craziness. I am so glad that this class has opened me up to a whole new world of being addicted to TV. haha
ReplyDeleteAnother thing I find interesting, however, is most of us have watched ONE telenovela, and we are addicted. TV shows are different in a sense-- we all have our own. For us, we can't watch any given show and immediately be addicted. Perfect example for you, Beth, if you don't mind my calling you out: your love for survivor. I HATE survivor. How is it that we each picked out our own telenovela randomly by looking at Amazon, and we instantly found one we love? Is it just because it's a different thing for us? A new thing? Or would every telenovela be this addicting, even after watching our first?
ReplyDeleteMaybe it was because my telenovela was garbage-edited but I wasn't too hooked like you all. I didn't watch it all in a night because I was so gripped.
ReplyDeleteBut I will admit: the idea of the plot hooked me. Even if the editing threw it off, the idea was gripping and I think that I could say that if I were to watch a telenovela in full, I too would be an addict.