I've been watching my second telenovela "Dame Chocolate," and I'm starting to wonder if borrowing it from Caroline was a good or bad choice. I've literally been in my room for too many hours for too many days watching the lives of Rosita (or Violeta?) and Bruce unfold. And the drama has officially sucked me in.
This telenovela is very different than my original (and first love) "Corazon Salvaje." There are elements of mysticism (which was not present in "CS), but the rosa pattern is obvious. Cinderella story at its finest. It's so interesting to compare and contrast all the elements of the telenovelas I've watched, which I find myself doing all the time. They (the telenovelas) both are insistent on representing patriarchy, they both have a couple who has to face all obstacles to save their love, they both have evil stepmothers... Then I start comparing what differs between the two telenovelas. These actors are American-born or bilingual and fluent in English and Spanish, but these actors are not. These actors have crossed over to American TV/films, these actors have not... ON & ON & ON.
It even got so bad that I started researching the consumption of this second telenovela. I think I'm going to need therapy soon.
Last Wednesday, after all my classes ended, I literally came home to watch the telenovela, and didn't stop until much later in the evening. No phone calls were taken during this time. I brought my laptop to GA/FL this weekend in hopes for a free moment to watch (which I did on the car ride home). I watched it all last night... and am about to go watch it again now.
"Hi, my name is Nicole, and I am a telenovela junkie." There, I said it.
Anyway, really goes to show what a big part of a person's life these telenovelas can become. Can you imagine if you've been exposed to this your whole life?? CRAZY.
Okay, off to watch more... see y'all later today!
I just had to comment on this Nicole because I feel the SAME WAY! I started watching Corazon Salvaje, my second telenovela experience, during the worst possible time- two days before my communication law test and my sociology test that I had on the very same day back to back! I had to literally tear myself away from the television to make myself go study, which was a much less appealing alternative. Also, my roommate started watching it with me so whenever I wanted to watch it I had to wait for her to be home as well so we could watch it together! The wait was awful! But I am glad that I borrowed it from you because it was so interesting to watch another telenovela and compare/contrast. I really wish that Corazon Salvaje was as long as Dame Chocolate because I felt like it moved so fast and that I was missing so much. At the end I wanted to see more of Monica and Juan, especially Juan! I didn’t even realize that there were evil stepmothers in both until you wrote that but it’s true, and they were equally as bad and their motives were both in the interest of their children’s well-being. Anyway, I had to wait until the Sunday night after GA/FL to finish it and even though I was completely exhausted after riding in the car for 8 hours and getting little sleep the night before, I took that DVD up to my room and watched the end of it on my computer before I went to bed! The next day I apologized and I gave it to my roommate.
ReplyDeleteYou know what's crazy, I actually thought that I would like telenovelas more than I do. I was so excited about taking the class becuase I really like the Latina culture and I love Latina movies but so far I haven't found a telenovela that's really hooked me. I am having a much better time learning about the behind the scenes stuff than the actual stories themselves.
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