One thing that intrigued me in the talk with Alberto Gomez was the conversation about the conflicts between his creativity and what the industry wants. He mentioned that he writes to please audiences which completely makes sense. As I've been thinking about it, I suppose there would be no TV/movie industry if writers just did whatever they wanted.
I think this applies to actors and actresses, as well. One thing that I remember about Marisa Roman is that she would put her creative twists on her roles that Padron did not initially write. This is an example of when the actress can take the role and make it her own. And it made her character even more loved!
One thing that I hope is that the telenovela industry doesn't overshadow the creativeness of the telenovela, especially telenovelas de ruptura. I think that telenovelas rosas will always be popular. As we talked about yesterday, there are some things that just work every time with every audience. However, telenovelas de ruptura are different and more progressive. I hope this genre keeps getting bigger and appealing to more people. I think that telenovelas de ruptura have the potential to take the creativity of telenovela-making to another level.
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One thing you have to keep in mind is that if you don't give the viewers what they want, you won't be able to inject creative storylines and messages in the telenovela that you want. You can talk all about the societal implications of Alzheimer's and the dangerous obsessions with plastic surgery but unless you add a plot twist with a set of twins, or a someone flying down the stairs, you are going to lose interest. People watch telenovelas because they are ENTERTAINING...and writers know this. It's what they ultimately get out of that entertainment though that matters- who knew that Cosita Rica was more than just a convoluted love story ;)
ReplyDeleteI agree with both of you. I can see telenovelas progressing at the same pace as the rest of the world, or at least at the pace of Latin America, which in a lot of ways is quite fast, seeing as how Argentina has just legalized gay marriage. I think I've written about this before, but as made evident by Padron, REAL issues- social, political, etc.- can be incorporated into a telenovela and be extremely successful. I know it's probably easier to write a completely rosa novela, but like you said Beth, it's really up to the writer. And of course we want entertainment, but now that we know it's possible for a telenovela to be both informative and entertaining, I want both!
ReplyDeleteLooking at great writers form the past, do we find literature that was written for the masses? In a time when mass production was unavailable, people weren't always writing to become popular and sell their literature around the world.
ReplyDeleteAlso, writing for popularity can set a standard, telling us what we want to see. If all we see if travel shows on TV for the next two years, they will become what we want to see.
In today's society, this is what has happened. We have set a standard for what people want to see, and then as said above, new twists are added.
It is an interesting crux within the visual media industry.