Author: Rick
Telenovelas Reflect Real Life, Give Us Hope
Saturday, August 30th, 2008 @ 7:31 am
I love telenovelas. There have been some fantastic ones that are like watching amazing movies, extended over a couple of months. There are a lot of stereotypes that telenovelas are unrealistic and overdramatic, and while it is true that there are a lot of them that are, they’re not all like that.
There are some amazing telenovelas that have captured the hearts of millions around the world, so much so that even Hollywood is taking notice. Yes, Hollywood is only noticing now in 2008, yet telenovelas have been around for more than 50 years.
El Clon was an amazing telenovela from Brazil that talked of the story of love between a Muslim girl from Morroco and a Brazilian man from Rio. Gitanas was about gypsies who traveled from Spain to Mexico. Betty La Fea, remade into Ugly Betty, was the story about a normal yet unattractive girl who finds love in the most unexpected person and place. Luz Maria was the best told historic telenovela ever, and it was from the Land of the Incas, Peru, and it did wonders in retaining the magic of the ancestors of Peru.
Telenovelas help us deal with our own troubles in life. When you’re surviving your own traumatic moments, watching a telenovela gives you hope for the future. It helps you connect to your inner being, and helps you to reconnect with that teenager that still lives inside of you that believes that true love is out there and waiting for you, and me, and for all of us. It reconnects us to the values and importance of family relations, and for those of us who feel lonely, it reminds us that we’re not.
Contributor to Telenovela Garden and Kapuso Starz TV Blog.
August 31st, 2008 at 6:18 am
Sorry, I can’t watch telenovelas at all. I find their history (hailingg from radionovelas for example) very fascinating, but I just can’t watch more than 5min before needing to change the channel. I find them so sappy, so over the top and simply boring in the way they endlessly stretch out every little piece of plot. It’s like watching someone die in an Italian opera, over and over again out of one’s own free will. And I’m simply not masochistic enough for that.
Ugly Betty actually started not only as a remake of Betty La Fea but as a German telenovela (the first ever in Germany) called Verliebt In Berlin. At least, that’s the story I’ve heard/read.
Have a great Sunday Rick, cheers,
Anna