If I stick with one, it’s usually because I've noticed some unique quality about the production: a hot actor.īut there’s a novela running at the moment that’s unlike any other, a production of Colombia’s RCN network being shown on Telefutura (a “sister station” of Univision) here in the states - La Hija del Mariachi (The Mariachi’s Daughter). I watch a few episodes of each new one to check out the cast and the chemistry between the romantic leads, to get an idea of the plot. Each telenovela ends and a new one begins. One important thing about telenovelas makes them so much better than North American soaps: they end. Then there’s the romance.the wooing, the sexual tension between two strong personalities, the beautiful men who cry so easily but with quiet dignity.the sentimental melodrama, the far-fetched plot lines, the frequent episodes of outrageous scenery chewing, the slapsticky humor. The stories are frequently set in incredible places and audiences get treated to gorgeous views – beautiful countryside, charming colonial towns, tropical beaches, nighttime urban vistas. They’ve held me rapt in spite of myself ever since I lived in Ecuador over twenty years ago. Telenovelas, icons of Latino pop culture – I watch them to maintain my Spanish-language skills.
Now, happily, a bit of inspiration has arrived to shake me out of my sloth, inspiration not from literature but from the exquisite emotion and pathos of mariachi music. The pathetic truth, however, is that I’m lazy. I try to convince myself that I haven’t posted in so long because I just haven’t felt inspired to write.
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