Queen of the South 509: ‘A prueba de balsas’
…Reina del Sur telenovela, and that made me stay away from this for far too long, because I was afraid it was just going to be more playing into the…
…Reina del Sur telenovela, and that made me stay away from this for far too long, because I was afraid it was just going to be more playing into the…
…instead of ourselves and our communities. The truth is racism is deeply ingrained in Latinx culture. Whether it’s the way our media consistently picks the whitest actors for our telenovelas…
…show is in her league, hence the dumb and dumber comment). And like all good telenovelas, La casa de las flores ends with a wedding — Paulina and Maria José tying the knot…
…race, etc.. We’re talking the human condition here and Jane had lots of that, resisting stereotypes even as it revealed in its telenovela cheesiness. We particularly loved Jaime Camil’s Rogelio De La Vega who…
…while never getting preachy or tired. Instead, Jane the Virgin entertains with telenovela plot twists, an epic love triangle, and a hell of a lot of empathy. I miss it…
…petty people motivated not by good or evil but rather by jealousy or simply the desire to finish their favorite telenovela. It’s the stuff of Latinx life, told with HBO…
…to watch. Sorry not sorry Rafael/Jason/Michael. And that flashback highlighting moments of Jane and Rogelio’s relationship brought me to tears. Jane the Virgin has always been infused with the outrageousness of telenovelaness and Jane…
…a determined confident Jane. Now that she’s made her decision, I don’t think there’s anything that can stop her from getting her telenovela-esc dream life. Or is there…(drama). via GIPHY…
…love, friend love, or familial love. I think the writers have created the perfect telenovela one that is evolved, complicated, and nuanced. CRISTINA: That ending though. It had me punching…
…nickel every time a character on a telenovela got amnesia, I’d be a rich lady. But somehow one of the most overused tropes in the telenovela complex felt like the…