tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955474543908995244.post560709048684744616..comments2018-11-12T02:05:38.533-05:00Comments on JRLC/LACS 5060 Telenovelas, Culture and Society: Common Misconceptions Dr. Carolina Acosta-Alzuruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14044528426964053093noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955474543908995244.post-9926191169211814882013-09-11T13:36:03.760-04:002013-09-11T13:36:03.760-04:00I really enjoyed reading this blog post. You caugh...I really enjoyed reading this blog post. You caught my attention when you decided to choose a telenovela that leans away from the typical telenovela rosa. (That's the kind that I chose to watch!) So I was interested to hear about this one, especially with it being part of the drug world. I think it's brilliant that Columbia used a telenovela as a way to tell the story of Pablo Escobar. We've seen countless documentaries made and History Channel series done on events, but a telenovela is WAY more interesting. Instead of listening to someone talk about it and just show clips and pictures of his story, we actually get to live through it with characters and drama and emotion. Personally, I think that is a much cooler way to learn a historical story, because you get the best of both worlds. You get the thrill of watching the telenovela, and at the same time you learn the real story behind the life and work of Pablo Escobar. <br /><br />When you talked about how the author and producer set up the entrada, I thought that was brilliant. They briefly showed what could very well possibly be the end of the "story", but then spend the first episode flashing back to Escobar's childhood. The comment you made about them not being able to spoil the end of the telenovela, if the start with the end is so true. It's true because it's past history and everyone already knows how the story of Escobar plays out. However I think that's true with telenovelas in general. Of course we don't know what all the twists and turns are going to look like and what is going to happen exactly. But when we get a feel for the characters and classify them we usually can predict who is going to end up with who, who is going to end happy, who is going to end up miserable or dead. So I think it was a brilliant production idea to set the stage and do flashbacks instead of starting the journey towards the end. That way the producer and author is equipping their audience with an even deeper knowledge, and snaps of history that seem even more distant, in this case being Escobar's childhood. That is also how my telenovela began. I watched Corazon Salvaje, and the first episode(s) were showing the main characters as children. Juan is the main character and the Cinderella, and Andres is his step-brother. The father of Andres is wealthy and prestigious and has Andres with his wife, but then gets a maid pregnant and she has Juan. He still wants Juan as part of the family but his wife won't have it. Andres doesn't find out the truth till later on in the telenovela. But at the beginning it shows the past when all this is happening, and the two young boys, instead of just starting in the present-day. I enjoyed that kind of entrada very much because it set the story up so much better!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03832397730316249707noreply@blogger.com