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Oh, boy, how can I start? Soap operas are the equivalent (in ratings and repercussion) in Brazil to american sitcoms and drama shows. I find them terrible, even knowing we actually export them to several countries. Soap operas' actors and actresses here are the similar to America's Hollywood star pantheon. That's for you to get a picture. 'The Clone' is one of the most viewed shows here - and this represents the ratings of, say, 'Friends' or 'E.R.' or whatever show you have with millions of dayly viewers.
I don't watch it, but my girlfriend is hooked on it, so's my mom and granny. Can't tell you if it's any good because I really can't watch it. It's usually (as many soaps) badly written, directed and acted (actors suffer from epidemic overacting). The authors tend to pick themes that are being too much talked about in press and pulp them to the masses (I mean millions of poor people whao can't always read or write). The Islam plot has been worked since pre-9/11 and appart from some rather expected stereotyping they portrait the arabian families with some dignity, I've heard.
This use of up-to-date themes for the masses on the other hand can actually work as some kind of 'popular newspapers'. Which is somehow good, but not enough. It takes long to explain our context so you can understand the impact of such thing in our culture. And to tell the truth, it's been a while since soap opera viewers had so much interest in one show and talked so much about it, so maybe it's a little better than the usual soap.
So, the clone himself took some months to appear and the soap hasn't come to end yet. Sometimes they're aired for 6-8 months straight.
If you can understand a bit of Portuguese (sometimes similar to Spanish), go here:
http://www.globo.com/oclone - official
or here: http://www.terra.com.br/exclusivo/novelas_clone.htm
or to my girlfriend's weblog: http://www.flaviadurante.com/blog
[ 17-01-2002: Message edited by: Vortex09 ] |
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