I am already very familiar with telenovelas because my mom was (and still is) a telenovela fan. Growing up, I remember sitting with her in the living room and watching a couple episodes of what ever novela was popular at the time. I would often think that my mom was too easily entertained by the over-dramatic love stories they would air but I think that is what made them so alluring to watchers. Because without fail, telenovelas would offer strong feelings of excitement, despair, and passion that capture people's emotions.
The going-ons of the telenovelas would also get my mom gossiping to me about what she thought was going to happen and what should have happened, etc. I thought it cute for my mom to be so enthused about telenovelas--that's her thing. They are a part of her and she is a part of them. Telenovelas are dramatic and exaggerated in just about every aspect and so is my mom. When she gets happy, she gets HAPPY. When my mom gets mad, she gets MAD. I could swear that my mom's expressions have been shaped by the many novelas she has watched over the years.Telenovelas and my mom go hand-in-hand and it mainly for this reason that I signed up for this FYOS class.
As far as choosing a novelas goes..I'll probably pick Teresa. This novela interests me because the female protagonist isn't the typical good-girl. She has a very selfish and cunning personality that she masks with a pretty face. I have seen parts of episodes last year when it first aired but never actively followed the story. I would like to watch it and see how it unfolds in the end because I imagine it to have an ending different than the lovey-dovey telenovelas.
I think it's really neat that your mom is so into telenovelas. Before this class I was not too familiar with telenovelas, myself. I bet your mom was really excited for you to take the class because maybe the two of you could pick one to watch together now. This could be a cool common interest for yall to have.
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