Cheesy Memories of Childhood
Aug. 28th, 2007 10:57 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dangermousieOMG. I found Рабыня Изаура (La Escrauva Isaura/Slave Girl Isaura) on DVD.
Please, someone, tell me it's a bad idea to get it.
LEI was a Brazilian telenovela and it was the first one shown in the then-USSR when I was a kid. People sort of went insane for it. I remember having to go to a hospital for a month and refusing to go until I found out they had tv there. And all the kids in the kids ward, and all the nurses, would gather in front of the TV every single time and zombie out on it. Hey, still not as bad as some women who'd go to registrar's to change their names to the names of the characters.
Isaura was a slave to a wealthy Brazillian family, even though she was educated. The evil son of the owner wanted her with evil and hideous passion, and even murdered her first love in a fire (accidentally killing his own wife as well). But that's all right, she ran away and met a hunky millionaire, who defeated evil owner's son, married Isaura and emancipated all the slaves. Ehhhh, I was mainly about Dead-wife's brother/dead-first-love's sister OTP.
I think I also just talked myself out of it, heeeee. There is so much even I can take.
But I can still hum the theme song all these years later.
Seriously, I so should NOT.
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fire_snake. I am excited. Though a bit apprehensive she will see the true depths of my dorkiness :P
Please, someone, tell me it's a bad idea to get it.
LEI was a Brazilian telenovela and it was the first one shown in the then-USSR when I was a kid. People sort of went insane for it. I remember having to go to a hospital for a month and refusing to go until I found out they had tv there. And all the kids in the kids ward, and all the nurses, would gather in front of the TV every single time and zombie out on it. Hey, still not as bad as some women who'd go to registrar's to change their names to the names of the characters.
Isaura was a slave to a wealthy Brazillian family, even though she was educated. The evil son of the owner wanted her with evil and hideous passion, and even murdered her first love in a fire (accidentally killing his own wife as well). But that's all right, she ran away and met a hunky millionaire, who defeated evil owner's son, married Isaura and emancipated all the slaves. Ehhhh, I was mainly about Dead-wife's brother/dead-first-love's sister OTP.
I think I also just talked myself out of it, heeeee. There is so much even I can take.
But I can still hum the theme song all these years later.
Seriously, I so should NOT.
ETA: My best and oldest (we've known each other for over 11 years now) friend in the whole world just got a livejournal. At
fire_snake. I am excited. Though a bit apprehensive she will see the true depths of my dorkiness :P
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Date: 2007-08-28 03:04 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-08-28 03:41 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-08-28 03:28 pm (UTC)Oh, then you should! you should! you sooooo should! I remember watching this when i was younger, every weekend and i remember thinking that these brazilians were soooo clever cos they could speak chinese too! (ROFL! The thing was dubbed!)
It's been sooo many years, and while i still remember Isuara, i actually am looking for another Brazilian telenovela, I can't remember what it's called...i only remember that the protagonists are called Fernando (a horse riding alpha male type) and Claudia (black leather clad motorcylce chick) and there is a cattle ranch, past loves, and murders, mad mothers, crippled father, forbidden love and extreme hate...oh god...
again....you should! it is NOT a bad idea! I only wish that i can watch these brazilian soaps again!!!
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Date: 2007-08-28 03:41 pm (UTC)I can't believe this was everywhere!
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Date: 2007-08-28 04:13 pm (UTC)About those ranch people, I can give people a detailed description of the plot, including all the antics that the secondary characters got up to, and that's including the dead ones. but can i remember what it's called? can i heck!
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Date: 2007-08-28 04:19 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-08-28 03:45 pm (UTC)and cool that your oldest friend is on LJ..... most of my friends are on myspace or facebook, but they have seen my LJ and have commented on my nerdiness
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Date: 2007-08-28 04:07 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-08-28 06:42 pm (UTC)i always counter with ummmm isn't it D&D night???
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Date: 2007-08-28 04:16 pm (UTC)(I know feel ridiculously young and unexprienced, since I've somehow missed all RI excitment. but we watched SB for some time, and there was one not-brasilian serial about girl with white curly hairs - Antonella? Cinderella?- who was poor and had some sort of tumor and was somehow living with rich evil quasi-relatives and mixed with owner's son. she was all spunky and matter-of-fact, and me with my grandmother followed her adventures rather religiously. still can't remeber what it was).
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Date: 2007-08-28 04:21 pm (UTC)I think this is the best name ever :P (For anyone reading this, who is not a Russian speaker, the name translates to 'the rich cry too.') LOL. This should be an alternate title for half the dramas out there. Haven't seen it though.
my grandmother followed her adventures rather religiously
No idea but am curious. :) Both my grandmas watched 'The adventures of Tropicana' devoutly, too. (I still remember some party in my grandparents' house and my Dad and my Uncle and myself and my cousins having a ball watching this, though not of the kind the makers intended).
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Date: 2007-08-28 04:26 pm (UTC)mm. wonder if I'll be able to find this one we watched...
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Date: 2007-08-28 04:33 pm (UTC)ah, memories...
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Date: 2007-08-28 04:21 pm (UTC)Seriously how does it get better and better?
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Date: 2007-08-28 04:23 pm (UTC)Re: P.S.
Date: 2007-08-28 04:24 pm (UTC)No idea about the word, but I love it to bits.
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Date: 2007-08-28 04:59 pm (UTC)I like to use the word "sparkly." XD
Your discussion of brazilian telenovelas is making me sad I grew up in a household without tv (but I still don't like to watch it--I have no tolerance for commercials)
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Date: 2007-08-28 05:25 pm (UTC)They didn't have ads on TV in USSR. I am sure they do now though.
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Date: 2007-08-28 06:08 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-08-28 07:47 pm (UTC)And you should get that DVD. :-P
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Date: 2007-08-28 07:49 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-08-28 08:01 pm (UTC)And OH YES the opening song ^^!
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Date: 2007-08-28 10:57 pm (UTC)*dies*
YES