Telenovela Watch - September 12

Article with my thoughts on some of the current telenovelas.  I quite liked the quirky modest comedic Colombian telenovela MANUAL PARA SER FELIZ with featured a lovely lead performance by Marcela Mar.  Don't much care for LA MALQUERIDA, which is tepid.

Claudia Álvarez

I also mostly like HASTA EL FIN DEL MUNDO, the Mexican version of Argentina's DULCE AMOR, which has also seen adaptations in Chile and Colombia.  Claudia Álvarez has gotten some flack for her performance.  It is a tricky call - the character she plays is a bad actress given to drama queen tantrums, so from time to time, you have to assess whether it is Claudia Álvarez or the character whose performance you are witnessing.  Álvarez was the best thing in DOS HOGARES and up until the writers destroyed her character, one of the better things in PORQUE EL AMOR MANDA, and she imbues her character in HASTA EL FIN DEL MUNDO with enough vulnerability to give her the benefit of the doubt.