“Yo soy Betty la fea”, “Pasión de Gavilanes” and “Pedro el escamoso”, three of the TV who took their revenge on streaming.
Just as different areas of Palermo have reinvented themselves with American fairs and used, recycled and vintage clothes have taken precedence over the tastes of others, soap operas and classic soap operas that seemed to have an expiration date have again become a trend, especially after the pandemic. And Netflix knew how to take that gauntlet.
And this rebirth of The passion of the hawks It’s not an isolated case of what old Latin streaks can continue to provoke in Argentine audiences. According to word of mouth the landlord, it would not be just the nostalgic spectator who wants to relive his afternoons of fiction on open TV, in the golden age when Colombian or Mexican cans heated the valuation rod with daylight.
There is a lot of young audiences who have gotten into the original storyline or the remake of stories that tell old-fashioned loves, with a stale machismo, or like a fairy tale frozen in time. Without much prejudice, they see a television program there, of which it is, even if the path is through the streaming. Point for the blessed TV.
The wedding of Don Armando and Betty, a key moment in the fiction that was all the rage (also) on Netflix.
The case of Betty, success
Yes, OK is no longer available in the catalog, until recently the revival of Yo soy Betty, la fea it was a public phenomenon. According to an analysis of consumer habits, the majority who became passionate about the romantic story of Beatriz Aurora Pinzón Solano, the ugly who became pretty through the art of TV (or through the art of self-esteem?), he did it in marathon mode. And that’s 335 chapters …
But the story that sees the Colombian as the protagonist Anna Maria Orozco, released in 1999, has an agile history, a simple approach and one that allows you to see it below without feeling overwhelmed. Even the character it generates empathy from the springboard of the pseudo-losers who eventually win the battle for Prince Charming.
In the more than two years it was available for streaming, the strip (renamed “series” for the needs and fashions of the market) remained in the top ten of favorites. They lowered it on July 10 this year.
What is loaded now is Betty in New Yorka free adaptation of the successful Colombian plot it has American factory and tells a similar story, but with mixed resultsin 123 episodes.
A modern aesthetic on a classic from the 90s
Another phenomenon of this revival of the old Latin soap operas on Netflix is that of woman’s scented coffeeColombian soap opera from 1994, which reflected the love between Gaviota and Sebastián.
William Levy, the face of the new version of “Coffee with the aroma of a woman”.
Now the platform broadcasts the remake, with William Levy and Laura Londoño, in the roles consecrated by Margarita Rosa de Francisco and Guy Eckera couple that took sparks.
The new conquest of the Kings
He debuted in Colombia ten years after him flavored coffee original, The passion of the hawks was saved by digital programmers a publishes the mother can about the Reyes brothers and the Elizondo sisters. The story that was published on Telemundo between 2003 and 2004 consisted of 188 episodes.
The second, that knew how to restore Netflix successfullyhas 82 episodes and some actors from the original, like Mario Cimarro and Michel Brown. Both are available upon request.
“Pasión de Gavilanes”, in a renewed version, even if there are old known faces.
if one sees them without claiming to be a witness to an essay on feminism, and other claims that have gained importance in recent years, you can have fun and let yourself be conquered by this soap opera of cross loves.
The rescue of Peter
Another one that works well in that line of cans from over 20 years ago is the story of Peter the scalya Colombian strip starring Miguel Varoni and presented for the first time by Telemundo in 2001. In Argentina it had already performed very well at the time and now appears from streaming also for the new generations who, of course, are not frightened by its 315 episodes.
It is proved that TV and streaming are not as foreign as a lot of techno make them believe to impose. There, at least, there is no possible crack.
Because if those who design the catalogs use classic style telenovelas or telenovelas – originally conceived for a single type of screen, with structured blocks to insert advertisements every 15 minutes – and that shine on the podium every day, it means that they feed more than they compete. They obviously feed each other. And so we all win.
And that the contents of many of those cans seemed out of date, due to the format and texture. But, like those of supermarkets, even the gondolas of the audiovisual can give surprises.
Silvia Lamazares
Source: Clarin
