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Lo que la vida me robó (2013)
Tried, but just couldn't....
I really did try to like this show....
The early episodes were amusing and it was possible to overlook the fact that nearly every scene involved either crying or shouting. However, as the episodes rolled along the level of suspension of belief just became too obscene and the plot too incredulous, I began questioning whether I was watching a bunch of idiots vie for the "greatest fool" prize. Here's why:
Forget for a moment that Montserrat is miraculously (and incredulously) able to forgive her rapist husband Alejandro after he crudely rapes her on their wedding night. Forget too the fact that his rage-filled "love" for her amounts to nothing more than self-love, egotism, and selfishness, but come on...let's be real....any woman in her right mind will NEVER be okay with or accept the man who kicks her out of the house when she is pregnant with HIS SON! Add to that the fact that despite his rage-filled protestations of "love" for her are not evidenced by unconditional love and the fact that he refuses to accept her or his own son until he sees the DNA test results proving that it is indeed his son and I'm sorry, we all know where this is headed.
But seriously, for her to then fall MADLY, desperately in love with him to the point of being completely and utterly blind to his masochistic, self-centered, self-promoting ways, and it is just painful to watch. You feel bad for how inherently dumb Montserrat must be...at first!! Until she starts to become a female version of her rage-filled husband Alejandro, and then you just start abhorring her as much as you abhor him.
This story is really a depiction of how a previously (we suspect, because the evidence is sadly lacking!!) nice, humble dude inherits a bunch of money and becomes a little hellion incarnate who goes on to find his hellion mother (who, like any good "wolf in sheep's clothing" initially appears nice and self-depricating only to proceed to show her nasty, snide, and self-deluded personality, making it instantly clear that she and her bratty, entitled son were cut from the same cloth).
Alejandro goes from being a mediocre, not bad looking but not good looking either kind of guy to eliciting such an absolute intense sense of loathing for his character and personality that it is impossible to stand watching him. As much as I was dying to see how the story would end (still rooting for Jose Luis, who is the only character with a hint of dignity and class), I could no longer stand to watch Montserrat deteriorate into a woman just as nasty, egotistical, arrogant, and self-absorbed as her horrible, bratty husband and his evil, demonic mother. When his mother is screaming at someone, I recall parental threats of going to hell and being summoned by the residents there. It is hard to watch. Alejandro, meanwhile, foams from the mouth in almost every scene, just livid, thinking the world owes him so much and that he deserves so much more than everyone else, and it just becomes intolerable.
FINALLY when you believe he is dead and you experience this overwhelming sense of relief that his eagerness to sacrifice the life of his best friend and his best friend's wife and her unborn child that she is pregnant with resulted in his demise, you are then jolted back to "reality" that this monster cannot die; he lives to torment everyone again, learning NOTHING from his mistakes, his arrogance, self-absorption, and self-centeredness. It is disgusting.
The only truly good person in the entire show (Jose Luis) remains the target for and butt of the arrogant attitudes of Alejandro, Montserrat, and his awful, evil mother. They are grossly self-righteous, acting like they believe they are so much better and more entitled than he. Their arrogant self-love, self-obsession, and self-righteousness is just nauseating.
I had to go out and buy a pregnancy test after watching this show, as the nausea was so palpable that I thought I might be pregnant.
Ezel (2009)
Great show
Ezel is an excellent Turkish show, well worth the watch. The acting is convincing, the story interesting and well developed. My only criticism is of the lead actress who plays Eysan. Her acting is mediocre, and she is is too annoying and unattractive to be convincing in that role. Considering how many beautiful Turkish women there are, it is a shame that they did not pick someone more alluring, less annoying, and overall more convincing for the "vixen" role of Eysan. She is so drab, boring, forgettable, and just plain irritating that it is almost painful to watch. That said, the actors who play Ezel, Ali, and Ramiz do a phenomenal job. Kenan İmirzalıoğlu is superb, and for the most part makes up for the lack-luster looks and performance of his counterpart, Eysan. Honestly, I have been hoping they will kill her off to just get her off the screen. She is terrible. Thankfully, the characters of Ezel, Ramiz, and Ali have kept me watching. They are multi-layered, intriguing, and weave a compelling tale. I highly recommend this show.