VivirLatino

I confess. I watch Spanish language novelas with all their stereotypes and overacting. I hide my addiction by saying I’m taping the show for my mom, but really watching a novela is like having a secret love affair. It’s dirty, short-lived, and with a predictable ending. Last night,the finale of Telemundo’s Tierra de Pasiones, delivered on all fronts. If you didn’t get to watch the final episode don’t keep reading. There are spoilers ahead.Marcia, the slutty blonde gold-digger dies(or does she?) a fiery, bloody boat crash death and Valeria, played by the heavily siliconed Gabriela Spanic, ends up walking down the aisle in a red dress to marry Francisco, played by the very sexy Saul Lisazo. At the wedding Valeria’s gay son takes his lover’s hand, the most intimate two men are allowed to get on Spanish network television, and seems not to be bothered by the fact that he can’t get married because of his sexual orientation.

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