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Nov. 23rd, 2014 09:42 pm Hulu has Juana la Virgen, the telenovela that Jane the Virgin is based on, streaming. But without subtitles, I believe, hopefully saving me from temptation. (I say "hopefully" because I have enough context and can follow some Spanish [well, Mexican-Spanish, not so much Spain-Spanish, which is both very similar and totally different] so I might actually be OK without subtitles, but I'm already watching a few telenovelas as it is.)
But someone who can follow along should watch it and tell me if it really is as faily as I've heard. From other comments I've read about Juana la Virgen, CW apparently looked for the failiest telenovels it could find and rewrote it to be both a glorious sendup to all things telenovela, and a deconstruction of perceived gender and cultural roles.
ETA: Based on the picture Hulu is using to promote Juana la Virgen, it looks like rumors may be true that Juana is a teenager and Rafael-or whatever his name is in that- is 30-ish.
But someone who can follow along should watch it and tell me if it really is as faily as I've heard. From other comments I've read about Juana la Virgen, CW apparently looked for the failiest telenovels it could find and rewrote it to be both a glorious sendup to all things telenovela, and a deconstruction of perceived gender and cultural roles.
ETA: Based on the picture Hulu is using to promote Juana la Virgen, it looks like rumors may be true that Juana is a teenager and Rafael-or whatever his name is in that- is 30-ish.