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Thursday, June 02, 2005

 Los Plateados Analysis

Yesterday, I'd forgotten to mention that Camila is almost certainly pregnant from her tryst with Gabriel. That seemed even more obvious from last night's episode. Camila will probably be occupying Emilio's marital bed very soon, for the child will almost certainly have to be assumed to be Emilio's (except by Camila, of course). The irony of this and Tonita's situation is especially delicious! There a great parallel between Camila's and Ofelia's situations of being newly married and pregnant with someone else's child. I'm speculating that this whole mother-daughter parallel is itself parallel with Augusta and Isabel: For all of her self-righteous and arrogant behavior, Augusta in her younger days may turn out to have been much like Isabel. As the philosopher said, the older generation begins to criticize the younger when it is no longer able to set a bad example. Augusta's behavior tonight was completely indicative of guilt: She was involved in Sebastian Campuzano's execution and also a plotter against her husband's life. If my Augusta-Isabel guess is correct, this has to say something more about Sebastian Campuzano, but what that might be, I'm not sure. As a very speculative guess, could it be that he was himself parallel to Emilio Gallardo, in that both were vagamundos? Leonardo believing that Sebastian Campuzano murdered his grandfather is bound to create some sparks. He may or may not actually leave the Plateados, however the writers would have much more difficulty in making a "leaving Leonardo" work than if he stayed. If Leonardo left, surely he would be to report the Plateados to the authorities. Even if Leonardo doesn't leave, trouble is on the way for the Banda as soon as Kamal tells Emilio that Gabriel Guerra is involved with the Plateados. The doubting disease has hit the lovers of San Diego: Halim doubts Islam, Camila doubts Gabriel, Leonardo doubts the Plateados. The only couple not doubting is Manuel and Laila. Hopefully, the disease will pass at least one pair of lovers by! I noticed that Emilio grabbed the saddle horn with his wounded arm when he mounted his horse -- whoops! Nicanor should have helped him -- this would have been more realistic. As a matter of fact, Nicanor should have done the shooting. Emilio's arm would have been badly scorched by burning powder at such close range. Discharging a handgun at night will demonstrate this fact. Even a blank would do damage, as a very foolish preacher fatally found out several years ago. Perhaps this is why Emilio didn't want to see the doctor. However, this scene cannot detract from Humberto Zurita's very fine performance tonight. I felt that his acting was truly top-notch. Camila's fickleness was highlighted again tonight. She has been undergoing great trials, and I am very willing to allow for a "Stockholm Syndrome" effect in her case, but her forgetting Emilio's scheme to have Esperanza raped, forgetting Emilio's having Esperanza forge a "Dear Juan" letter to Gabriel, and forgetting Emilio's beating of her is just a bit too much to be credible. Finally, it seems that a change in musical themes has accompanied the change in story line direction. Tonight, the mysterious and foreboding music had a much more modern sound, and the Kletzmer music from the clarinet was absent.

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