Episodio 27: Malva (Ambición)
1979. Virginia, Salo, Carmelita y Ernesto participan en la primera manifestación del orgullo gay en México para mostrar su apoyo a Pato. Cuando salen sus fotos en un periódico se enoja Victoria con su hija y le prohibe su relación con Salo. Una joven Silvia “La Chiva” López (Olivia Lagunas), la enfermera del padre enfermo de Virginia, sirve como su confidente en la casa. En el presente, una vieja La Chiva ocupa la celda en la cual se ubica la entrada a la que Jenny se refiere como “La Gran Venida”. Para obtener acceso, le ofrece Paulina a la vieja. Al final, las prisioneras intentan fugarse pero Paulina acaba por quedarse atrás. Victoria dice a Ernesto que ya no puede vivir en su casa. Por eso él se muda a la otra Casa de las Flores y les encarga a las drag queens la gestión del cabaret. En vez de vivir con su abuela en la mansión, Julián se muda con su papá al cabaret después de terminar con Diego. María José telefonea a su hermana para estar al tanto de la situación de Paulina pero Purificación le miente al respecto.
Episode 27: Mallow (Ambition)
1979. Virginia, Salo, Carmelita, and Ernesto join the first gay pride march in Mexico as a show of support for Pato. When their pictures appear in a newspaper, Victoria gets mad at her daughter and prohibits her from having a relationship with Salo. A young Silvia “La Chiva” López (Olivia Lagunas), the nurse of Virginia’s sick father, serves as her confidante at the house. At present, an old La Chiva inhabits the jail cell where the entrance Jenny refers to as “The Great Arrival” is located. To gain access, she offers Paulina to the old woman. At the end, the inmates attempt to break out but Paulina ends up getting left behind. Victoria tells Ernesto that he can no longer live at her house. And so he moves into the other House of Flowers and puts the drag queens in charge of the cabaret’s management. Instead of living with his grandmother at the mansion, Julián moves in with his dad to the cabaret after breaking up with Diego. María José calls her sister for updates regarding Paulina’s situation but Purificación lies to her about it.
There’s something about how they focus on the issue of homosexuality this season and it’s not bad. The decision to focus on Diego and his family dynamics instead of Julián, as well as its juxtaposition with what was happening in 1970’s Mexico, offers a progressive point of view regarding the struggle of the homosexual community through the years. What’s depressing, of course, is the mere fact that such form of discrimination still persists in a world that should already be modern and more tolerant. Anyway, even that scene in which María José asks Purificación how she is mentally seems to imply that they will also tackle the issue of mental health. This is what I obviously liked so much about the first season of this “millennial telenovela” namely the manner by which social taboo topics are tackled without preaching too much. It’s a gentler way of maintaining a discourse on topics that we would rather not discuss in spite of their evident importance in our society.
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