Gata salvaje

I have never enjoyed a soap opera more than Gata Salvaje. Unlike the dull, repeated melodrama of most soaps, Gata actually mixes comedy into the lives of its characters. The characters are original, like Panchita, who is funny because she is over-the-top. Anyone who doesn't see that soap-spoofy fun is part of the intention of the show-makers and part of quality of the show is missing the point. This includes almost weekly "catfights" between attractive women:) The show also contains serious subject matter like soap operas often do. Characters like Karina provide a serious side as she struggles with leukemia. Other serious issues like crime, drugs, and alcohol are addressed in a way that promotes responsibility. In all, the show is fun, original, and more rewarding than any other soap opera.

To those who never heard of this before La Gata salvaje is a South American Telenovela. I usually don't watch these things but I saw it a couple of times and I decided to write about this trash and bash it.

Everybody knows that Telenovelas usually suck but this one sucks extremely hard. No seriously, the first time I saw this, I thought it was a spoof of something (it's that stupid).

One thing that annoys me is that these telenovelas last so long, because the (very very very very bad writers) can turn this two hours 'story' into a series with a duration of months. And the only way to do this, is for example with unnecessary, laughable and repetitive dialogue. It reminds me of Dragonball where a fight could go on for 10 or 15 episodes and 70 % of the duration was dialogue.

But we didn't come to the worst part yet; everybody knows that Telenovelas are known for there atrocious acting. But I wasn't expecting this! In a scale from 1 to then 10, 1 being atrocity and going downhill from there, La Gata salvaje is an 11. There is this character Panchita (What the f*ck were smoking the writers when they came up with this name) who is by far the worst character ever created by a living organism in all History of existence. She gives the word over the top a new definition. And she is also extremely unrealistic; if she existed in real life, she would get shot every time a normal person spended more than five seconds with her together. Now, I don't know if the actress is like that, or the director wanted her to play her part in that way. In both cases the responsible person deserves to be fusilladed.

Another thing that annoys me is the music, they have a few scores for the whole duration and as mentioned above it lasts a few months! Now if the scores were good that wouldn't be a problem but that's not the case. Like the acting, the music is so over the top that it turns every attempt at seriousness into a laugh orgy.

So to sum up, if you are a masochist, want a good laugh and are prepared to affront the consequences (psychological therapy) La Gata salvaje is something for you.

Insanely bad over acting, i swear Marlene Favela plays the same role every time she appears on tv. Also it drags on way too long and some of the plot you can tell was written to pander to women that hate men. But the worse part of this novela has to be the whiny temper tantrums of Jimena and Ivan's pure stupidity. You can expect whining from Mayrita because she is a child but honestly those two could have been cut from the show and the main story would remain the same . The only good thing about this novela like all novelas is that the Latin women are fine as hell but you can find that in almost any latin show.

My wife loves watching telenovelas, I usually don't care for them. But this one is different to any other telenovela I have ever seen. So very different that I couldn't resist watching almost every episode.

Instead of finding capable actors, the producers of this show have concentrated entirely on finding incredibly good looking photo models. Acting abilities were apparently not required, good measurements were. At least 5 or 6 of the main female characters are so stunningly beautiful that you cannot take your eyes off the screen. And the lead character Rosaura, oh my god what a babe.

To top things off, most of these girls run around in either bikinis or otherwise very revealing clothing. I swear you will never forget the sight of Camelia in her tight jeans or her long black leather pants...

I cannot comment about the male characters, but my wife was apparently pleased by the looks of some of the leads. Good for her.

The acting is indeed among the worst I have ever seen, the story is dragged out artificially more than one can bear, the plot is in many places completely unrealistic and even illogical, the sets are ridiculously overused, but who cares with so much to see and enjoy...

Many here have commented on the cringe-worthy Panchita. While her scenes are indeed totally obnoxious, they are not the worst yet. A severe word of warning is required here: Easily 10 times more unbearable than the Panchita-scenes are the ridiculous talking-parrot scenes. Well, you can always go grab a new beer...

The first time, I watched this when I was very young. The fights were engaging and addicting then and I liked it very much. However, watching it again as an adult made me not like it so much because of the overboard plot and bad acting.