While watching How Soaps Changed the World, not only were we reminded how awful EastEnders has become, but also of the sheer excellence of Eldorado. Not early Eldorado, of course, but the later episodes when the producers finally realised we didn't want to watch EastEnders in the Sun, and starting filling the soap with kidnappings, unexplained deaths and pointless affairs. If only they'd sone the full hog and axed the damn-tedious Lockhead family and recruited some more bronzed beauties, it would be giving Emmerdale a run for its money in the 7.00pm slot. Anyway, here're some of our favourite things about Los Barcos.
1. Brooding hunk Javier turning gay and drowning himself in a shallow bath to avoid a) having to wed Swedish man-woman Ingrid, and b) bedding wet, geriatric lover Freddie.
2. Isabel Leduc - the sluttiest resident of the town was a French Kim Cattrell clone, whose relentless pursuit of gormless Dane Per Svenson was hilarious, if a little degrading.
3. Oh, we can't remember his name, but Pilar's hunky hubbie, who went from nice stable-hand to abusive spouse in no time what so ever. Who can forget the time he laughably cornered Marcoos in a deserted villa and somehow managed to screw up shooting him, despite firing at close range and no one else being anywhere around?
4. Abuela - the Fernandez's sinister grandmother who didn't say a word for the entire year.
5. Joy Slater getting beaten up by her dodgy boyfriend, getting amnesia and going back to live with him.
6. German surf-god Dieter - he didn't understand English, but why axe him?
7. Crazy Rosario Fernandez going crazier and stalking her psychiatrist.
8. See also: Olive King and her binoculars. Fiz jumping off Brightin pier. The beach-bar boy's comedy schizophrenia. Nessa's boyf Razor. Marcoos's nekid horse riding. We could go on...
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