¿Gemelos, amor prohibido, o una transformación? -Anna Waller

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 ¿Gemelos, amor prohibido, o una transformación?

Un analisis de la telenovela brasileña, O Clone

Cada telenovela tiene algún tema general que va en la línea de Cenicienta, El príncipe y el mendigo, Romeo y Julieta, etc. Pero, ¿dónde encaja aquí O Clon? O Clon es una telenovela brasileña producida en 2001, cuya trama gira en torno a un genetista que secretamente crea un clon humano de su ahijado. Las telenovelas brasileñas tienden a estar en el espectro realista, opuesto a las telenovelas tradicionales mexicanas. Tiene sentido que es más realista con su modernización y ciencia ficción, pero ¿qué hace en una telenovela? 

O Clon tiene muchos aspectos de una telenovela, y comenzaré con la idea de El príncipe y el mendigo, la clásica historia donde los gemelos idénticos cambian de lugar. Aunque hay un par de gemelos involucrados, uno de ellos muere temprano y no intercambian lugares. Es la tristeza que experimenta un doctor por la muerte lo que hace decidir clonar al otro gemelo, Lucas. El clon de Lucas, Léo, no es necesariamente su gemelo, pero de alguna manera terminan intercambiando vidas - como el hombre que recibe el amor de Jade.


Incluso vemos un poco de Romeo y Julieta donde Jade, un musulmán y Lucas, un brasileño, desafían su cultura y tradición para amar libremente. Mientras que no tienen la oportunidad de sellar su amor debido a la muerte del gemelo de Lucas, habrían elegido el amor sobre la familia y la tradición. Esto se parece a la historia de Romeo y Julieta. Jade sabe que es un pecado amar a Lucas, pero antepone su amor a pesar de los posibles castigos y la desaprobación de sus amigos y familiares.

Además, esto podría ser exagerado, pero la telenovela también podría tener una parte de Él patito feo con algún tipo de "transformación." Aunque Lucas no transforma personalmente, lo clonan y su clon es 20 años más joven y es más probable que vuelva a capturar el corazón de Jade.

En conclusión, es claro que las telenovelas vienen de historias centrales similares. Por supuesto, hay muchos giros y vueltas que lo hacen únicos, pero lo que importa es que cada una de estas historias centrales tiene tramas poderosas que atraerán a la audiencia.


Anna Waller

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  1. JeanNovember 7, 2022 at 8:16 PM

    Hi Anna! I like how you identified so many telenovela tropes in O Clone. I watched it as it first came out, but, naturally, I was too young to fully comprehend anything other than the plot. I do remember that it had a great significance for us to be introduced to a different culture. As a child, that was the first time I heard about Morocco, for example. I have to say love your analysis of the Ugly Duckling. I'd never thought that Lucas does transform - at least in Jade's eyes. By having a clone of his twin, he does become a newer, more innocent version of himself. Like you said during our presentation, he becomes a token of a past that never was. No only has he done a glow-up, but he's become ideally unachievable. He's walking memory, a polished past - but definitely a representation of an improved Lucas - the promise of a better Lucas.

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