#O Clone

[alicentsultana]

The way we see mothers in fiction reflects our relationship with our own mothers.

Unless we're going mommy dearest and similar works that show narcissistic mothers and problematic/toxic relationships and portrayals, those are undeniably horrible and bad.

However, when we talk about general mothers portraiture we're going to immediately judge also through what we live and experienced.

I have a wonderful relationship with my mom, though she had me hours after she turned 18, and of course, have committed errors, she still succeeded in parenting and raised me with the best of her abilities. Therefore, I tend to see mother-sons/daughters relationships in a good light, as as depth and development goes by, I can change and adapt my initial opinion.

Therapist and Psychology Professors oftenly remarks that mothers, in a way or another, have some parcel of guilt over how her kids will develop and turn out, some more, some less. Relapse mother? Troubled kids. Distant mother? Insensitive kids. Overbearing/Overprotective? Kids learn to lie, omit, rebel. So on and so forth.

Mothers do have a hand on how you deal with your life. But a loving mother, a zealous mother, a young mother, an older mother, a religious mother, a free spirit mother... All of them doesn't have to justify themselves beyond maybe acknowledging where they went wrong, because, after all, aren't all of them also bound by expectations, morals, time and beliefs? And weren't all of them doing what they thought was right? Weren't all of them dealing with motherhood differently and in their particular ways? With or without support, they did what they could.

But take a look at these mothers:

They made mistakes, do they have to justify themselves and ask for forgiveness? Because they did what they have to? To survive, to attend demands, to protect, to ensure their safety and success...

There are mistakes, and there is also another even greater problem: you have to grow up and learn how to deal with this pain yourself, talk, digest, transform it, but no one but yourself will have to learn how to deal with it, even when it was done with such toxic and cruel behaviors, you will have to deal with it. To love or to hate.

Now, let's focus on the love part.

Mary, Elizabeth, Isabel, Januaria, the Bennets girls, Khadija, Alicent, Hürrem and Rhaenyra's children, all of them wouldn't even ask for their justification, ask why they did what they did, because they all know their mother loves them no matter what, they did what they had to do. Distant or not, overbearing, hysterical, insensitive, and doomed by the narrative. They know, and eventually recognize that those actions were done by love.

So yeah, go on, ask your loving mother to justify herself, I dare you all. Ask your grandma and aunt too. Ask that one mother who pissed you off online too.

Also, don't forget that maybe, that parenting style was all they came to know about. And unless one breaks a very long and, shockingly, difficult to recognize cycle, they will unknowingly perpetuate it.

Anyway. That's how I see it. Because oh boy, I wouldn't even ask my mom to explain herself to me, no matter my grievances. But that's a me thing. How do you see it?

[zeroandvoid]

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I don't know if it was a coincidence or on purpose, but the name Murilo Antonelli may be a mix and a reference to the names of the actors who played the main couple in the soap opera O Clone, Murilo Benício and Giovanna Antonelli.

If so:

[lihiominaa]

O Clone, 2001 1.83

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[tortiefrancis]

No one:

Absolutely no one:

Brazilian TV making Arab characters:

[ ID 1: Photo of Jade, from "O Clone". She's a woman with light tanned skin and brown eyes, wearing a vibrant scarf around her head and a lot of jewelry, as well as very heavy eyeliner. /End ID ]

[ ID 2: Photo of Seu Chalita, from "Tapas e Beijos". He's an old man with light tanned skin and short, white hair, wearing a black and golden taqiyah, a quilted vest and a white shirt. /End ID ]

[ ID 3: Photo of several characters from "Órfãos da Terra": Bruno, Laila, Jamil, Dalila and Fauze. All of them have brown hair and brown or hazel eyes. All have light tanned skin except Dalila, who has pale skin. Dalila wears a black hijab and matching dress, her bangs showing. Laila wears a red, floral dress and a purple, patterned scarf. Bruno, Jamil and Fauze wear black t-shirts. /End ID ]

P.S. I want yall to guess how many of these are played by arab actors...

[brazaesthetic]

O Clone, Rede Globo (2002)

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[alicentsultana]

I don't usually post anything beside hotd, mc, the tudors, but

Today I fell in one of my favorite obsessions from when I was younger, this brazilian soap novel called O Clone (the clone), it's a 2001 novel and I watched it much later when I was a teen, but I remember how it influenced and still influences generations and other novel productions.

A quick dive into the plot: Jade lives in Brazil with her mother, who is sick, but her entire family is from Morocco and still lives there. Her mother dies, she goes back to Fez to live with her uncle Ali , cousin Latifa and his governess. Latifah is a little older than her and is like ideal muslim girl (this is an early 2000 production), uncle Ali is arranging a marriage for her, and his chosen groom is Said, it is revealed that Said and Latifah can't marry because plot reasons and so, to not lose the contract, uncle Ali marries Latifah to Said's older brother and later arranges Jade marriage with Said as a way to punish and keep her in line, however she is in love with Lucas and doesn't want to get married. Many events later, she is still married to Said and has a daughter with him, she still is in love with Lucas, and her run away plots always fails because Lucas never moves a finger to be with her. They end up together anyway.

The thing is - Jade, the main character, should have been with her first husband, Said.

So Said is far from the ideal man, he can be forceful and even threatening (as most galant men were written to be at the time this was made), but he was crazy for her and loved Jade very much. Jade often times deceived and used him, but he never left her without anything and always forgave her, until he too got tired of it.

When they got back together in the second half of the novel it was like -- the novel could have ended there I wouldn't mind because they actually worked to get through their differences and were fighting to get back together, they would get over their grievances and past fights to make the most of their story, because Said still loved her, and because Jade finally saw how great he actually was and how she can actually fall in love him.

And then of course she is impulsive once more and goes after one of the other guys (the clone) because she wants her teen fantasy back.

I cannot blame her but the entire novel she passes as childish and immature because of a dream, that already proved to be an illusion, something she couldn't have had. And she could have been better written and better worked if the screenwriter had allowed it.

At the time, the director and screenwriter, the brilliant Gloria Perez was going through a heavy and harsh moment in life, and she wrote the clone as a way to cope with this moment (the death of her daughter), also, Jade's actress was dating the actor who played her romantic interest, and I believe Gloria didn't want to ruin the public preference over them against a better plot of Jade accepting Said over Lucas.

Anyway, Gloria kind of redeemed herself with another great prodution of hers years later so I will let it pass. Call me too rational but, in my head, Jade should have always been with Said.

[lastmafagafo]

I’m playing Desert Rose in Romance Club app, and I can’t help but think about the Brazilian soap opera, O Clone. Even some characters seem alike, like Zuleika, who reminds me of Zoraide. And let’s not forget that “Desert Rose” is also the title of one of the songs in the soundtrack.

https://youtu.be/C3lWwBslWqg

[alemdoarcoiris]

3 anos atrás, a TV GLOBO reprisava O CLONE, fiz este vídeo na sala antes dos gatinhos destruírem a TV (rsrs). O Clone mostra a cultura oriental. A novela em si é um trabalho baseado e não tem compromisso com a verdade, assim como sabemos alguns livros, revistas, filmes e séries. Com um romance onde os protagonistas "passam" por cima de várias situações, no final eles se entendem. A arte está envolvida em tudo, desde sua música até um quadro, a música de abertura fala em uma linguagem aberta, de uma forma bíblica ou não, como o MANÁ, que era um alimento que caía do céu para alimentar o povo de Israel. Uma grande trama de Glória Perez!

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O Clone - 2ª Reapresentação

O Clone - 2ª Reapresentação

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