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On the same subject of women’s rights, this time when
Jade needs her husband’s permission to travel from Morocco to
Brazil, the posters comment on their own experiences or feelings regarding
this subject:
Re: Not so many years ago
Hi, F.
Actually, the suppression doesn't even go that
far back as the suffragettes. There were plenty of things that my
generation was "not allowed to do" or places we couldn't
go, and I remember meeting an older woman once, a highly respected
and well-known book editor, who was not allowed into the Princeton
Club in New York City for a professional awards dinner because she
was a woman. She said it was the most humiliating experience of
her life to be turned away at that door. If I'm not mistaken, it
was only in the 1980's that the Princeton Club was forced to open
its doors to women guests.
Re: Not so many years ago
Q, the whole topic of "Equal Rights" is such a pet
peeve of mine. I get so upset when hearing about inequality regarding
gender, race, religion, or whatever. I know we have come a long
way since our ancestors had to struggle with such issues, but you
would think in the 20th and now 21st centuries that we would be
so much more ahead, but I guess not. What really depresses me is
reading about the places in the world that are still where we were
many years ago. Thanks for your input.
This conversation takes place when the posters start to relate
the problems present in the novela and translating it to their own
experiences. Here the comments are not related to women’s
rights in the Muslim world, but the message writers are able to
transport the subject to their own culture and analyze it in the
light of gender repression, not limited to a cultural problem. While
expressions such as “I get so upset when hearing about inequality…”
or “What really depresses me is reading about the places in
the world…” are examples of affective interaction, the
fact that the messages disclose the posters own experiences adds
another layer of referential interaction. The shared knowledge and
experiences are part of the construction of the social learning
environment and the participatory communication. The exchange of
shared experiences and stories help to facilitate the process of
change. In an entertainment-education scenario, the fact that the
audience can relate the message to their own experience is considered
a precursor that facilitates behavioral change (Papa et.al., 2000).
The posters can relate Jade’s struggles with the conditions
of women in countries where their rights are curtailed and then
refer it back to their own experiences and knowledge of gender inequality.
These manifestations of interpersonal communication also express
notions of dialogical communication, where the interpretation of
the transmission of information is not from those who have knowledge
to those who lack it, or from the powerful to the powerless (Freire,
1970), for it is also an exchange of experiences.
On the other hand, Said’s character also sparks affective
interaction demonstrated by the following posts:
Re: The real hero
Honey, I agree with you completely. Said is the man. He loved Jade
enough to go against everything to save her. She just doesnt' see
it right now. but don't worry, without giving away anything, you'll
discover lots of surprises as the story unfolds. this is only the
beginning! I still like Lucas though, he's still hot!
Re: The real hero
“I felt deeply, incredibly sorry for Said on his wedding night
with Jade. And saw aspects of kindness in him afterward. But I learned
to hate him, too.
As M and others have said, these characters are like real people
with faults as well as virtues.
But I don't think you can like both Lucas and Said. Sooner
or later you will be in one camp or the other.
Re: The real hero
I also like Said, though my favorite will always be Lucas. As far
as Said & Jade, we already see Jade scheming that she'll start
taking jewels from Said and use them to escape. Irrespective of
whether she had fallen in love with Lucas, I'm sceptical of whether
she ever would've fallen in love with Said. Said was very restrictive
on what she was allowed to do and she's rebellious by nature. She
still wanted to go to school and he wouldn't permit it. I think
part of her falling in love with Lucas had to do with the power
and freedom Lucas yielded to her.
Although I always enjoy Jade's acting, she was the least sympathetic
of the main characters to me. I always saw her as the domino that
caused everybody else's suffering because she stupidly married Said
when she was in love with Lucas.
Re: The real hero
I really admired what Said did to save Jade. I also felt bad for
him at his wedding. Jade was really unhappy. I loved her acting
job so much that I sort of despised her for it. Why not fake a little
bit of happiness for Said's sake. It's his wedding too. But I'm
sure they are used to have unhappy brides since these things are
pre-arranged.
Re: I like Said too
I still think they're both hot. It's ok, I'll take them both! ha
ha! Remember Lucas is really young, and he's insecure, he gets confused.
He tried to fight for her but it was too late. Said is a real man
if you ask me. but whatever, that's soap operas!
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