Friday 09 January 2026
There are two shows that I want to speak about...
First off, I found this scene on Twitter, and it's supposed to be from a popular Latino Mexican telenovela show called 'Maria la del Barrio.'
The Context
Soraya is the main villain of the series. Fourteen years before this scene, she had tried to seduce Luis Fernando, the father of the boy in the clip. However, he is in love with Maria (played by Thalía), and they have a baby together named Nando, who is the boy in the clip.
Years later, Soraya remarries in the United States to a billionaire who is the father of Alicia, a 17-year-old disabled girl. Soraya kills him and inherits his entire fortune, but she is forced to take care of Alicia, whom she neglects and mistreats. She then returns to Mexico with Alicia to take revenge on Luis and Maria, and she seduces their teenage son, Nando. Nando falls under Soraya’s spell; she turns him against his parents, uses him as a sexual object, and turns him into an alcoholic.
However, Nando discovers that Soraya is cheating on him and leaves her. Soraya falls into a deep depression because she realizes that she was in love with Nando.
In this clip, Soraya, who is around 30 years old (although the actress Itatí Cantoral was only 21 at the time), throws a party and invites 14-year-old Nando in an attempt to make him forgive her. However, she discovers him kissing her stepdaughter, Alicia, and completely loses control.
Fun fact. Soraya was supposed to die ( she fell from a building, so she should have) at the end of the first story arc, but she was brought back because she was too iconic and the show was bland without her.
Lmao I am like what lol haha bruhh that's cool lol... Here is the full wiki
Going to watch this even though I don't speak Spanish lol.
you can watch the full episodes of Maria la del Barrio on youtube
The second one is one where Lara Croft appeared in a Spanish TV show, I think? From what I read, this was around 1999 for the Third game, and Nell McAndrew was a popular model for the game.