All in Pasaje Esperanza: how Chilean telenovela Verdades Ocultas became a streaming soap opera

Authors

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.55738/alaic.v21i40.886

Keywords:

telenovela, streaming, soap opera, melodrama

Abstract

On July 24, 2017, Chileans were hooked with the long-suffering story of the Verdugo sisters in Verdades Ocultas, a Chilean telenovela anchored in structural concepts of classic melodrama (Fuenzalida, Corro & Mujica, 2009; Cabrujas, 2002). Its success prompted an unexpected lengthening, becoming the longest telenovela in Chilean history to date. Yet narrative shifts led to ample changes regarding dramatic structure and the seriality inherent to its genre (Buonnano, 2005), fluctuating from a telenovela (Mazziotti, 2009; Martín Barbero, 2002) to a soap opera (Allen, 1995; Harrington, 2016), giving way to a product perfect for streaming.

 

Author Biographies

Alejandro Bruna, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

PhD(c)in the School of Communications at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Master in Communication from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. He holds a B.A. in Journalism and Social Communication, with an Academic Certificate on Dramaturgy from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. His research interests include transmedia, television fiction and melodrama.

Lorena Antezana, Universidad de Chile

PhD in Information and Communication from the Catholic University of Louvain (Belgium); Journalist and Master in Social Communication from the University of Chile. Associate Professor of the Institute of Communication and Image of the University of Chile. Her main lines of research include studies on television, memory and gender.

Published

10/12/2022

How to Cite

BRUNA, A.; ANTEZANA, L. All in Pasaje Esperanza: how Chilean telenovela Verdades Ocultas became a streaming soap opera. Revista Latinoamericana de Ciencias de la Comunicación, [S. l.], v. 21, n. 40, 2022. DOI: 10.55738/alaic.v21i40.886. Disponível em: https://revista.pubalaic.org/index.php/alaic/article/view/886. Acesso em: 3 jul. 2024.