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...novel's language mimics the magical realism and elaborate metaphors of Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Pablo Neruda and effectively conjures up images of a land and people still bound by magic and ancient gods. Her metaphors are imaginative and often poetic. And the characters are at times fantastical, ranging from professional embalmers who travel around in wheel-chairs to silent Indians who disappear into the jungle at the blink...
...dying to come up with a Hispanic show," asserts Thomas Murphy, chairman of Capital Cities/ABC. "It would be good for the Spanish-speaking population and for the network." What is needed most is a successful series that would encourage TV's favorite pastime: imitation. Says Norman Lear, whose a.k.a. Pablo (also starring Rodriguez) had a short run in 1984: "As soon as a TV hit comes along, they'll copy it 100 times...
Curfew's plot centers on the wake and funeral of Matilde Neruda, widow of the Nobel Laurate Pablo Neruda, who was also a well known communist and recipient of the Stalin Prize. During the course of the wake, a debate ensues as to whether the widow's last wishes should be granted...
...arguing becomes complicated upon the arrival of government official Freddy Fox, who holds the authorization for the Pablo Neruda Foundation, which is to be created upon Matilde's death. He tells the communists that if they deny the dead woman's wishes and allow all leftist groups to converge on the cemetery under no specific leadership and without the church, he will authorize the Foundation. Lisboa's group accepts, but Fox meanwhile calls hundreds of police troops to surround the cemetery and to take notes on the leftists in attendance. The communists achieve their foundation, but they compromise their secrecy...
...Arianna Stassinopoulos (as she then was) brought out a biography of the diva Maria Callas, heavily borrowed from several earlier works, including Callas by John Ardoin and Gerald Fitzgerald. It was a best seller. Now it is the turn of Pablo Picasso (1881-1973), the quintessential modern artist. Picasso is on the front cover, looking haggard. On the back is Huffington, looking glamorous. Her fixed smile displays a row of pearly teeth: no stains or chips. Which is remarkable, given that they have bitten off so much more than they can chew...