Oh the terrible things that happen on soap operas. Vivian expresses shock and horror on receiving some bad news.

Spanish soap operas differ from their anglo counterparts in that they have endings, plus there's way too much crying. But the ending is always a happy one and usually involves a wedding. Here Vivian attends one such joyous occasion.

Women we've noticed.

Marycarmen Sobrino. Venezuelan journalist. Currently the hostess of another Ophra style TV show in spanish, Mujeres con Historia Y Hombres Tambien. However, her own similarity  to Ophra ends abruptly as she starts each program with a short exotic dance that makes Mrs. Robinson's attempt at seducing the graduate look pale. Marycarmen has done a good job keeping her figure, no doubt battling the effects of time and childbirth. Seems to be involved in a number of worthwhile causes but I haven't found out much about her yet. If she still works as a journalist in South America her greatest accomplishment may be that she's still around. That's the annoying thing about dictatorships, too many people get shot.

Screenshots from the series Dos Caras de Ana. I had no idea Vivian was in this show. My computer and my TV are on opposite sides of the room. As is my custom, one day I was surfing the net while keeping track of the TV screen in a small mirror I have set up. When this lady appeared, even at such an inferior viewing angle and although she was in the background of the scene I immediately noticed something familiar about those piercing, sparkling, beautiful, charming (running out of adjectives here) eyes and recognized her. I'm not sure how to describe them but they are still Vivian's most distinctive feature, and the thing I found most attractive about her. 

(Above) Vivian hard at work, apparently in the theater. I'm not quite sure what goes on here but it reminds me of Alfred Hitchcock's Frenzy.