New Hispanic Lesbian Series Aired Exclusively Online
01.02.08 (12:17 am) posted by Genia
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Update January 2, 2008 -- 12:30 noon:
I just learned there's an English version of Apples located here. I'll go back and watch the English versions tonight then do an updated review. Also, there's an Apples blog. Content is in Spanish.
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I received an email from Nadia Robles, introducing me to
Apples -- the first Spanish lesbian series aired exculsively online.
Apples chronicles the lives of 7 lesbian students, a dummy, and a teddy cat.
The story takes place in two flats located in the same
building, one just above the other, where the girls move back and
forth according to the swinging of their relationships. All this
dressed up with the best sauce: an epic love of Juliet and Juliet style.
The series reminds me of Go Fish -- a lesbian dykeumentary with a very B movie-like feel that became
a staple in all good lesbian film collections. My Spanish needs work, but I understood enough of the dialogue to know
that the series is slowing turning into something that could potentially explode. My only complaint (although I feel bad even voicing it) is I wish the series
had English subtitles. Providing English subtitles could open Apples up to an entirely new audience that's craving new and exciting original programming.
Just an FYI: there's a very nice orgy scene at the end of episode 7 (Capitulo 7), but you have to wait through all the not-so-hot dialogue leading up to it.
I would be curious to know what some of my Spanish-speaking readers think of the series. I didn't see much Butch/Femme stuff going on and that really goes
against the
Hispanic lesbian culture I am most aware of here in the midwest. From what I have seen so far with the Hispanic lesbian community
(and this goes for the Black lesbian
community as well) is that most couples engage in Butch/Femme coupling with both parties being an extreme case of each "label." One of the complaints I expect to hear about
Apples is it
furthers the idea that women often explore lesbianism in college, but after graduation they settle down into heterosexual marriages.
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