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The telenovela is undoubtedly one of the most important television genres and most watched by the general public. Although it has its origin in the continent American, especially in the Spanish-speaking part such as Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela and Argentina, countries that produce it massively, with the to run of time became a product of export which countries on different continents also adapted.
In any case, the market is dominated by those Spanish-speaking productions.

What most attracts the audience of soap operas and that is undoubtedly the reason for their success is that they mainly tell stories about love between men and women who must overcome assorted obstacles so that their love triumphs and finally in the majority it always ends up triumphing, even in the last chapter.

The characters protagonists are usually heroines or anti heroines, this last case got quite a bit of fashion in recent times, one of the most famous cases being that of the Colombian telenovela Betty la fea, in which precisely the female protagonist and

excluding of the story was a woman very ugly but at the same time super smart that must prevail in the world of fashion where everything is beautiful. In this way she ends up falling in love with the heartthrob who first does not appreciate her for what she is hers but in the end she will, with love triumphing.

It should be noted that in addition to the main characters that are usually a man and a woman, also, in the telenovela, the villains or antagonists are of crucial importance, and there are even some who even manage to be as popular as the protagonists.

On the other hand, there is a large group of supporting and supporting actors who carry enormous weight in the story and that have their own parallel stories in the same story and that are obviously linked to that of the protagonists.

We cannot ignore that although the aforementioned are the essential pillars and condiments of the novels, over the years, the themes have evolved and in addition to telling love stories, rather everyday and real problems are raised and worlds so ideal and fantastic.

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