Simplemente María (1969 TV series) explained

Genre:Telenovela
Creator:caridad Bravo Adams
Based On:Yo no creo en los hombres
Story:Celia Alcantara
Opentheme:"Simplemente María, María "
Country:Peru
Language:Spanish
Num Episodes:300
Executive Producer:Alberto Terry
Producer:Vlado Radovich
Cinematography:Ricardo Figueroa
Editor:cesar Ceferino Pita
Company:Empresa Editora Panamericana
Network:Panamericana Television

Simplemente María (Simply María) is a Peruvian telenovela. It ran from 1969 to 1971. It starred Saby Kamalich as a woman who goes from a struggling single mother trying to improve herself to being a married fashion designer. The show is cited as increasing interest in sewing and adult literacy. Saby Kamalich would be presented with a gold sewing machine by the Singer Corporation as the show increased their sales in Peru.[1]

Other characters included Esteban (Braulio Castillo), who began as her teacher and ended the series as her husband after a long relationship, while Ricardo Blume played both the man who seduced her and the son the relationship produced. The show was seen as an encouragement for upward mobility. It also dealt with issues of class and ethnicity. It has been said that it was "maybe the most popular television program of all time in Peru," and it also had fans in the rest of Latin America.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.claremont.org/publications/crb/id.1835/article_detail.asp The Claremont Institute
  2. https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:2Bi86KFgkqEJ:www.arvindsinghal.com/entertainment-education/reconstructing-simplemente-maria.pdf+%22simplemente+maria%22+peru&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESjW0AYLSNc1DiVA-0q3nFhCN_qPZCBu9oo5XLOKaV2K9nIZ3yz7Lpmc-b32pUt7A9LSld2tFyLnCBCKLAeVO8s0axAJw69xynYBxGU7CAZHOd8DijibmhkrmjIYfoM4Eldhsu6a&sig=AHIEtbRgWYSSIxQro1CSuWJCBwaJO8duVQ Reconstructing the Story of Simplemente Maria - Arvind Singhal