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Since the beginning of television in Colombia, the presentation of homosexual characters in soap operas and programs has been very limited and stereotyped. In most cases they have been a scandal!
Today, RCN, with its telenovela ‘Leandro Díaz’, is giving people something to talk about on social networks, and not exactly in a negative way.
What is happening in the RCN soap opera?
The biographical series of Leandro Díaz, without a doubt, is returning to Colombians that habit of watching television as a family, united on the sofa and getting rid of cell phones during the night barbecue. Also read: ‘Leandro Díaz’ dethroned ‘La Voz senior’ and is the most watched in Colombia
We have the case of Aunt Erótida (played by the talented Aida Bossa, famous for series like ‘La Niña Emilia’). It can be noted that she is a self-sacrificing and accommodating woman, Leando Díaz’s aunt had fallen in love with a “cachaco”, but he had to leave and from that moment he did not find a partner again, he dedicated himself to taking care of his nephew.
A satire on sacrificial women
Aunt Erótida fits perfectly into the role of the popular “wasted woman” of the town, the series makes it clear through her character as a satire.
“This woman sacrifices many things in her life not only to help Leandro, but also to support the family. If we go to the stories of the Caribbean, from years ago, this makes a great sense: with those families so numerous before, the bald ones grew up alone and many aunts and uncles became the angels of childhood”, said Aida Bossa for some media.
When Aunt Erótida thinks she knows love again, RCN gives Colombians a heart-stopping scene that not only broke her heart, but also turned her reaction into an internet trend.
Aunt Erotida is the clear example that bad things always happen to good people. #leandrodiaz
— Desafio The Box (@JuanTheBox2)
October 5, 2022
What happened to Aunt Erótida?
The woman was excited and in love with the town doctor. However, everything began to turn cloudy when she discovered that her crush was having a relationship with her best friend. The series shows us this scene explicitly, without censorship, a kiss between two men on national television.
Social network users did not think twice to start reacting from Twitter and TikTok.
Wonderful bet on #LeandroDiaz for telling a love story between two men. How much illusion generates to think of all the rural and vallenato homes watching the scene of the kiss. And Aunt Erótida, a reality that continues. pic.twitter.com/WwCsZCMc9W
— Pisces ✨ (@CamiloOchoaM)
October 7, 2022
Stigmas in the Colombian telenovelas of the past?
Over the years, Colombia has worked to break stereotypes and stigmas, some of which have cost more work than others. Questioning is a matter of hard work in the communities.
Homosexuals may be present in this audiovisual content, but in what way have we seen them throughout the RCN stories? Below, we show you some of the most successful on this channel.
Hugo Lombardi, Lucas de la Rosa and Laisa Reyes, without a doubt, have made us laugh out loud, becoming memorable characters for their comical scenes. However, are all homosexuals like Hugo Lombardi or Lucas de la Rosa? Obviously not, and that is the job of national television today, showing different situations.
“Although television is making an effort to leave behind the representation of LGBT characters as the share of humor in series and soap operas, there is still a long way to go to reach an interpretation without stereotypes,” published the Sentiido portal in 2015.
In ‘Leandro Díaz’, we are shown a couple of homosexual adults who are professional and respected people from the town. These two “compadres” have clandestine adventures to avoid legal problems, because, as they make clear in the story, at that time homosexuality was paid for with jail.
Previously, when a complex scene for children or sensitive audiences was shown on television, the audience automatically went to the viewer’s advocate to complain and ask that certain scenes be omitted.
With the arrival of the internet, today’s society does not react the same as before, and these issues are beginning to be received differently.
The truth is that the shocking news that Aunt Erótida received about her boyfriend continues to be a trend on social networks.