#AWickedHalloween Day 14: Cristina Saboya
You had to be there to understand how everyone in Brazil was glued to their TVs around 6 p.m. in 2005 to watch Alma Gêmea — a spiritualistic telenovela about two cousins, Luna and Cristina, and the man they both loved, Rafael. Luna marries him and inherits the family jewels, while Cristina, consumed by jealousy, schemes to steal those jewels and sells her soul to the devil to have Rafael. But her plan goes terribly wrong: Luna is killed, only to reincarnate as an Indigenous woman named Serena, determined to continue her love story with Rafael.
Luna/Serena and Rafael's bond proves stronger than death — and even the devil. In the end, after tragedy strikes and everyone dies, the devil himself comes to drag Cristina to hell in one of the most iconic scenes in Brazilian TV history. It’s been living rent-free in Brazilian Pop Culture. Since Alma Gêmea is a telenovela so close to my heart, I couldn’t help but pay tribute to it.
Se você me perguntar, eu vou defender a Cristina e dizer que as jóias da família deveriam ser dela, SIM! Afinal, a Luna conseguiu o Rafael e a vida perfeita. Mas já que a única opção dela foi vender a própria alma ao Diabo, só posso agradecê-la por servir um dos momentos mais icônicos da teledramaturgia brasileira — a qual eu homenageio hoje.
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