Reviews

When 'Cuando Seas Mia' ( When you are mine) 2001 debuted in Nigeria in 2005, we thought it was one of those telenovelas like ' secret of the sand' that was shown many years back that it would soon blow away but we were wrong. Mexican soaps are here to stay in Nigeria. The craze is on and spreading to all television stations in the country. Almost all the television stations in Lagos, the commercial centre of Nigeria, the centre of excellence is showing one telenovela or more.
Presently we have ten or more of these telenovelas showing daily or weekends on television stations all over Nigeria.
Even the Nigeria Television Authority is showing one on wednesday. Quite unbelievable if you ask me. NTA is used to propagating government policies and programmes so i was not expecting them to join the craze. Though Secret of the Sand was shown on NTA then, we knew somebody bought the license and just aired it there for a fee. Well no television station will want to loose her audience so if mexican telenovelas are the in thing, then they will embrace it to keep their viewers.
In reviewing when you are mine, i will say it was good in terms of scripting and acting. The actors especially Paloma was fantastic. You cannot have the last laugh over her. If not the three witches would have buried her alive.
The others acted their part well too. Although the naivety of 'Diana' Diego's sister was annoying just like Paulina and Estafania in La Usurpadora. It ended when we thought another phase was starting. It was very interesting.