Entre tierras

With characters overdrawn to the extent of being caricatures, a plot that churns and twists like a kite in a high breeze, and a tone so melodramatic it evokes guffaws of derision, this Spanish soap opera contains all the staples true TV junkies expect--lies, deceit, betrayal, oppression, homosexuality, pregnancies wanted and unwanted, family secrets and dysfunction, you name it. The talented cast keeps this floating wreck from sinking, but not by much. Life is a matter of taste, they say. The taste of this soaper is poor--in any language. Netflix has a penchant for drivel of this sort, unfortunately.