Érase una vez... pero ya no

I watched much of it with either a smile on my face or my mouth agape. A fantastic fairytale told in a true Latin fashion. Hyper saturated colors and romantically staged settings. Greed, infidelity, Spanish operatic musical numbers, lots of nudes, sex and a blue dragon told with a healthy dollop of absurdity. What's not to like?

This show is weird and quirky, yes. But if you can keep an open mind and ignore the bad reviews, it's really fun and light hearted. My husband hates musicals and rom-coms but loved this show! It's just so random and out there, and also has a diverse cast and great writing, the only bad thing is how short it is! Season 2 please!

Spanish TV is well known for not being inclusive and not including people of color in their telenovelas , movies, or media in general, especially as main characters. Now, there is a Black protagonist and I browsed IMDB to find info on who she is and there's no picture of her!

Most of the singers are very talented. Sebastian Yatra needs to stick to regueton. His acting is atrocious and his voice does not compare to the rest of the singers. Story has its funny parts but it's all over the place. Asier is amazing as always. And the woman are very good too. The music is the thing I enjoyed most of the whole show. Not a show that all audiences will enjoy.

This serie looked promising as it's produced by Manolo Caro, who tends to be quirky and satirical and has a done a couple of good series before. However, I couldn't go past the first episode of the show. The whole story seemed to be all over the shop and I couldn't keep watching Sebastian Yatra's horrid performance. I like him as a singer but he has no talent acting whatsoever. The characters are lose, the story is convoluted and I couldn't quite figure out who was who was who in the zoo.

It is a disappointment as I feel some actors like Rossy de Palma and Mariana Trevino - who are wonderful- would have made worth the time watching. Unfortunately, I just don't feel giving it a second chance.