Back to Dreaming Spanish today. I watched the beginner video about the Spanish TV Series Verano Azul. From what I could understand it was a very popular tv series from the 80s. It was re-run in many different Latin American countries.
Dreaming Spanish - Verano Azul explained
I understood all the words but wasn't 100% sure if I understood completely the meaning. I thought that he was saying the show was popular because it discussed a lot of issues that previously weren't topics for TV during the the dictatorship. It would help if I knew more about world history, but that was never my strong suit. So Wikipedia to the rescue.
According to Wikipedia
In Spain itself, the series broke with patterns inherited from Franco's television , openly dealing with then delicate or novel issues such as divorce, freedoms, the right to protest, real estate speculation, the environment or generational conflicts, among others.
The series originally broadcasted in 1981 after the natural death of Francisco Franco in 1975. What I also learned from Wikipedia is that you can watch the whole series on TubiTV for free. What a world we live in where in minutes with a couple clicks on your phone we can be watching a Spanish TV series from the 80s. Amazing!
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