Widow of Roberto Gómez Bolaños, creator and protagonist of the TV series “Chaves”, Florinda Meza returns to Brazil in April 2023, eight years after her last visit to the country, which has the largest concentration of fans of the show outside Mexico. The reason for such success – it was 36 years on the air – not even she can say for sure.
“It’s something inexplicable and fascinating at the same time”, he tells the F5 the interpreter of the overprotective mother of the cheeky Quico, whom he called “My treasure”.
Florinda is excited about the trip and likes to praise the affectionate way in which she is treated by Brazilians, “very affectionate and passionate”, as she defines it.
Humor will be a little on the sidelines during his time in Rio and São Paulo. It is a ‘serious’ reason that brings the actress, singer, screenwriter, director and producer of Mexican soap operas to the country: she will be one of the participants of Educa Fest, a festival of education, ecology and sustainability, themes with which she has been involved more and more more in recent times.
The trip will also give you the opportunity to reconnect with Brazilian fans in the “Meet and Greet” scheme, when a fee is charged to take pictures and speak quickly with an artist. In the case of Florinda, the value reaches R$ 1.6 thousand.
The festival will be an opportunity to have some contact with the series and one of its protagonists again, since there is no forecast for the return of “Chaves” to Brazilian TV. in conversation with the F5Florinda revealed that the impasse between the family and Televisa continues.
In August 2020, the humorous was taken off the air of all channels in which it was shown in Latin America. The reason was a legal dispute between the Mexican network and Grupo Chespirito, owner of the scripts written by Roberto Gómez Bolaños, for the exhibition rights.
“It doesn’t depend on me, but it’s a very sad negotiation. How can I calculate a value based on a creation of years, dedication of Roberto’s decades? Honestly, I don’t know if I’m more optimistic or more pessimistic about the end of this controversy”, recognizes Florinda. “What I really wanted is for ‘Chaves’ to be shown again”, she adds.
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