00:05Yeah, that's me.
00:07Might be wondering how I got into this sticky situation.
00:10Let me rewind a bit.
00:22My name is Barbie Ferreira.
00:23I'm going to teach you how to behave.
00:30I grew up in a typical Brazilian household.
00:32There was plenty of drama happening around me.
00:36But as I got older, I got a lot of criticism for expressing myself.
00:40Drama queen, attention whore, hysterical, prima donna.
00:45Why is it gendered? Why is there no male equivalent?
00:47I mean, we all get emotional, right?
00:50Am I right, ladies? Can I get a hell yeah?
00:53Just look at our president.
00:56So here we are in Miami, the American production hub for telenovelas.
01:00The Centro Internacional de Formación Actoral.
01:03So we're going to harness our drama into the most dramatic art form known to man, novellas.
01:08First up, we're going to meet up with Valeria Menendez, who is a telenovela actress and who studies here at
01:14the studio.
01:15Hi!
01:16How are you, love?
01:17I'm good, and you?
01:19I'm great.
01:20So what is the specific telenovela way of acting? Like, what's the style like?
01:24To catch the audience, you have to always look in the eyes of the other people.
01:28Because remember that an actor in telenovelas, the actor tells the stories.
01:33In movies, the camera tells the story.
01:36Oh, that's a good way of playing it.
01:38Yes.
01:39You have to always just be true to your character.
01:42And that's it.
01:43It's really easy.
01:45Yes.
01:45I'm so excited.
01:46I've been to a few acting classes in my life, but they've always been really scary for me.
01:49Oh, don't worry.
01:50No, it's okay, it's okay, it's okay.
01:52We'll be fine.
01:53It's fine.
01:54Hi, Keyless.
01:55Hello, how are you?
01:56How are you?
01:57Okay.
01:57Okay.
01:58We're going to start the scene with Lysdania and Gerardo.
02:05Action.
02:13Did you think you were able to engulf me?
02:15Who has been who could betray you?
02:17A Daniel Montoya?
02:18Maldita perra?
02:20If you're going to shoot me, at least let me take care of me.
02:24With love.
02:25It costed me a lot of money.
02:27Listen, man.
02:29Bullshit.
02:30I've spent a lot of time and money on you.
02:32Okay.
02:33Listen.
02:35Barbie?
02:36Oh my goodness.
02:37Warning, I've not taken any classes here before.
02:39I'm not going to be as good.
02:41I'm going to do a very intense scene.
02:43And yeah, it's quite intense.
02:45Yes.
02:47Cinco.
02:48Action.
02:49We're going to cancel the play.
02:50How are we going to cancel it?
02:51You can't do that.
02:52It's your fault, not mine.
02:54So you're going to call Rolando.
02:55I don't have anything to say to him.
02:57You're going to tell him to come to get you.
03:00I can't.
03:02Grab the bottle.
03:03What?
03:03Grab that fucking bottle.
03:05Now, go down with the whole bottle.
03:08I don't want to drink!
03:09I'm not inviting you to drink.
03:12Are you crazy?
03:13Oh, it's okay, doll.
03:15We're just celebrating.
03:16You like it rough.
03:17You're hurting me!
03:18You're hurting me!
03:21Carolina, drink or shoot.
03:28Carolina, drink or shoot.
03:43Okay.
03:44Maleria.
03:45Yes, Barbie, you're very natural.
03:47Even though, you know, he wasn't so scary.
03:49He was struggling with his English.
03:51You were true to yourself.
03:54So that was amazing.
03:55Your tips.
03:56Yeah.
03:57It's your tips.
03:58Thank you so much for your class.
04:00It's been so helpful.
04:01Thank you for coming.
04:02Thank you so much.
04:04So for harnessing and expressing your emotions,
04:06there are so many ways to do it in a healthy manner,
04:09and being emotional is not a bad thing.
04:11I love acting.
04:18Drama can be sticky.
04:23Everyone has drama in their lives.
04:24Everyone's emotional.
04:25Yet, some people are more shamed for being dramatic than others,
04:28especially women and women of color.
04:32Everyone has emotions, and why can't we express it the way that we want to?
04:37Calling someone dramatic is just a way of diminishing a woman's real and valid emotions.
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