This is the longest-living juvenile series of private television in Portugal and is still a big television success for the younger generation.
The strawberries with sugar can be defined as a phenomenon of audiences. It's amazing how many young people will stop everything to watch this television series that has catapulted many actors into the spotlight. Despite the constant cast changes and numerous stories, the public is the only vertex of this triangle that remains true. But what has this program so special to attract the younger? One of the strengths is the wardrobe, yes, you may seem surprised, but its true. The rags that kids are always using are hip, is the latest fashion statement that all portuguese teenagers want to copy . Then there is the plot. The various stories, the flirt, the dating, the deadly hatred and passion constantly swarming over the episodes. It could be argued that the scheme is always the same, and it is. But in a winning team we do not move. Who says young love has to be easy?
Language is another of the gains of this show and that has raised quite a stir with the parents. Yes, they use words like cool, Bué, and it's all cool. Well, is not the correct Portuguese that parents expect them to learn, but this is how they communicate in day-to-day bases, between them and that we should not forget. Hence the genius of this series and its best kept secret. Kids identify with the characters in all aspects. On the way they talk, what they think and how they dress. And it's not worth to obliterate the argument and say that teenagers are not so because they are so and some of then much worse.But there's space to improvment. Not always the portrays the reality hush and genuineas they should.
Violent behaviors in teenage couples was one of those issues addressed in the program and very badly. The final reserved to two characters left much to be desired, almost completely harmles the aggressor, something that should never have happened. It was not very serious and frivolous this evolving framework. Young people seeing in the show that nothing happened, that he has shown aggressive behavior and had mayor consequences, leads them to the believe that this kind of attitude is normal. I think that is pertinent subject, since studies indicate an increase in cases of physical aggression in teenage couples in Portugal. What I condemn is the color pink wrapping. The girl forgives him and they live happily ever after in London!
