Hechizada

Esta serie norteamericana era una de mis favoritas. Hechizada Incluía a una bruja, su marido, normal; y la familia de esta que complicaba las cosas. Siempre había situaciones divertidas y bastante amor. Unos párrafos (en inglés) sobre la serie, sus protagonistas y detalles particulares: … “York was suffering from recurring back problems”. En vocabulario: bewitched, warlock, incantation.

Bewitched is an American television sitcom fantasy series, originally broadcast for eight seasons on ABC from September 17, 1964 to March 25, 1972. It is about a witch who marries an ordinary mortal man, and vows to lead the life of a typical suburban housewife.

A beautiful witch named Samantha (Elizabeth Montgomery) meets and marries a mortal named Darrin Stephens (originally Dick York, later Dick Sargent). While Samantha complies with Darrin's wishes to become a normal suburban housewife, her magical family disapproves of the mixed marriage and frequently interferes in the couple's lives. Episodes often begin with Darrin becoming the victim of a spell, the effects of which wreak havoc with mortals such as his boss, clients, parents, and neighbors. By the epilogue, however, Darrin and Samantha most often embrace, having overcome the devious elements that failed to separate them. The witches and their male counterparts, warlocks, are very long-lived; while Samantha appears to be a young woman, many episodes suggest she is actually hundreds of years old. To keep their society secret, witches avoid showing their powers in front of mortals other than Darrin. Nevertheless, the effects of their spells – and Samantha's attempts to hide their supernatural origin from mortals – drive the plot of most episodes. Witches and warlocks usually use physical gestures along with their incantations. To perform magic, Samantha often twitches her nose to create a spell.

The fifth season of Bewitched (1968-1969) proved to be a watershed for the series most notably with the death of Marion Lorne and the frequent absences of Dick York in many episodes. York was suffering from recurring back problems, the result of an accident during the filming of They Came To Cordura (1959). As a result, many episodes featured Samantha and Tabitha on their own with York's character of Darrin out of town on business. It was during this time that Serena (Samantha's identical cousin, also played by Montgomery) was used more frequently.

Dick York, Elizabeth Montgomery y Agnes Moorehead, 1964

Vocabulario

Betwitched: enchanted, charmed, spellbound, hypnotized. Castellano: Hechizada, embrujada, encantada.

Warlock: A person, especially a man, claiming or popularly believed to practice sorcery or witchcraft. Castellano: brujo, hechicero.

Incantation: Ritual recitation of verbal charms or spells to produce a magic effect. Castellano: conjuro.

Elizabeth Montgomery is Betwitched

Elizabeth Montgomery, the mischievous witch with the nasal twitch who brought her enchanting whimsy into America's living rooms for eight years, died Thursday morning. (May 19, 1995)

Había una vez una típica chica norteamericana que se cruzó con un típico chico norteamericano, y ella se cruzó con él y él se cruzó con ella. Entonces decidieron sentarse y hablar antes de tener un accidente. Llegaron a ser buenos amigos. Encontraron que tenían muchos intereses en común: radio, televisión, trenes. Y cuando el chico encontró a la chica atractiva, deseable, irresistible, hizo lo que cualquier típico chico norteamericano haría, le pidió matrimonio. Tuvieron un típico casamiento. Fueron a una típica luna de miel, en un típico camisón de casamiento, excepto que esta chica es una bruja.

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Fuentes

Betwitched

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