Kate Adams: 4 larger-than-life lessons from soap operas
Kate Adams: Cuatro lecciones de telenovelas fabulosas
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found herself in quite the pickle.
se encontró en un lío.
she married sweet Cord Roberts
se casó con Cord Roberts
que Tina amaba tanto su dinero
Tina loved his money
estaba feliz
Max Holden para enamorar a Tina
que Tina daría a luz a su hijo.
Tina was pregnant with his baby.
but thinking Cord didn't love her
pero segura de que Cord no la amaba,
but he was too late.
pero llegó tarde.
and sent over a waterfall.
y la arrojaron por una cascada.
archaeologist named Kate,
llamada Kate,
ran into the church holding a baby.
introduced a love story
presentó una historia de amor
can be exaggerated, larger than life,
pueden ser exagerados, exuberantes,
you find that exaggeration fun,
divertida esa exageración,
melodramatic or unsophisticated.
o poco sofisticada.
their lessons are small or nonexistent.
que no hay moralejas o son muy pequeñas.
pero de forma aumentada.
we can learn from soap operas,
que podemos aprender de las novelas,
are as big and adventurous
y llenas de aventura
from the bus stop in second grade
de la parada del autobús en 2º
of Luke and Laura's wedding,
el final de la boda de Luke y Laura,
in "General Hospital" history.
en la historia de "General Hospital".
how much I loved my eight years
me encantaron mis ocho años
on "As the World Turns."
en "As the World Turns".
to be on soap operas.
para telenovelas.
with as much intensity,
igualmente intensas
igualmente dramático.
and find salvation unexpectedly,
y encontramos salvación inesperadamente,
we can flip the script,
podemos invertir el libreto,
from these characters
de los personajes
de dirección por la vida.
a rechazar la duda
para cambiar tu historia.
with soap opera lesson one:
número 1 de novela:
was daytime's version of Scarlett O'Hara,
era la versión diurna de Scarlett O'Hara,
perhaps Erica's most famous scene
tal vez la escena más famosa de Erica
or we can stand and fight.
o podemos plantarnos y pelear.
knows this better than most.
lo sabe mejor que nadie.
the Erica Kane of Silicon Valley.
la Erica Kane de Silicon Valley.
launched the company
lanzaron una empresa
ya no tenían fondos.
but Tim chose to fight.
pero Tim eligió pelear.
and racked up six figures in personal debt
y acumuló seis cifras en deudas personales
he stood in front of his employees
se plantó frente a sus empleados
to sacrifice their salaries,
two million dollars,
USD 2 millones,
whatever is in front of you,
número 2:
and drop the superiority complex.
el complejo de superioridad.
of need or fallibility.
de necesidad o falibilidad.
as we might like to think.
como nos gustaría pensar.
of "The Bold and the Beautiful"
de "The Bold and the Beautiful"
with the riffraff from the valley,
con la chusma del valle
valley girl Brooke knew it.
of epic fighting,
y dejó entrar a Brooke.
almas gemelas
para experimentar felicidad
ourselves vulnerable
for our actions
por nuestras acciones
the CEO of Starbucks.
el CEO de Starbucks.
honesty, and ideas in return.
ayuda, honestidad e ideas.
desde que Howard volvió.
to be right or safe all the time.
de estar acertado o seguro todo el tiempo.
un personaje estático.
and boring equals fired.
y aburrido es despedido.
to grow and change.
crecen y cambian.
is played by one person yesterday
lo interpretaba una persona
todo el tiempo en las telenovelas.
have played the same key role
el mismo papel protagónico
in the character's life and personality.
en la vida y personalidad del personaje.
an essential nugget of Carly in there,
esencial de Carly allí,
adapted to whomever was playing her.
se adaptaron a quien la interpretaba.
in our own lives,
en nuestras vidas,
around our feet and stay in that spot,
alrededor de los pies y quedarnos allí,
from nursing student to hotel owner,
de enfermería a dueña de hotel,
en la Segunda Guerra Mundial,
she got married, moved to France,
se casó y se mudó a Francia,
culinary school a shot.
revolutionized the way America cooks.
revolucionaron la cocina estadounidense.
to initiate change in our lives,
de comenzar el cambio en nuestras vidas,
and we don't get a heads up.
y nadie nos avisa previamente.
the air is gone,
for soap opera lesson four:
la lección número 4 de telenovela:
Stefano DiMera died of a stroke,
of Our Lives" murió de un ataque cardíaco,
plunged into the harbor,
en el puerto,
with a brain tumor.
lo matara,
off a catwalk to his death.
al caerse de una pasarela.
meet the big finale.
llegan al gran final.
"As The World Turns," in December 2009,
"As The World Turns" en diciembre de 2009,
right into the mountain.
hasta chocar la montaña.
in the middle of a huge recession
de una enorme recesión
were struggling to find work,
luchaban por conseguir trabajo,
todo estaría bien.
and the Brooklyn apartment,
y el departamento en Brooklyn
the final episode air,
del último episodio
was not the only fatality.
no era la única fatalidad.
and living on the second floor
to make anyone feel dead inside.
sentirse muerta por dentro.
no había terminado,
I had ever learned about soap operas.
lo que había aprendido de las novelas.
and refuse to surrender,
y no rendirme,
como Stephanie
a lot of times across many states.
muchas veces en muchos estados.
my mindset, and my circumstances,
mi actitud y mis circunstancias,
resilient, like Stefano,
como Stefano,
y entretenimiento,
what looks like an ending,
algo que parece un final,
convertirlo en un comienzo.
survived that waterfall,
sobrevivió la cascada
a cliffhanger hanging,
los finales en suspenso,
before the show went off the air in 2012.
antes de que cancelaran el show en 2012.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Kate Adams - Digital storytellerKate Adams spends her days dissecting digital communications to find a better way to tell brand stories and connect with customers.
Why you should listen
Kate Adams is an advocate of iteration -- testing, learning and refining at each step, both professionally and personally.
Starting in television news and moving to event production, daytime drama and digital marketing, storytelling has always been the common thread. Each job taught her more about the creation and cultivation of story and brand -- and how we use that story arc to build our own journeys.
After graduating from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a BA in journalism and mass communication, she was the assistant casting director at the Emmy-winning soap opera "As the World Turns" for eight years. She joined the UPS digital communications team in 2011 and is now part of the analytics team for BAMTech, a video-streaming company.
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