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'Jane The Virgin - The Complete First Season'
(Gina Rodriguez, Andrea Navedo, Yael Grobglas, et al / 5-Disc DVD / NR / 2015 / Warner Bros.)

Overview: Set in Miami, 'Jane The Virgin' details the surprising and unforeseen events that take place in the life of Jane Villanueva, a hard-working, religious young Latina woman whose family tradition and a vow to save her virginity until her marriage to a detective is shattered when a doctor mistakenly artificially inseminates her during a checkup. And to make matters worse, the biological donor is a married man, a former playboy and cancer survivor who is not only the new owner of the hotel where Jane works, but was also her former teenage crush.

DVD Verdict: Well, basically, 'Jane The Virgin' is simply a Spanish, soap opera parody! The narrator is the biggest and first clue. He will guide viewers into the scenes and episode scenario. From my perspective, he is there to help people who haven't seen Spanish soap operas. They put the characters into random emotional scenarios, except they're not so emotional.

Confused? OK, well, for example, the father comes into the daughters life after a 20+ year abstinence. In a soap opera, there would be crying and "where were you my whole life" drama. In Jane the Virgin, the father attempts to make that happen, but it fails hilariously. He goes out of his way to make it dramatically, but it ends up as an adult conversation over coffee!

The biggest thing that makes this a parody is the fact the father is a Spanish soap opera star. There are scenes from his TV show that depict the stereo type soap opera drama, and this lets the viewer to compare it to the story. It is this compare and contrast that I love about the show. There are way to many dumb and horrible parody movies/TV shows. They always take it too far with the parody jokes.

This show takes it good standard. It is believable, rational standard, and thus adds comedic humor to it. Every new episode I wonder, what dramatically event will appear, and how will they handle it rationally. Check it out for yourselves as this DVD set has all 22 episodes/chapters spread out over five (5) discs for your evenings enjoyment. This is a Widescreen Presentation (1.77:1) enhanced for 16x9 TVs and comes with the Special Features of:

• Jane the Virgin: Immaculate Creation - Go behind the scenes and get a peek into the creation of the show
• Getting to Know the Cast of Jane the Virgin - How well do the cast know each other?
• Gag Reel
• Unaired Scenes

www.WarnerBros.com

Own it on Blu-ray, DVD & Digital HD September 29th, 2015!





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