 The shows writer, Emiliano Queiroz (qv), invented lots of  characters to insert in the story in order to help unemployed actors  and actresses. Due to this "overbooking" of characters, the story  went crazy as did its budget. Trying to save the story from a  complete disaster, Globo Network Television called for the help of  Janete Clair, famous writer of radio plays. In a desperate attempt  to save the story, Clair created an earthquake that shook the  fictional city and killed more than 50% of the characters. The  problem was that one of the characters killed was the one who knew  the secret that would have resolved the story with a happy ending,  so Clair had to create a new situation to solve and, finally, end  this complicated soap