Comments on: Have I Mentioned I Adore “Ugly Betty”?

By: Feminist Critics

Feminist Critics — Tue, 29 May 2007 03:43:07 +0000

[...] a woman pressures a man into having sex, even though he clearly refused to start with. Given the approval expressed by feminists toward this series, it will be interesting to see whether this scene provokes any comment from [...]

By: Ugly Betty

Ugly Betty — Sat, 26 May 2007 12:38:25 +0000

well, actually I totally agree with you……she’s a new way to do television and open people’s mind.

By: WIMN’s Voices: A Group Blog on Women, Media, AND… » Blog Archive » An Open Letter to Ugly Betty’s America Ferrera

Fri, 19 Jan 2007 16:10:47 +0000

[...] As I watched you speak about your win, I thought back to a time when I first came to know beauty on my own terms. Perhaps like many young Latinas, before I knew you as Betty Suárez, I knew you as Ana, the young Mexican-American woman from East Los Angeles in Patricia Cardoso’s 2002 film, Real Women Have Curves. Perhaps unlike many young Latinas, however, by summer’s end of the same year the film was released, I had just endured a season in the Texas pageant circuit. Before meeting your headstrong and unapologetic feminist character in Cardoso’s film, I had met and internalized a vastly different knowledge of beauty – a knowledge mostly having to do with spray-on self-tanner and strappy heels. My transformation from aimless college co-ed in her early 20’s to dedicated and fierce feminist activist in her early 20’s I owe to fearless characters like Ana and Betty Suárez, and to fearless women like you, Ms. Ferrera. [...]

By: Sue

Sue — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 02:57:58 +0000

Every time I see “Ugly Betty,” I come away wishing that Christina would be on screen for more of the show. She’s warm and humane (making her a fish-out-of-water at “Mode,” like Betty). And she’s is played by a very talented actress. More Christina!!!!

By: Blue

Blue — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 23:25:24 +0000

I heard so many references before this tv season to new American shows following the telenovela style, but I haven’t heard which shows are embracing this. It’d be nice to know.

By: Elena

Elena — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 20:18:48 +0000

Will it end after a pre-determined number of episodes, like the telenovela, or peter out, like a US series?

By: EJ

EJ — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 18:16:45 +0000

I agree with you, amp- this show is really good and doesn’t get enough credit.

By: debbie

debbie — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 15:15:32 +0000

I also love this show, although the name was initially off putting.

By: ms_xeno

ms_xeno — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 04:04:14 +0000

Salma of Nine ?

By: Penn

Penn — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 03:25:06 +0000

Love America Ferrera–I suspect the show wouldn’t work without her energy at its center. And the ABC schedule puts Ugly Betty right before Grey’s Anatomy this year… so on Thursday nights, we get the beautiful curves and features of Ferrera, followed by the beautiful curves and features of Sara Ramirez (especially gorgeous next to some of her waifish co-stars).

By: Robert

Robert — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 23:27:00 +0000

So you’ve watched 20 seconds of one episode?

Well, OK, but I’ve watched those 20 seconds like 200 times. So that counts, right?

No, I’ve watched several episodes. I meant to say I *particularly enjoy* Salma’s presence, and it’s not because of her Method skills.

Jokes aside, that’s intended as a serious point: that the addition of a conventionally gorgeous woman automatically draws interest (at least from one demographic). I wonder whether Hayek intended to make an ironic point (”look, you’re all watching a show about how beauty doesn’t come from a fashion magazine, and even there you want to see T&A!”) or if it’s just a standard TV decision (”let’s punch this up with some T&A”).

By: Ampersand

Ampersand — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 23:09:17 +0000

I like watching it on occasion, mainly when Salma Hayek will be disrobing.

So you’ve watched 20 seconds of one episode?

By: Robert

Robert — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 22:53:30 +0000

My wife really enjoys Ugly Betty.

I like watching it on occasion, mainly when Salma Hayek will be disrobing.

Yes, I am aware of the irony. Sue me.

Mmm, Salma…

By: Blue

Blue — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 22:11:05 +0000

I have to say it though, Amp: The previews of the show always attract me, but I have such a visceral reaction to the show’s name that I just can’t watch. The title hurts, no matter the irony.

By: Beth

Beth — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

much of it, but I read some good reviews and decided to give it a try. And while it’s light and fluffy, I enjoy light and fluffy. I’ve also read at least one review that points out that it’s light fluffy with a good dose of class and ethnicity related subversion

By: and I wasted all that birth control...

and I wasted all that birth control... — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

but they are great fun. They are like eating a Hot Fudge Sunday–at first you think it’s all whipped cream but no! there’s ice cream! and hot fudge! in there too. Sweet, sticky, and immensely satisfying. Ugly Betty Amp over at Alas! A Blog wrote brilliantly about this show the other day

By: the f-word

the f-word — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

is about to hit Channel 4. The hugely successful US comedy, adapted from a Colombian telenovela, stars America Ferrara as Betty, a Latina from Queens, who landed her job in journalism because her boss wouldn’t want to sleep with her. As Ampersand says, the show is at its best when dealing with race and class issues. But Ferrara is a brilliant actor, and Betty is an unusually interesting and thoughtfully-drawn character. Betty’s boss is a good guy within the show’s plot, but his constant