my favorite show ugly betty on abc is the season hottest new show. i love the show for many reasons, but mainly for the purpose of watching betty's nephew Justin, who in my personal opinion clearly gay, and something that we have needed on tv for a long time. in today's' society many children are discovering themselves and their sexuality at young ages.
on last weeks episode the mother of justin confronted the father, and told her that the most important thing was for him to be comfortable with himself, not one of these stereotypical teenage boys playing sports, and things of that nature. justin has a great fashion sense, he is so talented in many ways, and reminds me of myself in many ways. so much speculation has been throwing around on blogs, and even wikipedia about his sexuality, but it is quite clear to everyone what the writers intentions are....tea says it's a hit.....
'Ugly Betty' looks good
If you were to run into America Ferrera, you'd see a cute, bubbly, attractive young woman. But if you were looking for the star of "Ugly Betty," you'd never recognize her.
"I take that as a compliment," Ferrera said.
In "Ugly Betty" (7 p.m., Ch. 4), she plays a fish out of water. Betty Suarez is an extremely intelligent young woman who's hoping for a career at a magazine like Fortune and ends up at fashion magazine Mode — and only because publishing tycoon Bradford Meade (Alan Dale of "The O.C.") hires her as the personal assistant to his womanizing son, Daniel (Eric Mabius), the new editor, because he knows Daniel won't want to sleep with Betty.
Betty isn't ugly, although the bad glasses and braces don't help, but she really just doesn't care about the whole fashionista world she's found herself a part of. Betty is an absolute delight — a character you can instantly fall in love with and root for.
"When I'm in character and I'm wearing Betty's costume, I feel more confident, more beautiful, and more pretty on the inside than when I'm myself," Ferrera said. "When I'm Betty, there's a light that shines from the inside."
There are some parallels between Ferrera and Betty. Even though she's a very attractive woman who — compared to most of us — is a svelte little thing, she ends up playing "big" girls in movies like "Real Women Have Curves" and "Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants" because she's not a size zero.
"I didn't even know I was fat until I started acting. I didn't know how fat and ugly I was until I started going on auditions," said Ferrera, who is neither. "To me it seems like the roles that mean something ... are roles that are flawed and the roles that nobody else wants to play."
I've got to think that a lot of actresses would have loved to star in "Ugly Betty" — it's an almost magical hour that's full of humor, mystery, hardships and triumph. Based on a Colombian telenovela, it's sort of a surreal world populated by heroes and villains — most notably the evil Wilhelmina (Vanessa Williams), who wants Daniel's job — and a mystery about what really happened to the late (maybe) Fey Sommers, Mode's former editor.
At home in middle-class Queens, Betty is surrounded by a loud, loving family (Tony Plano as her father; Ana Ortiz as her sister; Mark Indelicato as her nephew); at work in Manhattan she's swimming with sharks (although she does find friends).
For Ferrera, playing Betty "takes away the pressure on me as an actress. I'm not a model. I never wanted to be a model. ... That's not what I set out in my life to do."
"I set out to tell stories. I set out to represent real people. And to me, Betty is the most beautiful opportunity that's ever come across my path to represent a whole generation of young women who don't recognize themselves in anything they're watching. Whether it be magazines or TV or movies, they're invisible. And to me, it's an honor to take on this role. I love, love, love being her."
"I take that as a compliment," Ferrera said.
In "Ugly Betty" (7 p.m., Ch. 4), she plays a fish out of water. Betty Suarez is an extremely intelligent young woman who's hoping for a career at a magazine like Fortune and ends up at fashion magazine Mode — and only because publishing tycoon Bradford Meade (Alan Dale of "The O.C.") hires her as the personal assistant to his womanizing son, Daniel (Eric Mabius), the new editor, because he knows Daniel won't want to sleep with Betty.
Betty isn't ugly, although the bad glasses and braces don't help, but she really just doesn't care about the whole fashionista world she's found herself a part of. Betty is an absolute delight — a character you can instantly fall in love with and root for.
"When I'm in character and I'm wearing Betty's costume, I feel more confident, more beautiful, and more pretty on the inside than when I'm myself," Ferrera said. "When I'm Betty, there's a light that shines from the inside."
"I didn't even know I was fat until I started acting. I didn't know how fat and ugly I was until I started going on auditions," said Ferrera, who is neither. "To me it seems like the roles that mean something ... are roles that are flawed and the roles that nobody else wants to play."
I've got to think that a lot of actresses would have loved to star in "Ugly Betty" — it's an almost magical hour that's full of humor, mystery, hardships and triumph. Based on a Colombian telenovela, it's sort of a surreal world populated by heroes and villains — most notably the evil Wilhelmina (Vanessa Williams), who wants Daniel's job — and a mystery about what really happened to the late (maybe) Fey Sommers, Mode's former editor.
At home in middle-class Queens, Betty is surrounded by a loud, loving family (Tony Plano as her father; Ana Ortiz as her sister; Mark Indelicato as her nephew); at work in Manhattan she's swimming with sharks (although she does find friends).
For Ferrera, playing Betty "takes away the pressure on me as an actress. I'm not a model. I never wanted to be a model. ... That's not what I set out in my life to do."
"I set out to tell stories. I set out to represent real people. And to me, Betty is the most beautiful opportunity that's ever come across my path to represent a whole generation of young women who don't recognize themselves in anything they're watching. Whether it be magazines or TV or movies, they're invisible. And to me, it's an honor to take on this role. I love, love, love being her."
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