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She's In Fashion

Jan 24, 2007 20:07

Salma Hayek, when opening the envelopes containing this year’s Oscar nominations (about which more anon) was heard to remark “There’s so many Mexicans!” with a little squeal of delight. She’s just one person who’s noticed a rise in creativity south of the border; the best film of 2006 and the best TV series both have roots in Mexico ( Read more... )

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matt_inthe_hat January 24 2007, 21:15:15 UTC

Another friend had recommended it to me and I watched the episode with the photgrapher from the old 'hood made good. I originally dismissed the show because of its predictability ("oh look. Betty uses her knowledge of real life to connect with a prized photographer") and I really over-looked the other elements (the bullying, the image-insecurity, the conspiracy) as they were uninteresting, annoying and distracting (in that order).

I agree that it is really well written, but it just doesn't have anything that I'm interested in to keep me coming back. It also really annoyed me.

Creative Team: "We've got a show about an ugly girl who struggles in the fashion industry but will eventually succeed by keepin' it real."
Evil Executives: "Sounds like a winner with the fashion girls and the indie nerds. Are you married to the idea of her being ugly?"
C.T.: "YES! That's a whole part of the point!"
E.E.: "Ah! I see! OK, we can work with that."
[Pause]E.E.: "We'll just hire a good looking girl, put some unconvincing glasses and braces on her and ( ... )

momentsmusicaux January 24 2007, 22:00:01 UTC

Ah.... I used to wonder why French soaps were so formulaic, obviously studio-based, had laughs and yet weren't sitcoms. They were telenovellas!

I've been quite enjoying Ugly Betty, and yes, like a few other good US TV shows, it makes what we do here look like crap.
Marc is also really good at crossing his eyes in fright!

(I didn't think much of The IT Crowd though.)

alanzo_hawk January 25 2007, 16:55:01 UTC

thanks so much for writing this. while 'ugly betty' isn't a preference of mine, I do know that in the not-so-distant past, there's been a huge lack of representation of...oh...what are they calling us now? latinas? mexicanas? hispanics? chicanas? I don't know. I'm just me.

I look forward to the day when it's completely irrelevant: here's a show, or a film, or a book, and it's phenomenal, and brilliant, and oh, she just happens to be hispanic. or whatever.

la_pasionaira January 25 2007, 17:08:43 UTC

hi. i tried to watch Ugly Betty last Friday and i just didnt like it, found it predictable and annoying . My daughter age 11 likes it but it irritates me and We all know that Betty is not ugly.

as for Salma Hayec well she is just wonderful.