Ugly Betty - ABC's Primetime Show
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I think the moral of Ugly Betty is , no matter how unattractive, average looking you are it is intelligence, smarts, good natured and respect that outweighs the superficial materialistic attitude.
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Inside 'Ugly Betty''s Closet!
Lime green with red, prints with plaids, large bows at the neck, lots of vests and not a natural fiber in her closet -- these are the things of which "Ugly Betty"'s wardrobe is made.
"Betty loves color," series star AMERICA FERRERA tells ET on the set of the hit ABC series about Betty, a plain Jane who wants nothing more than to land a job in the high-pressure magazine world in New York City. To her chagrin -- because she has no interest in fashion -- she is hired as the assistant to the editor of a high-fashion magazine and quickly learns that, to the superficial and beautiful people she has to deal with, looks are everything.
"It is a lot of fun to play a character where I can let go of all the appearance issues," America continues. "If there is food in my teeth, good, use it in the scene. I never feel self-conscious when I am Betty."
Fab fashionista PATRICIA FIELD -- who spent five years dressing SARAH JESSICA PARKER, KIM CATTRALL, KRISTIN DAVIS and CYNTHIA NIXON on the fashion-forward "Sex and the City" -- is the costume designer responsible for creating Betty's look. Pat's goal was to make Betty stand out, without turning her into a cartoon character. It wasn't easy, but she got it just right.
"Dressing somebody ugly is not easy," says America, who had to try on many, many wardrobe items as she morphed into Betty. "For a designer it goes against instinct."
Of course, it requires more than mismatched clothing -- get this, some of the items are actually designer duds -- to get the Betty look. America also puts on red glasses, braces and bushier eyebrows.
"The glasses are really sexy on anybody else without everything [that goes into being Betty]. The hair doesn't look so bad when I don't have everything. Individually, everything doesn't look so bad. It is when you put it all together; she is this explosion of crazy ideas," the "Ugly Betty" star reveals.
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Lime green with red, prints with plaids, large bows at the neck, lots of vests and not a natural fiber in her closet -- these are the things of which "Ugly Betty"'s wardrobe is made.
"Betty loves color," series star AMERICA FERRERA tells ET on the set of the hit ABC series about Betty, a plain Jane who wants nothing more than to land a job in the high-pressure magazine world in New York City. To her chagrin -- because she has no interest in fashion -- she is hired as the assistant to the editor of a high-fashion magazine and quickly learns that, to the superficial and beautiful people she has to deal with, looks are everything.
"It is a lot of fun to play a character where I can let go of all the appearance issues," America continues. "If there is food in my teeth, good, use it in the scene. I never feel self-conscious when I am Betty."
Fab fashionista PATRICIA FIELD -- who spent five years dressing SARAH JESSICA PARKER, KIM CATTRALL, KRISTIN DAVIS and CYNTHIA NIXON on the fashion-forward "Sex and the City" -- is the costume designer responsible for creating Betty's look. Pat's goal was to make Betty stand out, without turning her into a cartoon character. It wasn't easy, but she got it just right.
"Dressing somebody ugly is not easy," says America, who had to try on many, many wardrobe items as she morphed into Betty. "For a designer it goes against instinct."
Of course, it requires more than mismatched clothing -- get this, some of the items are actually designer duds -- to get the Betty look. America also puts on red glasses, braces and bushier eyebrows.
"The glasses are really sexy on anybody else without everything [that goes into being Betty]. The hair doesn't look so bad when I don't have everything. Individually, everything doesn't look so bad. It is when you put it all together; she is this explosion of crazy ideas," the "Ugly Betty" star reveals.
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Eric Mabius is HOT.
Do you think he and Betty will get together eventually/
Do you think he and Betty will get together eventually/
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i can't believe anything this offensive can be on primetime television!!!...
it's just one sterotype after another...
my friend and i just watched it with our jaws gaping...
ABC-please cancel this CRAP!!...
it's insulting and offensive...
it's just one sterotype after another...
my friend and i just watched it with our jaws gaping...
ABC-please cancel this CRAP!!...
it's insulting and offensive...
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softgrey said:i can't believe anything this offensive can be on primetime television!!!...
it's just one sterotype after another...
my friend and i just watched it with our jaws gaping...
ABC-please cancel this CRAP!!...
it's insulting and offensive...
It is television. It is made of clichés and stereotypes. Just like SATC, for instance (which was made of even worse stereotypes and had hundreds of thousands of followers who took every word that came out of Carry Bradshaw's mouth as gospel - fashion-wise and love-wise).
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i love america ferrera - but my type A personality is getting in the way of enjoying the show! 
i still watch it for the fashion stuff but im like, betty its time to stop making these mistakes and consult your little brother for some advice haha. i know, i can be so harsh - my friends were like, i'd hate to work for you...
i still watch it for the fashion stuff but im like, betty its time to stop making these mistakes and consult your little brother for some advice haha. i know, i can be so harsh - my friends were like, i'd hate to work for you...eternitygoddess
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No way. I'm hooked on it. It's my daily snack.
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The Nightmare Before Christmas
On ''Ugly Betty,'' Wilhelmina leads the investigation when someone leaks the idea for Mode's holiday spread to a rival magazine by Michael Slezak
Not to get all Joey Lawrence on you guys, but ''Whoa!'' Tonight, for the first time in its four-episode run, Ugly Betty gave me the chills, and to my surprise, said shivers arrived during a scene pertaining to the show's central mystery, the untimely ''death'' of Fey Sommers.
Now mind you, up until (and even including) this week, I've felt that every scene involving Bradford Meade poking into or fretting over the power editrix's fiery car crash has fit into the Betty universe about as naturally as a copy of The Economist in a stack of Vogues, Elles, and Harper's Bazaars. But right at the end of the episode, as Daniel added the red music box to the Mode Christmas photo shoot, and it began to play that haunting little melody, and adorable Justin cued the snow to start falling, something wickedly unexpected happened: Stylish Grinch Wilhelmina chimed in with a line that, in the hands of consummate pro Vanessa (L. Yeah) Williams, was at once bone-chilling, heartwarming, and coolly enigmatic. ''Snow is a magical blanket — it hides what's ugly and makes everything beautiful.''
I'm not sure if ol' Wilhelmina intended her bon mot as a threat to the Meade men. (Certainly, a few impermanent snowflakes won't be able to mask the ugliness of Bradford's secret forever.) Maybe she was expressing begrudging admiration of nemesis Betty's hard work and resiliency (her total lack of a fashion gene notwithstanding). Then again, perhaps a few minutes of Justin time caused Wilhelmina's heart to grow a few sizes larger. However it was written, much respect to Williams for making the clichéd sound bite work on so many levels; if she's hoping for an Emmy nod next year, this should be the episode she submits to the judges' panel.
Seriously, Wilhelmina's stinging rebuke to Daniel in the middle of their brainstorming session — ''Did you just gesture at me when you said Kwanzaa?'' — had me laughing harder than anything I've seen on TV (or at the movies) all year. And the wild-eyed glee with which she ended her investigation into the Mode leak — ''Fat Carol, on the other hand, gave it up intentionally. She gets the ax!'' — practically had me chanting for a guillotine.
Of course, Williams can't take all the credit for helping weave the Sommers mystery into the show's tapestry. Indeed, by making Daniel aware of his father's infidelity with Fey, and by drawing Betty into the tangled web of mysterious phone calls and creepy, street-corner interrogations by Bradford, the show's writers finally have me invested in the outcome. In fact, tonight, just for a nanosecond, I wondered if perhaps it's the as-yet-unseen Mrs. Meade — and not Fey Sommers — who's been hanging out in that 1,000-square-foot tanning bed (or some such moodily lit pod of the future), sipping champagne and dishing dirt with Willie. Okay, that's a long shot (this is ABC, but it's not Lost, right?), though a jilted wife might stand to gain something from her husband's downfall, too.
We've certainly seen odder alliances. Take Betty working in conjunction with Marc and Amanda to cover up their accidental disclosures to sexy snake Carlos Medina (played by Nicholas Gonzalez, whom I vaguely remember from an episode of MTV's Undressed). Talk about doozies: Amanda practically assaulting Betty's dad in the pursuit of flan (''Brrrrrring it!''); Marc's job duties including the tearing of Wilhelmina's lettuce into bite-sized pieces; Betty growling the name ''Fat Carol'' with open disdain. But as much critical love as America Ferrera has received for bringing Betty to such beautiful life, costars Becki Newton and Michael Urie deserve to be household names for making the insufferable wretches they portray so darn irresistible. Indeed, Amanda's ''Hoe-lah!'' is my new catchphrase of the month. Runner-up? Marc's ''She's like Liza at the Pride Parade!'' Alas, it might be a little harder to work Wilhelmina's ''Do you know how many curly-haired, effete sycophants there are waiting to replace you?'' into everyday conversation. Not that I won't try.
Still, if we're calling any Betty character irresistible, it's got to be Justin, and in tonight's episode, he proved indispensable, too. You see, unlike the similarly hyped freshman series Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, in which the sketch-comedy show that's the lifeblood of all its characters is so painfully flaccid, Ugly Betty — particularly through Justin's eyes — reminds all of us at home in our Old Navy sleep bottoms why high fashion really is such a grand pursuit. For Justin (and maybe for the tormented kids who still reside somewhere beneath Wilhelmina's, Amanda's, and Marc's layers of snark and vindictiveness) life at Mode is ''just like Top Model, except no one's crying.'' Maybe I wouldn't know a Narciso Rodriguez if I accidentally brought it home from the dry cleaners, but I could relate to Justin's squeal of hope that perhaps the designer might be ringing Betty's line. Better still, I get the impression it's never even occurred to Justin to feel apologetic for cherishing a baby blue designer sweater vest from the local sales rack over, say, a New York Giants football jersey. Trust me when I say it's not just one in ten kids who need to see Justin on the small screen every Thursday night; it's the entire population of America.
Not that Hilda wasn't taking exactly the right approach by grounding her kid for cutting class to enter Betty's world. Certainly, a postapocalyptic Christmas fashion spread (''a Mad Maxmas, if you will'') isn't exactly a kid-friendly concept. Then again, as we learned on this week's Project Runway finale, couture ain't always about the pretty; sometimes, it's one's willingness to go boldly and, yes, even ridiculously down the catwalk that wins the day.
What do you think? Are you starting to get more wrapped up in the show's central mystery? What about the revelation that Betty's dad is using a false identity? And I know Justin lost his boob-tube privileges, but where in the world was this week's Fashion TV segment?
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eternitygoddess said:
yes, he and betty are totally gonna get together at the en and she'll end of having total makeover too and theyll both be happy. i mean she cant be with wlater cuz hes stupid and they he doesnt deserve her, and that guy form accounting she might date but it wont last long, she is meant to be with daniel...
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When I first read this line, I thought it was referring to "America" the country. I was like, "Oh my God! Someone wants to transform Americans to look like Betty?" It gets me nearly everytime the word "America" is written without a last name.
Anyway, thanks for the article!
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cygnenoir said:Is it wrong that I LOVE the character of the fashion obsessed little brother?That kid makes me laugh.
"I hate telenovelas, I wanna watch Fashion TV!"
he is the cutest, I loved his Halloween costume and him dancing and singing around
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^I love Justin!! he makes me laugh like crazy
Did anyone else find henry from the last episode really hot?
Betty should leave walter for him
Did anyone else find henry from the last episode really hot?
Betty should leave walter for him
Besides The Amazing Race, this is the best show on network television. I was in no uncertain terms ordered to watch this program by someone who knows my tastes better than I do and caught my first ep last week. Thank god abc.com has the previous three eps "on demand" so I think all I missed was the first episode.
Everything about it is genius. Especially Hilda vs. Gina!
Everything about it is genius. Especially Hilda vs. Gina!
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oh no reason to miss anything at all, you can watch episodes on abc.com!!Atelier said:Besides The Amazing Race, this is the best show on network television. I was in no uncertain terms ordered to watch this program by someone who knows my tastes better than I do and caught my first ep last week. Thank god abc.com has the previous three eps "on demand" so I think all I missed was the first episode.
Everything about it is genius. Especially Hilda vs. Gina!
edit: took a look and maybe you can't watch as back as the first epidsode though
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