http://about-face.org/blog/archives/53 Media trespasses against us Mon, 08 Sep 2008 15:36:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://about-face.org/blog/archives/53#comment-52 RW Fri, 02 Feb 2007 13:21:08 +0000 http://about-face.org/blog/archives/53#comment-52 Here's the thing. My partner and I stopped watching this (Ugly Betty - currently mid-first-series here in the UK) because we still felt that the actress was somewhat stereotypical in terms of body shape and appearance. Sure, they'd added braces on her teeth and unusual clothes, but... Maybe I'm just tired of seeing 'ugly woman turns into a butterfly' type films - you know the ones - where they start with a stereotypical model figure, dress her badly, and then later she turns out to be 'beautiful'. There's something about the whole 'not-thin-and-beautiful' equals 'clumsy-no-dress-sense-but-clever-and-beautiful-inside' stereotype that's really getting to me just now. The character of the woman who is Betty's friend seems more realistic. I know things need to be altered a bit to make them work on screen... I'm just not convinced yet. Should I be sticking with this series? Here’s the thing. My partner and I stopped watching this (Ugly Betty - currently mid-first-series here in the UK) because we still felt that the actress was somewhat stereotypical in terms of body shape and appearance. Sure, they’d added braces on her teeth and unusual clothes, but…
Maybe I’m just tired of seeing ‘ugly woman turns into a butterfly’ type films - you know the ones - where they start with a stereotypical model figure, dress her badly, and then later she turns out to be ‘beautiful’.
There’s something about the whole ‘not-thin-and-beautiful’ equals ‘clumsy-no-dress-sense-but-clever-and-beautiful-inside’ stereotype that’s really getting to me just now.
The character of the woman who is Betty’s friend seems more realistic.
I know things need to be altered a bit to make them work on screen… I’m just not convinced yet.
Should I be sticking with this series?

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