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Ugly Betty
January 25, 2008
I love
Ugly Betty. For those not in the loop, Betty Suarez is a young woman trying to make it as a journalist. She lands a job as an assistant to Daniel Meade (son of the owner) at fashion magazine Mode. The twist is that Betty is a size 14 (I'm guessing) in a size 4 world, wears braces, dresses for comfort and her own style and is very nice. All things, it appears on the show, missing from the fashion industry.
Last night's show had Betty finally getting her big break. She was given the opportunity to write an interview about an author to appear in the magazine. While Daniel told her she would be interviewing Phil Roth, she assumes he means Philip Roth of
Goodbye, Columbus fame. Turns out that Phil wrote a book called
Tapping Out with tips for men on how to get women in bed. Betty is horrified at the man and the book cover which shows a woman served up on a plate. When Phil explains his philosophy of picking up women and Betty doesn't believe women will fall for it, Phil shows her by using his techniques on a woman in the office and it works.
Betty refuses to write the interview and turns in an article on her sister instead saying she didn't like the man or his book. Daniel then says she is literally juding a book by it's cover and tells her he will find someone else to do it since she wasn't up to it. Of course, this spurs Betty into action.
This show is so timely, coming as it is on the heels of yesterday's hot topic about reviews. The blog brought out strong emotions. I guess I'm still new enough at this to be amazed at how fast people jump on these topics. It turns out several other blogs picked up the subject matter, so I read them. It was very interesting, for me, because it was like being reviewed. So I kind of got to know what you authors go through.
The most fascinating part was reading what I said taken out of context. It was obvious that some didn't even read the whole blog because while I said I didn't read reviews before I read a book or saw a movie, I admitted to reading them after the fact. And while I personally won't write a bad review, I can understand talking about good plotting and characterization. What I can't understand is
personally attacking an author.
So back to Betty. Are you like Betty? Do you judge a book by it's cover and decide you don't like the book because of it? Would you be inclined to be negative because the subject matter repulsed you like it did Betty? Would that stop you from reading or writing about it?
And because it's Friday, as usual I invite you to post on what you've been reading. Unfortunately, real life got in the way this week and I didn't finish a book even though I've got three going. But I will be writing about them next week....after I finish reading them.
Any problems posting, email your comments to me and I'll post for you.
Bottom Line: The book cover of the woman on the plate was tacky, but for real tackiness, on
The Surreal Life, they had a naked woman lying on the dining room table covered with food and people actually ate off of her. Ewww.
Posted by Barbara Vey on January 25, 2008 | Comments (8)
