Ugly Betty Gary Rosas and Yamile Hernandez

First Impressions

Betty's Interviewhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lD9v7sMHi00&noredirect=1

•Do you dress in a job interview depending on the job you're applying to?

The "Ugly" duckling

•How is Betty different from other Latina lead roles in the movies we have seen?

• Strong-willed, determined to have her american dream• Doesn't fit society's expectations of beauty

"Be More Realistic"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaRGVDSsYKc&feature=relmfu

• What do you think Hilda means by "people like us"?

•How are Betty and Hilda characters different?

• Is Hilda more Latinized?

"I don't Want to sell Herbalux"

• Her temperment• Clothes• Views about Betty's

dreams

• What role does Hilda play in the family?

• What about Betty's father?What Role does he play?

Class vs Ethnicity

•Betty's struggle to fit in not only has to do with her appearance but with her status as well

•She is working among the high elite in fashiono e.g. How Betty was treated when she

came in with her Pancho

“She (Betty) is a Latina sometimes, but an ugly-duckling working class girl all the time”

Clash between two worlds

•Betty constantly struggles throughout the episode with her career and family lifeo Hilda reminds her of the

importance of family. o e.g. the father's birthday scene

• Is Betty the nurturer in her family?

• Is this a realistic depiction??

Do you think the episode is a refreshing change? or does the episode still show stereotypes for Latinas?

Does Betty's character break barriers?