Comments on: Adios Betty la fea

By: Scott

Scott — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 15:59:46 +0000

Please don’t refer to “us” when you mean “some of us,” as in “ABC’s Ugly Betty has delighted us.” Believe it or not, some of us don’t watch television.

By: Burr

Burr — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 02:54:51 +0000

I never watched the show, but from reading the synopsis I like that they didn’t push Justin in any particular direction and let things sort themselves out. I think that’s a healthier and more realistic way of portraying things as they are today for many kids now instead of the cliched constant struggle, as relevant as it may still be for others.

By: Eddie89

Eddie89 — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 02:39:12 +0000

I respectfully disagree with Emily. I think that having Justin come out was good for his character, good for our community and good for any gay teens that needed some sort of role model to give them hope and courage to just be who they really are.

In the immortal words of Harvey Milk:

My name is Harvey Milk, and I want to recruit you. I want to recruit you for the fight to preserve democracy from the John Briggs and Anita Bryants who are trying to constitutionalize bigotry…

On this anniversary of Stonewall, I ask my gay sisters and brothers to make the commitment to fight. For themselves, for their freedom, for their country…Gay people, we will not win our rights by staying silently in our closets…We are coming out. We are coming out to fight the lies, the myths, the distortions. We are coming out to tell the truths about gays, for I am tired of the conspiracy of silence, so I’m going to talk about it. And I want you to talk about it. You must come out. Come out to your parents, your relatives.

Back when I was a teen (many, many, many, years ago) there was nothing like Justin’s character on TV. Or any solid, stable, good gay characters. The ones that were somewhat gay were portrayed in derogatory ways and watching them made me hate myself and tell myself “I don’t want to be gay, if that’s what being gay is like.”

Well, no more!!!

YES WE CAN!

And yes, we have to! If not for ourselves, then for others.

By: Emily K

Emily K — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 00:07:33 +0000

Justin finally came out? I kinda would have liked it if they had not had him “come out” or “make official” his orientation. Teens are young and uncertain – I know I was as a young gay teen. So it would have been more authentic in my personal, selfish opinion if they had not pasted a label on him and said “done! he’s a gay now, no more uncertainty or questioning.” After all, sexuality is not always a public thing – we don’t *need* to know all the time what everyone is.

By: Regan DuCasse

Regan DuCasse — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 21:47:50 +0000

Okay, that gown that Anna Ortz is wearing in this picture…o.m.g!

I wonder where that thing might go after she’s done with it. I wanna wear that bitch!

By: Timothy Kincaid

Timothy Kincaid — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 21:12:46 +0000

Eddie,

Thanks… i fixed that typo

By: Eddie89

Eddie89 — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 20:07:50 +0000

My husband and I really do like watching this show.

It certainly did a stellar job in it’s character portrayals, while still being entertaining.

Please note that Justin is actually Betty’s nephew, not niece.

By: Mark C

Mark C — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 19:28:42 +0000

Thanks for the write up, Timothy. In the first two seasons, I followed the show religiously, but when the writer’s strike in Hollywood caused the show to be interrupted in Season 3, I kind of got sidetracked and missed a few episodes. However, I’m glad to have come back in Season 4 and caught up. After watching the series finale last night, I realized again, what a jewel Ugly Betty was and how like many good shows, this one ended far too soon.