Ugly Betty
I'm glad you enjoy the show. But not everything is an exaggeration. A hispanic home life, especially first generation, is portrayed pretty much the way it is. Zarapes here and there, food and kitchen being the hub of the home, and the second generation trying desparately to break the mold without losing their culture.
I like this show because even though the comedy comes from the exaggeration of how the stereotypical Hispanic woman looks like or the stereotypical Hispanic family behaves like, it reaches out the ever growing Hispanic population in this country and gives us an opportunity to relate to our culture without being offended.
Personally, I don't watch this series; I'm not so much into comedies based on foreign telenovelas and I normally am either watching Countdown with Keith Olbermann on MSNBC or puttering around with my computer.
My mom, who liked "Betty la fea" - the Colombian telenovela which is the basis of the show - can't stand this series. She says they shouldn't have adapted it for American audiences; telenovelas tend to have closed story arcs (a clear beginning, middle, and end), while sitcoms tend to not have a well-defined story arc.
My mom, who liked "Betty la fea" - the Colombian telenovela which is the basis of the show - can't stand this series. She says they shouldn't have adapted it for American audiences; telenovelas tend to have closed story arcs (a clear beginning, middle, and end), while sitcoms tend to not have a well-defined story arc.