Tuesday 1 February 2011

Research: Ugly Betty- Character development of Lauren


 Betty Suarez is smart, sweet and hard working. The only problem is that she's not thin and beautiful like all her coworkers at Mode, the high-fashion magazine where she works. The only reason the publisher hired her to be his son's secretary, is that he thought Betty was someone who Daniel would never sleep with. Betty's hard work and determination earns Daniel's respect, as she helps him find his way through the shark infested waters of the fashion industry. Ugly Betty is based on a Colombian television-novel "Yo Soy Betty La Fea".
Ugly Betty is a TV series comedy drama.
As soon as we came up with our story line we found and immediate correlation between this drama and our own. Betty, like Lauren is the Protagonist (main character) with a love for fashion but isn't always understood, but once in a blue moon she gets lucky. She is far from perfection which makes her character lovable because nobody is.
Some story lines include themes such as:
  • Family affairs
  • Love 
  • Rejection
And so on these are all things we can base future radio dramas on .



The Adversary in this case is Willamina Vivian Slater played by Vanessa Williams. Willamina is a conceited, self-absorbed diva and former supermodel who lives for two things: MODE and BOTOX. Betty and Willamina have a strange relationship. Willamina being a powerful woman in the MODE Magazine industry and Betty being a personal assistant, Willamina is very much superior to her. Instead of rebelling against this Betty (being the nice person she is) has much respect for her. This respect allows them to get along regardless of the working environment hierarchy. 

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