Hollywood Homely: Difference between revisions

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[[File:Bettyugly_9704.jpg|link=Ugly Betty|frame| I can think of at least one thing wrong with that title.]]

'''Casting''': Well, you said you wanted gritty. In other words, ugly.<br />

'''Producer''': I wanted Mary Ann on ''[[Gilligan's Island (TV)|Gilligans Island]]'' ugly, not Cornelius on ''[[Planet of the Apes]]'' ugly. TV-ugly, not ... [[The Grotesque|ugly-ugly]].|'''''[[The Simpsons (Animation)|The Simpsons]]''''', "Pygmoelian"}}

Dramatic situations sometimes require a character (usually female) who is unappealing, unattractive, and has a hard time finding dates. However, unattractive or even average-looking women are often dissuaded from even trying to get acting jobs in Hollywood, so the person cast in the role ends up being more gorgeous than anybody you'll ever meet in real life. Likewise, producers know that "beauty is money," and so they're disinclined to cast ''genuinely'' unattractive people even as villains or extras, but would rather simply ''imply'' homeliness to the character via character-reactions -- regardless of the irony presented in attributing such to the fairly good-looking person playing the role.

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