Ugly Betty Writers Inspired By Jane Austen?
February 2, 2008 by Tom
This could just be literary history repeating itself. Or, maybe Sheila R Lawrence and Henry Alonso Myers, writers of Ugly Betty episode 2.13 (A Thousand Words By Friday) have been reading Jane Austen.
If you’ll remember, in episode 2.13, Betty thought she was going to interview Phillip Roth, a distinguished and accomplished author. Instead she interviewed “Phil Roth”, author of the book “Tap That (How To Score With Hot B*tches)”. Roth’s methodology was to insult the target woman (starting with a slight praise), then ignore her till she begged for attention. For example, when Henry was trying out the method, he …read more