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Betty en NY (2019)
Nice remake with some misakes
There are two different ways to look at Betty en NY, we can either look at it with the original (And best version ever made) "Yo Soy Betty, la fea", produced in 1999 or we can look at it alone, by itself. And in both ways, I believe there are some mistakes.
One problem, that many of the versions of this story has and this one does too, is that Betty is not ugly. We had this problem on Ugly Betty as well, sure, we have a character that's a fashion disaster with those huge glasses and that unique way to stumble around. But we can see, since episode 1 that there's a beautiful girl underneath it, so we are not surprised at all with her becoming a beautiful woman, we already knew it. That's something that the original version does greatly, the surprise when we see the new Betty is magnanimous, and the transformation happens step by step, with the hair, the braces, the confidence sinking in, the glasses until we finally see the ugly duck swimming graciously through the river of Ecomoda (V&M). This version also had a lot more subplots development than the original version. And, some of them were great improvements.
Daniel Valencia wasn't a good villain back in 1999, we could see a bad man, sure, but nonetheless a man trying to protect his family. Here, we see a villain, a man without limits to achieve what he wants, a man who doesn't care if he has to destroy his family's assets if he succeeds, a man capable of murder and who doesn't care at all for human lives. Very well done for Betty en NY.
We also had a lot more development with the girls who work at V&M, all their stories were increased, making us care more about them, they're not just support now, they're people, with their story and their problems and their feelings, however, we lose a lot of time developing Sophia's story. At climactic points when we are tense and wanna see what's going on with the protagonists, the story cuts to this side plot that was supposed to be a comic relief, but tries to rival the main story. They get so much screen time that it becomes tiresome, making us lose focus and making the main story lose impact. Sophia's character had also some other problems, like insulting Marcela when she was the only one who helped her with her suffering and her divorce, that shows her like an ungrateful person or, at least, contraditory.
We also see Sandra (and Wilson) having A LOT MORE screen time on this version, they had a decent side plot, which was completely new and wasn't as long as Sophia's. It was nice to ad subplots and this one was a good addition.
Another good addition was Hugo's husband (and his wife). Hugo itself was 10 times better than the original. We could see his feelings, his details, how he handles the problems and, at the same time, we had the Divino Hugo, the diva, with all his shenanigans.
Overall, we have a very complete work, which deals very well with the elements of today, being very well adapted for our days and our technologies. Of course with all the information we have today it is a little harder to believe that a woman wouldn't be able to improve her appearance enough to be well suited for her job, but we can look past that and enjoy this amazing love story and adventure.