Paca, The Ugly Betty of the Parrot World
Episode One. The Parrots of Anapoima
- Gabriel Quintero
While soap opera fans the world over are watching the never-ending misadventures of “Bety la fea” (Ugly Betty), there is another every day soap opera going on in a certain Anapoima mandarina tree.
Ugly Betty, a telenova filmed in Colombia, written by Fernando Gaitan and produced between 1999 through 2001 by the Colombian network RCN, features Beatriz Aurora Pinzon Solano, an unattractive--but very brainy woman--working for the Eco Moda company, who is constantly mocked by her prettier workmates.In the parrot soap opera of all time, poor Paca, wife of runaround Paco, is the Ugly Betty of the Mandarina Tree, where she lives with Paco, Roberto and Lorenzo. Paca only became “Ugly Betty” when strumpet Rosa showed up and started hitting on Paco. More...