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Ed Morales analyzes the recent outrage after the character played by Puerto Rican actor Amaury Nolasco in the ABC program “Work It” said: “I’m Puerto Rican. I’ll be great at selling drugs.” Written by Firuzeh Shokooh Valle · comments (0) Share: Donate · facebook · twitter · reddit · StumbleUpon ·...  

So does his buddy, Angel (Amaury Nolasco), who is similarly costumed. With their linebacker physiques, squeaky voices and amateurish makeup, neither man would fool a five-year-old, which is meant to be part of the joke — whereupon laughs ensue (at least ...  

Premiering in prime time this week is "Work It" (8:30 p.m. Tuesday, ABC), a ridiculously broad sitcom about a couple of unemployed guys (Ben Koldyke and Amaury Nolasco) who disguise themselves as women in a desperate attempt to land jobs. Of course ...  

Trying to do their best Bosom Buddies remake, Lee (Ben Koldyke) and Angel (Amaury Nolasco) dress as women to get jobs because it turns out the recession is more of a "mancession". They score positions as pharmaceutical sales reps and must keep up their ...  

Prior to the series premiere of Work It, starring Ben Koldyke and Amaury Nolasco, Herndon Graddick, GLAAD senior director of programs and communications, stated that the show would negatively impact transgender people by sending the wrong message to TV viewers.  

Benjamin Koldyke and Amaury Nolasco play two dudes who dress up like women to get jobs at a pharmaceutical company that, for whatever reason, is only hiring women. What follows is pure, undeserved hell. On the viewer. Read IGN's review of Work It here.  

In the series, which premieres on January 3, Lee Standish (played by Ben Koldyke) and Angel Ortiz (Amaury Nolasco) play two unemployed men who land jobs as sales representatives for a pharmaceutical company dressed as women. (A trailer for the ...  

A mediocre show and a facile joke have ignited a firestorm of controversy. Whether or not you believe it is much ado about nothing, actor Amaury Nolasco and ABC have insulted Puerto Rico, and the Hispanic community itself. The insult comes not ...  

Adding to the supposed merriment is Lee’s promise to his friend Angel Ortiz (Amaury Nolasco), who is also unemployed, that if Lee got work, he would get Angel a job at the same place. When Lee finally explains his situation, Angel also gets a ...  

The two groups will also meet with ABC to discuss the series, which is slated for a Jan. 3 premiere and stars Ben Koldyke ("How I Met Your Mother") and Amaury Nolasco ("Prison Break") as the cross-dressing job-seekers. GLAAD and HRC fired off ...  

The painfully contrived plot centers on Lee (Ben Koldyke from “How I Met Your Mother”) and Angel (Amaury Nolasco from “Prison Break”), two best bros who can’t seem to get jobs in this tough economy. So naturally, they dress up in drag and ...  

Work It focuses on two unemployed men, played by Ben Koldyke and Amaury Nolasco, who dress up as women to get jobs. That’s about it for plot. Obviously if you’re looking for realism, you don’t opt for a show like Work It in the first place.  

The series stars Ben Koldyke (“How I Met Your Mother”) and Amaury Nolasco (“Prison Break”) as two friends and former coworkers who, unemployed and desperate, take to cross-dressing in order to get hired by a pharmaceutical company that ...  

Ben Koldyke (left) and Amaury Nolasco play guys who pose as women to land sales jobs on ABC’s “Work It.” PASADENA, Calif. — ABC’s entertainment chief says he doesn’t understand complaints made by transgender people about the network ...