<http://schema.org/articleBody>
"    Homeland returns on Sunday, and just as importantly, so does Claire Danes&amp;#039;s double-Emmy-winning ugly crying. I&amp;#039;ve watched the first two episodes of the season and the ugly cry is already rearing its ugly head. Prepare for cries so gruesome, they will force Kerry Washington to raise the bar on her sad puppy faces \u2014 or, God forbid, never know victory at the Emmys.   Though Danes (Angela Chase, forever) is an attractive person with a luminous blowout (even when she is strapped to a gurney in the psych ward, or attempting to gun down Abu Nazir), she has mastered a lip-contorting, teeth-baring, guttural-sob-producing ugly cry that is unparalleled in its rawness. And in doing so, she&amp;#039;s made ugly-crying OK for the rest of us.  First popularized by Oprah, who notably devolved into a mess of ugly tears on her show a) when her staff surprised her with an appearance by her idol Mary Tyler Moore and b) after the death of her beloved cocker spaniel, Sophie, the ugly cry has been taboo, a dark place you want to avoid, a sign of losing it.  /div&amp;gt; But Danes&amp;#039;s/Carrie Mathison&amp;#039;s well-documented ugly cry has become so ubiquitous in the dark, twisted world of Homeland that it&amp;#039;s chipped away at the shame of the ugly cry, and raised awareness for acceptance. On Homeland Danes&amp;#039;s fiery displays of emotion are a symbol of passion, fear, and ambition, rather than a sign of weakness or femininity.  She rage-cries when she&amp;#039;s in the throes of a breakdown.    She Lamaze-breathing cries when she&amp;#039;s in Lebanon desperately trying to hunt down Abu Nazir.    And she hissy-fit sobs when she&amp;#039;s breaking up with her terrorist boyfriend.    What could be uglier than this? Certainly not your ugly cry!   When the ugly tears dry, Carrie may have told off her boss, scared the shit out of her man, and committed any number of federal offenses, but nary a single of her emotions is bottled up. It&amp;#039;s all out in the open... and she&amp;#039;s free to pour herself a glass of wine and listen to some jazz. Doesn&amp;#039;t it all seem so therapeutic?  Follow Michelle on Twitter.  Images via Getty Images "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
<http://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/news/a15793/claire-danes-homeland-ugly-cry/?click=cos_new>