Always a good reminder that fantasy land is fantasy land.
Again: the show is an amusingly different take on a rom-com, that just so happens to take place in a prison. The book is a very good, and also quite scary at times.
I started to read this similar article the other day but gave up because I wanted to punch the author.
Next theyāll tell that prison sex isnāt as hot as it on OZ.
I think someone is a little confused about how fiction works. Was she expecting a documentary?
Well the show is ostensibly based on an autobiographical memoir, so a casual fan might be forgiven for thinking it was somewhat true-to-life.
Iāve seen people complain that this critique isnāt a good fit since the writer was in a high-security prison (she went to jail for armed robbery) whereas Orange is the New Black is based more on a lower security setting. I suspect the āwhite fantasy-landā description of the show is still fairly accurate though.
Itās DESIGNED to spread propaganda about the acceptability of Prison in our culture and move people away from REFORM of a corrupt, inhumane, racist torture system that rehabilitates nobody and serves only as an outlet for a nationās SADISM.
Werenāt at least some of the characters in the show incarcerated for murder?
Well, maybeā¦ but I havenāt seen any reason to believe that Jenji Kohan is on anybodyās payroll. Personally if I were to write a show with the intent of making prison seem more acceptable Iād probably depict less corruption, abuse and inefficacy on the part of the warden and correctional staff.
More likely they took liberties with the truth because they thought it would make for better television.
So Iām confused. Are you saying I shouldnāt continue trying to build a Meth empire?
My coconut radio research must continueā¦
Lol! That is exactly what the anti prison reformists want you to believe.
Iām pro-reform. Do you have any actual evidence that Jenji Kohan or others behind the show are anti-reform? Iām not ruling out the possibility, just curious.
Minimum-security federal prison is different than a state prison that ranges from minimum- to maximum-security? Who would have thunk?
And itās interesting how she criticizes the show for not showing omnipresent guards, yet says she was āfortunateā there was a guard nearby when she was attacked in the library.
Iām sure there is considerable dramatic license being exercised, but I bet that if you asked Martha Stewart her opinions on how realistic the show is you might get a different perspective.
Sporeā¦ I find most of the āTV isnāt realā blogging\articles boring and narcissistic, and my first reaction is to mock the author. Through that filter I had interpreted Kopimiās reply as being in jest, and if it wasnāt in jest I would agree with your opinion.
Ah, thank you.
I dunno how real it is or not, but all I want to do is dub the Seinfeld transition music right at the beginning of every flashback.
A laugh track would also work.
While I certainly agree with your assessment of the prison-industrial-complex, Iām not sure the show itself is a cheerleader for the prison system. Lots of fucked up things happen to the women on the show - it certainly isnāt a positive spin on prison, even if there is a tendency to white wash whatās happening in the privatized prison system. The women depicted are often subjected to the exactly the kind of things youāre talking about. It actually does a decent job at showing how the prison system is rigged against African Americans especially, how inhumane it can be, and how the system works in terms of setting up inmates for recidivism.
It might not be the kind of eye opening investigation on the evils of the prison industrial complex, but itās hardly pro-prison.
