Orange is the New Black

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April 15th, 2014 at 3:40:13 PM permalink
Evenbob
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Quote: AZDuffman

New season next month!


I won't make it thru this season, let alone next.
It's not real enough, it's just a women's drama
highlighting lesbian and transgender behavior.
The women are strong and the men are all weak
and predictable. I read that one thing the show
leaves out is the extreme racial bias that exists in
both men and women's fed prisons. Surprise
frisks and searches go on every day and 85%
of those targeted are blacks and Latinos. They
show very little of this on Orange.

Most of all, prison is a very boring and tedious
place. You do the same things every day, on a
strict timetable, and it's not a big melodrama
like the show implies. That's why there have
been so few prison shows, there's nothing there
to hold your interest. A bunch of losers doing
their time is boring even to the losers themselves.
If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose.
April 16th, 2014 at 6:44:28 PM permalink
Evenbob
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No no no no no no.... I didn't know this was conceived
by the same 'talent' that gave us Weeds, that awful pot
show. I watched two more episodes and saw one girl
'fisting' another and a big woman named Butch
masturbating with the handle of screwdriver. The entire
prison went nuts looking for a chicken and Piper is
starting to act like she's in a college sorority. The
one bonefied evangelical Christian is named PensylTucky.

I looked up the creator of this and the F word came out
of my mouth and woke the dog. I'm done..

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0463176/?ref_=tt_ov_wr
If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose.
April 16th, 2014 at 9:13:29 PM permalink
beachbumbabs
Member since: Sep 3, 2013
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Quote: Evenbob
No no no no no no.... I didn't know this was conceived
by the same 'talent' that gave us Weeds, that awful pot
show. I watched two more episodes and saw one girl
'fisting' another and a big woman named Butch
masturbating with the handle of screwdriver. The entire
prison went nuts looking for a chicken and Piper is
starting to act like she's in a college sorority. The
one bonefied evangelical Christian is named PensylTucky.

I looked up the creator of this and the F word came out
of my mouth and woke the dog. I'm done..

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0463176/?ref_=tt_ov_wr


What, does the dog think his name is "F***"? lol...
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April 17th, 2014 at 2:54:25 AM permalink
AZDuffman
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Quote: Evenbob
No no no no no no.... I didn't know this was conceived
by the same 'talent' that gave us Weeds, that awful pot
show. I watched two more episodes and saw one girl
'fisting' another and a big woman named Butch
masturbating with the handle of screwdriver. The entire
prison went nuts looking for a chicken and Piper is
starting to act like she's in a college sorority. The
one bonefied evangelical Christian is named PensylTucky.


I tried watching "Weeds." I was expecting a different version of "Breaking Bad." The first season was not great but not bad. Second season awful. I got to where the dog bit off a guy's toe and stopped it mid-episode it looked so fake and their reaction so silly.

Back to Piper, well the college sorority thing is kind of a driving point, she does not realize she in in prison. She thinks it is a Youth Hostel maybe. The chicken thing was not great but I think was put there to show the place is divided by racial lines.

I assume people here know why they call her Pennsatucky?
The President is a fink.
April 17th, 2014 at 12:33:54 PM permalink
Fleastiff
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With so many DUIs alot of people have been "inside" that normally would not be there.

As to women's prisons. The sex stuff is ever present. And don't think those old ugly Grandmothers don't go at it too! You have to be Gay for the Stay, no matter what your age!

There are always the Shower Watchers .... they follow someone into the shower and watch ... waiting their time for later "selection".

Not even Hollywood scripts twenty women with one toilet but thats often the way it is during Intake, which can be the most dangerous time there is. Even if most are non violent offenders. Though that classification is based on what you copped a plea to, not what you were charged with.

Staff indifference is total.

Rules are great: 2 library books per week, but after the first day... all books are confiscated for "library inventory" which usually lasts ten or twenty days. Ever been in a room with people you don't want to talk to, some of whom can be dangerous to talk to and not have anything to read at all.



Half way houses can be worse.
April 17th, 2014 at 12:38:55 PM permalink
beachbumbabs
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No idea what Pennsatucky means. Please enlighten me.

Broke down and watched 4 episodes last night. Find it interesting that they feature how each of the characters got there, 1 per episode. Nice story mechanism, I think. Find her interesting as well.

Haven't decided if I'll watch more.
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April 17th, 2014 at 1:10:40 PM permalink
AZDuffman
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Quote: beachbumbabs
No idea what Pennsatucky means. Please enlighten me.


It is a discombobulation of "Pennsyltucky" which is a diparaging term for the parts of PA kind of north of Harrisburg and east of Pittsburgh and Philly. It comes from the idea that while the area is in PA the culture is like Hillbillies in Kentucky. There is even a wikipedia article on it.

The character in the show probably comes from there being as the fictional Federal Pen in NY would probably be the closest Women's Federal Pen for her to go to. How a shooting became a federal and not state case you have to suspend disbelief for, unless abortion clinic violence is a federal rap automatically.
The President is a fink.
June 14th, 2014 at 4:42:39 PM permalink
AZDuffman
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Just binge-watched the new season. General thoughts:

--I thought the start was silly what with them moving Piper to testify but not telling her why she was going or for how long she would be.

--In the finale the van hitting the black woman who escaped but not having so much as a scratch after a high-speed impact, I mean come on.

--It was a let-down that Piper got so much of her life back so fast. Although it got better as the season wore on. Her fiancee is no more and she screwed over her girlfriend to get her back inside.

--That all of this has happened in just a few months is getting to be unbelievable. I expect Piper to get more time sooner or later

--Kind of nice they focused on other characters, though the flashbacks need to be more concise and fast.

It still isn't the best show ever, but it is a reason Netflix is better than cable at 1/10 the price

The President is a fink.
November 21st, 2014 at 9:15:39 PM permalink
Evenbob
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The new Lilyhammer just came to Netflix. Yay.
If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose.
November 22nd, 2014 at 3:41:37 AM permalink
Fleastiff
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I didn't know there was an old Lilyhammer, but since Netflix is not free, I guess it makes no difference.
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