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I'm binge watching this right now and its pretty engaging. Sure it probably doesn't depict prison life truly accurately but the cast of those oh so kooky characters that tv loves to portray as real, do have some real human depth shown in flash backs. And the prison is fairly gritty looking as are some of the actors.
Anyway I stumbled on it and like it.
Wow.....I started watching this yesterday and have just finished watching the whole first season.
Holy Buckets! Really a very intense show....I sure hope there is another season.
A bit graphic, and explicit sexually...But, great actors.
I also recommend another Netflix original series, House of Cards.
I was hoping to find the scene with Taystee and her friend doing the whole imitating upper class white women schtick, man they nailed it I thought it was hilarious. I love the Star Trek captain as Red, love the character Red. Didn't find it but saw some interviews with the author of the book, cast. Apparently the show is a departure from the book which is ok with the author. She sees it as an adaption.
Quite a cliff hanger......................., I think the hardest thing and the number one priority in prison as depicted is not doing anything that adds to your sentance.
Watching the second to last episode with the radio interview. Wow what a douche. Hurting so many people, threatening her safety with his telling her confidences. He has no idea what the ramifications of that would be, all so he can be a little famous. Wow, just wow.
Yep if this were a real prison Piper would have been dead just from that radio interview.
The pregnancy story line is so full of flaws I don't like that Mendez dude at all. Sad there really are jerks like that being COs in our prisons.
Somebody asked why do they have male guards at a female prison same reason they have females at a male prison. I'm sure one side of the sexes filed a unfair claim for not hiring them many years ago.
I was hoping to find the scene with Taystee and her friend doing the whole imitating upper class white women schtick, man they nailed it I thought it was hilarious. I love the Star Trek captain as Red, love the character Red. Didn't find it but saw some interviews with the author of the book, cast. Apparently the show is a departure from the book which is ok with the author. She sees it as an adaption.
Agreed...the scenes with the two black inmates imitating hoity-toity white women were a riot! I'm only about halfway through, but I'll probably finish up this weekend. Couldn't figure out why the girl who plays Alex Vause (Piper's ex-lover) looked so familiar. Finally it hit me...she was Donna on "That '70s Show".
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Just watched S1E2. Still not loving it. A little to cutesy for my tastes. But I don't rule out continuing the series....... At least not yet.
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