Wackd
Since: May, 2009
10/23/2014 00:00:00
Pandering how?
Also why is violence necessary for a darkness of tone?
Maybe you'd be less disappointed if you stopped expecting things to be Carmen Sandiego movies.
Terrie
Since: Apr, 2011
10/23/2014 00:00:00
Can you expand on what you thinks makes a character significant? I tend to think of it as a character who, if taken out of the story and replaced with someone different, would radically alter the story. Like, O'Neill? Insignificant. His biggest moment is mocking the nuns. Rosa's friend at the hospital? Insignificant. Her overall arc would remain the same without him. Caputo? Remove him and a lot suddenly changes.
My alignment is Chaotic Cute.
SvartiKotturinn
Since: Sep, 2013
10/31/2014 00:00:00
How do you know it’s not realistic? Were you in a minimum security American prison?
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Not the best but definitely not the worst.
It's rare to see a series with an all-female cast that isn't about fashion or whichever shallow shit women are supposed to be interested in. Orange is the New Black is one of these series where women are allowed to be something else than an empty love symbol or an "obligatory vagina" to even out the penis ratio... mostly because there's no significant male character in the setting, and that's kinda sad.
Is the show good? Quite so. Is it funny? Yes. Is it refreshing? In a way, yes. Is it pandering? Alas, yes it is, in pretty much the same way The L Word was. Is it realistic? Definitely not.
This is a Dramedy. And while there are interesting elements and slightly realistic ones along with the funnier ones, the series takes place in a minimum security prison, which translates to the violence element being anecdotic from the setting. Therefore, the atmosphere is a bit too light and fluffy to evoke an actual prison and not a low-grade sorority/women's shelter. However, the show seems to be aiming for a much darker tone starting season 2 so there's a chance to see something more akin to real life prison violence.
But all in all, it's pretty enjoyable. You'll just have to go past the obligatory fanservice, the lack of realism and the sometimes shoehorned script.