From what I can tell so far, it’s like the first one but more in almost every way: more fun, more crass, more ridiculous, and also, yes, more conscientious.īelow, I’ve jotted down quick reviews of each the first six episodes. At the very most-well, let’s see what Season 2 does. At the very least, that means prisoners, usually forgotten by pop culture, are now front of mind.
Using the privileged white Piper as a “Trojan horse” into a world rarely depicted on TV, and pumping up the personalities of a supporting cast that’s by a huge factor more diverse that any rival show, Kohan has grabbed a lot of people’s attention. The fact is, the show is ridiculously fun, and given the subject matter, that's a radical virtue. But I’m nevertheless sitting here feeling mostly guilt-free for having binged the first six episodes of the second season-and ready to dive into the next seven. Those critiques aren’t all wrong, at least from what I remember of gobbling up the first season last year. Like Watching Six Different Marriages Fall Apart James Parker
Others pointed out that it sexed up the memoir it’s based off of, while neutering the book’s message about the injustice of the prison system. Some said that while the show’s diversity should be praised, its stereotypes shouldn't be. The first season of Jenji Kohan’s show about women behind bars earned wild acclaim and the biggest audience Netflix has yet seen for an original series, but a number of critics pointed out that its success had unsavory implications. Horrible stuff, if true, But there’s a smidge of solace to be taken in Orange Is the New Black being used to draw attention to real-world prison problems. “Raw sewage bubbles from the floor, toilets explode, rodents and roaches infest the kitchens, black mold covers the walls, and drinking and bathing water runs brown and smells of sewage,” a rep says in the press release. Coinciding with the debut of Orange Is the New Black’s second season, the New York Civil Liberties Union has launched a campaign spotlighting what the organization calls “inhumane conditions” at Riverhead Correctional Facility, where the Netflix show is filmed.
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