Sunday, September 8, 2013

Orange Is the New Black (Season One)

Complicated Sentences


This series, available only on Netflix, from the creator of Weeds, is an engaging take on life in a women's prison.  It explores the lives of several women who have committed crimes and have to pay the consequences for their actions.

The rich dialogue and character development are truly entertaining.  Jenji Kohan has once again created characters worth caring about.  Whether you agree with the meth addict's morals or the vanilla cupcake bisexual's motivations, you will be binge-watching this series to find out how each of these women develop over the course of the series.

The administration is not as developed as the inmates, but the story here is really about how each of the inmates got here and how they might live once they get out, if they ever do.  There are struggles, of course, as there are on the outside, and some of the inmates find that life on the outside is just too liberal.

Give it a watch if you have a chance.

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