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Orange is the new black

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MontyGlee · 03/07/2014 22:13

TV Through a feminist lens.

www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/ellie-slee/orange-is-the-new-black-fans_b_5544230.html?utm_hp_ref=uk

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LaurieFairyCake · 04/07/2014 15:57

What's the alternative?

Maybe we should have a disk drive on the web with all the good feminist dramas and films with good strong leads in them - that only women can access if men aren't watching with them in case they get aroused or jerk off?

any drama that's going to have good female characters going about their daily lives is going to be enjoyed by men surely?

EElisavetaofBelsornia · 04/07/2014 15:53

It needs to be supported as a series with lots of women in it, even if it has to pander to tired male fantasies to be made? I think I'll stick with my earlier assessment, thanks.

BuffytheReasonableFeminist · 04/07/2014 15:01

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MontyGlee · 04/07/2014 14:26

Well, yes - but I suspect it wouldn't get made otherwise. The point is that the women in this are the majority and treated as complex characters that exist for their own right and not as a prop in a story about men. This needs to be supported.

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7Days · 04/07/2014 14:15

Agree with EE, I already gave it a chance and it blew it! I have heard it's very good but that level of pandering is a bridge too far for me.

WhosLookingAfterCourtney · 04/07/2014 14:09

Give it a chance EE, it's really compelling.

EElisavetaofBelsornia · 04/07/2014 14:01

Really?? I watched one episode and found it full of annoying soft porn style lesbian scenes which were completely unbelievable and clearly aimed ay straight men. But each to their own.