The new black

or obviously convey emotions and thoughts to an audience through various characteristics of the piece, such as form, to highlight an important aspect that may alter the audience’s viewing. In season two, episode one “Thirsty Bird,” Orange is the New Black displays the fear of violence in a prison setting through Piper’s dialogue and with the way she handles herself mentally when she believes she has hurt someone, with her relationships that she fears will cause her harm, and even the show’s…

show “Orange Is the New Black” is a show off Netflix. One of my favorite character is Maritza Ramos. In real life, the actresses name is Diane Guerrero and she was born here in America. Her parents and older brother were born in Colombia and immigrated here before she was born. When she was 14, she was coming home from school, saw that the dinner was ready, lights were on but her family wasn’t anywhere to be found. She went to her neighbor 's house, where they broke the news to her and told her…

Basic Introduction Orange is the New Black, a comedy drama TV show that first aired on Netflix is 2013, follows Piper Chapman on her journey through an all women’s minimum security prison. The show is critically acclaimed because it brings up topics that many people are afraid to talk about. Not only is it taking on the topic of female prisoner in the United States prison system, it also reaches out and talks about race, sexuality and gender. Throughout the series, there are many reoccurring…

disobedient, they often face severe punishment and consequences because of the control in the total institution. Because of this tight control, the inmates begin to adapt to this new environment. Another aspect of a total institution is uniformity. The inmates all wear the same mundane, gray jumpsuit, aside from the new inmates, who wear orange jumpsuits to set them apart. The purpose of the same, boring jumpsuit is to strip the inmates of their creativity, self expression, and ensure that…

One of the niche audiences that producers can cater to are audiences that are comfortable with and enjoy watching edgy content. This new space for edgy content allows for shows to challenge social ideologies in the media, which can be highly beneficial to the empowerment of women. An example of this can be found in the show Broad City. Historically, the media’s representation of women…

play it, we have long conversations about life, fears and goals. We are both ambitious. Meanwhile other people experience transitions, the author of the book Magic and Loss, Virginia Heffernan has been cast with a new spell called “Web”, with all the content available she was searching for new models of courage, which she has found in Funtwo, she explained “The velocity, intricacy, and exactness of his performance modeled the rhythms and mental requirements of the Web itself”(4). Although she…

movies would move from DVD to online streaming rather rapidly (Cohan, 2013). In 2007, with 6.3 million registered members they began offering online streaming, today they boast 74 million subscribers in over 50 countries (See what’s next, n.d.). As new technologies and services emerge it will become increasingly difficult for Netflix to retain a dominant share of the marketplace. Other streaming services have made significant inroads already. Competition has risen significantly in the past few…

Orange Is the New Black (OITNB) is a Netflix original series which took the whole nation by storm. It is captured under the comedy /drama genres and focuses on a lot of important themes throughout. The apparent protagonist in the series is a thirty two year old, middle class, white woman - Piper Chapman. This character is based on Piper Kerman – whose memoir of drug trafficking provided the shows outline. We see from the very start of the series that Piper has the ideal set up, she lived a…

so hard on yourself,” Ricky told me. I did not really care what he said and kept punching the bag. “HAYLEY” Ricky yelled. “WHAT” I stopped what I was doing and yelled back. “Finally you listen,” he said with annoyance “I know being the new leader of the Black Knights is going to be tough. Even though you’re 17, you’re not the only young leaders and without parents all the other gangs have lots their parents, except Riley Helmoson” Agh, yes the White Blood leader, Riley Helmoson. He and I will…

The Netflix series Orange is the New Black emphasizes racial stereotypes within each ethnic group it portrays. The racial groups that most prominently serve as the focus of the show are Blacks, whites, and Latinas. The Blacks are portrayed as rowdy, and their backstories involve poverty and broken homes. The whites are portrayed as rich and educated, or as the typical “trailer park junkie,” and the ways they ended up in prison are depicted largely as accidents or misfortunes. The Latinas are…