#jenji kohen

[kari-izumi]

God, I hope Jenji Kohen comes through so at least one big show will go out on a decent note this year.

[tonin-terets]

The New Yorker - The Television Issue from Nicolo Bianchino on Vimeo.

Television, it practically raised me! The New Yorker asked me to create a trailer for their special Television Issue. Television has now gone beyond television with everyone watching their own thing, at their own time, on their own little thing.

Design and Direction: Nicolo Bianchino Art Direction: Aviva Michaelov Sound Design: Jill DuBoff - Cover “Screen Time,” by Bruce Eric Kaplan. Comedy Auteurs Photographs by Richard Burbridge Reality Television Illustration by R. Kikuo Johnson Jenji Kohen Photograph by Pari Dukovic Ken Burns illustration by R. Kikuo Johnson Frauda illustration by R. Kikuo Johnson

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The New Yorker - The Television Issue from Nicolo Bianchino on Vimeo.

Television, it practically raised me! The New Yorker asked me to create a trailer for their special Television Issue. Television has now gone beyond television with everyone watching their own thing, at their own time, on their own little thing.

Design and Direction: Nicolo Bianchino Art Direction: Aviva Michaelov Sound Design: Jill DuBoff - Cover “Screen Time,” by Bruce Eric Kaplan. Comedy Auteurs Photographs by Richard Burbridge Reality Television Illustration by R. Kikuo Johnson Jenji Kohen Photograph by Pari Dukovic Ken Burns illustration by R. Kikuo Johnson Frauda illustration by R. Kikuo Johnson

[jasminesalahuddin-blog]

Blog 2/10

Although I truly do like the show orange is the new black, problem that I have with show isn’t so much about character representation although that is also flawed but more in the actual structure of the show. We all know that Piper Chapman is the main character or protagonist in the show and given her socioeconomic background, probably the most relatable to us as viewers. She’s a nice, young, pretty white girl from a good family. She experimented with gay sex, which she says is just a phase, makes her slightly edgier, but in essence, Piper Chapman is supposed to be every white, upper class, educated white woman. That is how they got people to care about the show. The real Piper was able to write her books after she was released from jail and made a hit show with Jenji Kohen, another white woman. Throughout the first season we see Piper flounder, struggling to adjust to prison life. We are constantly reminded that she’s not supposed to be there, she’s the good one, and that’s how we view the show. Even though she is a bit unlikeable, we often times start to feel bad for her, the poor white girl who doesn’t belong in prison. Piper is juxtaposed to a lot of “not nice” characters, many of whom are of color. It’s no secret that an alarming number of people, men and women, are of color are incarcerated at substantially higher numbers than white people. POC tend to get harsher sentencing and more time behind bars. While many groups of women are represented in the show, I can’t help but feel as though many are just aggressive props used to sell us even more on Piper. She’s the one we feel bad for even though she has by all means committed a crime, albeit nonviolent, and in the grand scheme of things, petty crime. It makes the viewers view the rest of the women as though they’re meant to be in prison because that’s where minorities belong. Its Takes a young white woman for people to really get a look into and care about prison life when women of color have long been struggling with incarceration.

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JENJI KOHEN MADE GILMORE GIRLS?!? WHY CAN SHE NOT GET OFF HER OWN FUCKING DICK

Literally every show she's ever done has been the exact same template. Self centred thirty-something woman fucks everything up for her family and friends time and time again but everyone loves her regardless. At least Lorelei is a decent human being. Nancy and Piper are fucking awful people and progressively get more and more unlikable throughout the series.

[imonyoursidesincerely]

If you can't understand why I love this cast so much, watch a snippet of this, because they are fabulous in every second of it. 

[shimmerstarshine]

Orange is the New Black

Its a really cool show and i love the premise of it. Its not a dark scary male jail drama but a really funny womans prison one. I do not like the main character Piper Chapman and i hate her boyfriend Larry even more. Her friend Holly is very pretencious and kind of shallow but her husband is laid back. Her brother is also a cool character. But i mostly watch it for the other inmates. They gave them good stories and awesome personailities. My personal favorite story is Dya and John. He is incredibly sweet and caring and to love someone like her is amazing how much he does. I dont know whats shes in for yet but its most likely not that bad. Also its kind of a alarming how it hasnt been that long but they are already in love, at least she thinks so. Also its adorable that he only has one leg and it doesnt matter. It doesnt signify him. 

I like the way it flashes back to how they get in prison in the first place. Its nice to see that they reason they are there isnt too bad or only for caring for someone else. LIke Claudette. She did but she had too because of the business she was in but for the girls she was caring for. It was inspiring even thought someone got killed. Or Tricias story. it was sad but she was honest. It was so sad to see her go though. I hope to finally see what happens with some of the other inmates stories like Lorna or whatever her name is with the "fiance" or Poossay (however you spell it) they are two of my favorites. 

I hope this show gets another season its really awesome!