Orange is the New Black

In the first episode of Netflix's new cult fave series, Orange is the New Black , Piper tells her fiancé Larry that she used to be a lesbian, but she isn't anymore. Her fiancé is happy to believe her, but I could also feel the collective cringe of lesbians watching the show. It's threatening for lesbians to see women go back to men -- or become "hasbians," as if being gay or straight is not intrinsic to a person. Read More... //feeds.huffingtonpost.com/~r/HP/Entertainment/~3/GChH2HDBL78/sexual-fluidity-and-orang_b_3701933.html

Netflix released the first 13 episodes of "Orange Is the New Black" to subscribers on Thursday, and if viewers enjoy it as much as the reviewers are, then the company's decision to renew the series for a second season last month will prove to have been a wise one. Read More... //www.thewrap.com/tv/article/orange-new-black-what-critics-think-about-netflixs-newest-show-102641

"Orange Is the New Black" is an interesting addition to Netflix's original content line-up. It comes from "Weeds" creator Jenji Kohan, features a largely female cast, and is set primarily in a female-only prison. It mixes big names like Jason Biggs, Taylor Schilling and Laura Prepon with relative unknowns like Uzo Aduba and Danielle Brooks, and walks a fine line between dark comedy and straight drama. That means "Orange Is the New Black" will find itself quite at home with Netflix's other original shows, including "Arrested Development" Season 4 and "Lilyhammer." New viewers can at least expect that "Orange Is the New Black" will be exactly the show Kohan intended it to be, according to Natasha Lyonne, who says she didn't ever have a sense of a "network" peering over the cast and crew's shoulders like her friends have on other TV series. "Let's tell the truth. Let's tell this story. Let's talk about who... //blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2013/07/orange-is-the-new-black-cast-promises-a-fun-ride-for-a-dark-comedy.html

Orange is the New Black might not have the hype of Arrested Development or House of Cards , but it is by far the most satisfying original series Netflix has released this year. From Weeds creator Jenji Kohan , Orange follows Piper Chapman ( Taylor Schilling ), an upper-middle class woman who finds herself incarcerated for a crime she committed 10 years prior.  But Kohan isn't simply rehashing the same pampered, fish-out-of-water angle of Weeds for another suburban satire. This time, Kohan uses the familiar white protagonist as a medium through which to tell stories of those typically marginalized in mainstream media. //www.tvguide.com/News/Orange-New-Black-Jenji-Kohan-1067657.aspx?rss=breakingnews