“It’s not confronted that’s the whole point,” Kohan said. Kohan and the cast credit the organic manner in which these issues are presented in the story for how they’ve been received in the public. “Usually when a 16-year-old boy walks up to me on the street, it was to spit in my face and call me ‘dyke.’ And now it’s to hug me and say how much he loves ‘Orange Is the New Black,'” DeLaria said in an emotional moment. Lea DeLaria, who plays Carrie “Big Boo” Black, joined the cast from the audience to say how the show has changed the cultural perception of butch lesbians. See video: Piers Morgan and Transgender Guest Janet Mock Get Into Heated Exchange During Second Interview (Video) “For the trans community, a lot of folks - a lot of people are having conversations that they weren’t having before,” Cox said, to a hearty round of applause. “Orange Is the New Black” has been heralded for its frank portrayal of female sexuality and sexual identity, particularly through the storyline of transgender character Sophia Burset, portrayed by transgender actress Laverne Cox. “It’s a naturalistic world, and in the world there’s all sizes and colors and shapes and why should that not be accepted?” “Why can’t a character on TV be narcissistic and whiny?” Kohan asked. In response to a fan question about why Piper - a divisive character among fans and critics alike - comes off as so shallow and unlikeable, Kohan pointed to the diversity of the world.Īlso read: PaleyFest: ‘Veronica Mars’ Creator Talks Movie Sequel, Possible Netflix or Amazon Series Reboot (Photos) ![]() “They’re having a rough time too, dealing with what they’re dealing with.” “So it’s not so much about being true to life, but it’s about being true to be able to express the inner life of what they go through, for me,” he added. ![]() “By us being able to be whole people, we’re able to expose some of the inner conflicts that people that work inside of these places deal with,” Harney said. Michael Harney, who portrays friend-turned-foe inmate counselor Sam Healy, said he relished the opportunity to show that the correctional officers aren’t as simple as heroes or villains in the story. “They’re all in prison the guards are in prison too,” Kohan said. See photos: ‘Orange Is the New Black’ Season 2 First Look: Taylor Schilling Gets Bloody, Prison Gets a New Inmate (Photos) “It’s about telling a true story and giving voice to those that do not have a voice, and I think that’s what we’re all doing.”īy the same token, the prison guards are treated with the same thorough storytelling. “There’s women out there that are like Taystee,” Brooks said to a round of audience applause. “And we don’t approach it as like ‘Well what does the black one do, what does the “Latino one do?’ You know these people - you can’t view it as tokenism, you have to view it as people,” she added.ĭanielle Brooks, who plays fan favorite Tasha “Taystee” Jefferson, echoed Kohan’s sentiment. See video: Netflix’s ‘Orange Is the New Black’ Sets Season 2 Premiere Date, Releases Teaser (Video) “Our focus is on character… and these people as individuals,” Kohan said. The show centers around Piper Chapman, played by Taylor Schilling, an upper middle class white girl thrown into Litchfield minimum security federal prison with nothing but her own presumptions and prejudices to guide her.Ĭo-creator and showrunner Jenji Kohan said that critical to achieving a realistic depiction of life inside a women’s prison is a focus not on stereotypes and statistics but on the characters she portrays. ![]() ![]() See video: ‘Orange Is the New Black’s’ Jason Biggs, Taylor Schilling and Cast Answer: Is the Show a Comedy or Drama? (Video) Netflix’s hit women’s prison dramedy “Orange Is the New Black” returns for its second season on June 6, and the stars and creator of the groundbreaking series took the stage at PaleyFest Friday night to talk about what’s made the show a social phenomenon - from the unprecedented roles for women behind and in front of the camera to the issues of race and sexual identity the show tackles.
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