Spicy and tender Ukiyo-e in prison

Wilfrid 2021-10-20 17:36:11

(Published in Beijing Youth Daily on August 28, 2013)

Based on the biography of the same name, the American drama "Orange is the new black" (Chinese translation "Women's Prison"), which tells the truth about American women’s prisons, was aired this summer. Good reputation, the renewal of the second season has been confirmed. The famous Hollywood movie star Judy Foster also participated in the directing of one of the episodes. The excellent production of 13 episodes presents a spicy but warm and loving prison. Ukiyo-e.

The white heroine was in jail for one and a half years for helping a drug dealer’s girlfriend deliver drugs ten years ago. She had to leave her fiancé temporarily and start this prison life that exceeded her life’s rules. Unexpectedly, what was waiting for her was to betray her for revenge. Ex-girlfriends, madly admiring gays, crazy Christians, Russian cooks who don’t feed her, and eccentric old roommates. Even if he had done enough psychological construction and data review before going to prison, he still couldn't deal with these strange things that subvert the Three Views. So along with the heroine, we also saw the unknown but real world in prison: complaining that the food is unpalatable and being rewarded by the kitchen manager as a "sanitary napkin sandwich", rejecting lesbian confession and being maliciously urinating, and following The inmates were fined for performing veneer dance and almost had a mental breakdown. In order to be forgiven by the cook, they bite the peppers so that they can be used as massage oil. If they don’t have money to buy slippers, they use sanitary napkins to make homemade... Compared with surviving in such an environment, the intrigue of those harem workplaces is suddenly weak!

But these seemingly vicious inmates are actually shining with the brilliance of human nature. As the plot advances in each episode, they will flash back to their life fragments and mental journeys before they went to prison. After bitterness and helplessness, the mask of evil is gradually faded and replaced by a real amiable as a mortal. Whether it's a naive girl who dares to be her own transgender hot dad, writes stolen things in a notebook and prepares to return it later, a black girl who cannot adapt to society after being released from prison and commits crimes deliberately just to return, or seduce prison guards to have a relationship just to save The brave pregnant woman with the child and his real father in the belly, the old lady who rekindled the hope of appealing for the childhood sweetheart... They are all pitiful and lovely ordinary people, and the vivid and three-dimensional character image is impressive.

While stunned at this new and crazy life in prison, my heart was unconsciously warmed by the group of inmates who got along day and night. When someone is released from prison, those camps divided by race and color will automatically unite, just to send off and bless the companions who are about to welcome freedom; when someone leaves everyone in an accident, they will spontaneously organize a memorial service, one after another. The food they tried to get is just for “eat something good and you won’t be so sad.” Just like the heroine’s fiancé wrote in a column, “I really want to admire these women in their lives. The way they make sense, and the way they take care of each other." The

new prison guard said to the heroine: "You and I are no different. The only difference between us is that when I made the wrong decision in my life When I was not caught, I might also be imprisoned in this khaki suit. It's very simple." The

drug lord said to the girl: "We are thugs. We haven't finished our studies. We are drunk and drunk now. You are. There are real materials, all the things we play, the things we own, you can really own. You want to mess up your future, it’s your own business, and I can’t bear the responsibility.

" "Women's Prison" tells us that the entertainment of watching and the power of leading the audience to criticize can be taken into account. It's not only CCTV's prisoner confession that can bring warning to the world, but it can still convey universal values ​​to the audience in a spicy and relaxed atmosphere.

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  • Hank 2022-04-22 07:01:04

    Black people are funny

  • Kasey 2022-04-21 09:01:25

    All kinds of FUCK plus American slang, I really can't understand if I don't live in the United States. Waiting for the second season.

Orange Is the New Black quotes

  • Larry Bloom: [to Piper about the prison] This is all just a big adventure with liver and Yoga Jones and racism.

  • Pete Harper: I'm not an alcoholic. I'm Australian!