Orange is the new black stereotypes

Orange is the new black is An American TV Drama series that was released on Netflix in 2013 and the second series being released in June this year 2014. This TV Drama is about a women’s prison and the stereotypical and non- stereotypical roles that occur within a prison. It shows a scene of community in the prison and that everyone has someone they can turn to and all though it does portray the stereotype of prison being a tough and scary place also shows that the people in there are not a cast of in society and that everyone can change for the better, it shows a journey of women finding who they truly are and adapting who they are so that they can survive this life in prison.

One character in Orange is the new Black is ‘RED’ she is essentially the ‘top dog’ the person who runs the prison on the side of prisoners. She is who all the other women look up too, if they show her loyalty she will take care of them however if you upset her or cross her she will ensure that your time in prison is miserable until you prove yourself to her. She however doesn't follow the typical stereotype in other ways she is very anti-drugs and help all people within her group of drugs and all though she has a system in bringing in contraband to help her status she refuses to have drugs with in her prison and those who take drugs she will reject from her group leave them on their own to suffer not as an act of cruelty but an act of love to ensure that they get of drugs.

Another character I find very stereotypical in this TV Drama is ‘Alex Vause’ although she doesn't look like the stereotypical drug smuggler she can be portrayed as a stereotypical lipstick lesbian, a mean girl that girls gay or straight can’t help but fancy with both her charm, the way she only opens up to them and her amazing looks.  ‘Boo’ is also a stereotype for lesbians.

Piper Chapman is a very complex character in the way I can’t summarize her to a specific stereotype, she is intelligent and very responsible however has a extreme wild side witch could resemble a rebellious women on the outset of a rich and strict family, She falls in love with her first true love all over again whilst she is in prison and is seen as someone who is week for ‘Alex Vause’ who is portrayed as the superior in their relationship in scene where she is always the one chasing Alex yet when she is shown with her current finance it’s the complete opposite, meaning its safe to say that she is complex and diverse character.