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Who the fuck is Anna Marfo and why do we care what you think. The story is based on a true story about a white woman sent to prison so why shouldnât she be in it.
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Did I just skim something arguing that someone should be fired for their skin color? Look, TPM, Iâm the first to shout in outrage at outrages, but these opinion pieces are getting absurd. Theyâre superficial, abrasive, âgratingâ and frequently just knee-jerk PC chest puffing: âlook how smart I am that Iâve cooked up another thing to be outraged about.â They are typically designed so that disagreement with them allows the people who agree with it to just shout you down as not âgetting itâ or âpart of the problem.â Itâs everything the GOP/Teatrolls/conservatives are complaining about with PC-ism getting out of handâŚand it IS getting out of hand in some respects. This article is proof. Let me help the author: ITâS A FUCKING TV SHOW. You want a TV show all about minority-only female prisoners? Write it yourself, smartassâŚand let us know how that turns out for you without a white devil as a foil for themâŚsomeone to provide the launch pad for voicing angry screeds about her privilege or whatever. Oh but waitâŚwe can get rid of the white female prisoner because we can just make all the jailers white men?
And wtfâŚis this Piper personâs whiteness a reason for this imbecile to show palpable contempt for her personally? Is she a bad actress? Does she bring the show down? Is she holding it back? What about Piper and her contributions to the showâŚother than her whitenessâŚjustifies gushing over the minority actresses and their roles and then dismissing this white actress as meaningless frippery and nothing but an objectified marketing ploy throughout the article and ending with a palpably belittling tone?
WhateverâŚif you want to feed us âthought provokingâ opinion pieces on these kinds of issues, TPM, then I have this to say: please start.
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If youâre asking, âFor the sake of entertainment in this sort of a setting (in the current here-and-now), do we need a white person-as-the-obvious-star?â to bring in a largeÂŽ audience â then Iâd have to say, obviously not. However, that doesnât seem to be where youâre going here ⌠or am I not reading this in the way it was meant?
I absolutely love this show. I have grown to love each and every character. The writing is superb â and so are the actors. Truthfully, I was pulled in because I saw Kate Mulgrew was in the cast. I have followed her for years, ever since I saw her on âCheers.â It doesnât hurt that Iâm a huge ST: TNG and Voyager fan. It also helped when I read Lea DeLaria was in the cast. I saw her do stand-up many years ago in San Francisco. Man, she can sing, too!
Now that Iâve been exposed to many of these other actors, Iâll no doubt want to see their other works. Do we need white people? Um, yes. Iâm a gay white man and Iâm a little put off by the question. As chammy above states: The story is about a white woman who went through the prison system there. I love all these actors â they are amazing, but that also shines through because of the stories. Yes, Iâm also very glad to be exposed to every one of these stories. Uzo Aduba has the most interesting and difficult storyline, I think. Iâve witnessed firsthand the lives of a few people living with varying degrees and different kinds of mental illness. Her portrayal is spot on and brings out so many emotions.
Again, I donât know if I misunderstand your angleâI am responding to how I read what you wrote.
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So the âwriterâ of this piece calls herself a writer? Just try to figure out what the first paragraph is all about (if youâve never seen the show). And how about the fourth sentence of the second paragraph? I dare anyone to try to make sense of it.
Itâs quite believable that whoever wrote this is a âhigher education administratorâ. And a âpopular culture enthusiastâ definitely. The list of interests (âtrivia, comedy, and gluten-free cooking/bakingâ) kind of sums the whole thing up. Did this originally run in The Onion?
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Obviously a radical feminist, judging by her use of the word patriarchy.
The bigger reason Piper isnât needed anymore is that her story has become boring and irrelevant. The fact that the other white characters are just fine should be a tipoff that the problem is her specifically and not being white. And that the solution is better writing (or at least, writing more balanced among the characters), not whatever is being promoted in this piece.
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Does anyone care?