![]() ![]() Daya confesses to shooting Humps, and then nothing really comes of it. But looking at the season as a whole, it feels like the writers hastily wrote characters off without any real sense of closure to their arcs. I’m all for OITNB culling its too-large ensemble cast, as I believe the size of its cast contributed to the season’s downfalls. But it’s also the result of a season that never really found its footing, the culmination of an unfocused narrative that threw several story lines onto the wall to see if they would stick. “Stormy Weather” is harrowing, tense, and striking in its imagery, with powerful performances from some of the show’s standout stars. But because of that condensed timeline, far too many of those story lines never led to any real payoff. Despite the condensed nature of the riot timeline, OITNB unfolded many, many story lines this season. ![]() With all the pieces of Orange Is the New Black’s fifth season finally in place, it’s easy to see how changes to the show’s narrative structure affected the quality of its storytelling. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |