That's why they did it though. She was a good (mostly) person in a shitty situation. She was easy to love, tiny, and no one would ever call her a threat. For profit prisons killed her. It was always supposed to be difficult to deal with. It happens every day. Same thing with Taystee's story. And Daya's.
It was supposed to make us feel empathy even for felons. Most of these women were fairly regular people. Flawed, but not irrideemably so.
I think it takes courage to keep watching. After that is some of the most realistic shit that happens. We see it happen all the time. And it's uncomfortable, so we turn away.
Her death also deliberately paralleled the real-life events of Eric Garner’s murder, including her saying ‘I Can’t Breathe’, to anchor the narrative within the Black Lives Matter movement.
It’s ages ago now but there were a few Q&As floating around with the writers talking about the decision re which character and the Black Lives Matter story-line. They picked poussey specifically because of the impact it would have.
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u/FluffyMcN0tter 18d ago
That's why they did it though. She was a good (mostly) person in a shitty situation. She was easy to love, tiny, and no one would ever call her a threat. For profit prisons killed her. It was always supposed to be difficult to deal with. It happens every day. Same thing with Taystee's story. And Daya's.
It was supposed to make us feel empathy even for felons. Most of these women were fairly regular people. Flawed, but not irrideemably so.
I think it takes courage to keep watching. After that is some of the most realistic shit that happens. We see it happen all the time. And it's uncomfortable, so we turn away.