Don't Worry, Nobody's Canceling Orange Is the New Black

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Hudson Hongo

07/15/14 10:55AM

Filed to: bad satire

This weekend, Netflix customers lost their collective shit after known flim-flam artists Empire News reported Orange Is the New Black had been canceled, supposedly for having too few male leads.

For good measure, the troll article quoted Netflix CEO Reed Hastings as saying, "A woman's place is in the home, in the kitchen," showcasing the website's remarkable dedication to laziness even when it comes to imaginary sexism. As anyone who's visited the Internet might predict, the response was swift and profane.

@reedhastings you misogynistic asshole i cant fucking believe you would even do that
— clau (@ughhniam) July 12, 2014

@reedhastings FUCK YOU! how the fuck u gonna cancel #OITNB smh your the only one who wants more male leads u homo go fuck yourself
— Gilavel (@GilMaignan) July 12, 2014

You're a sexist and an asshole @reedhastings @netflix !!! Get your ass back in the kitchen where you rightfully belong ! #OITNB
— JΔKΣ (@ThatGuyFromWI) July 12, 2014

@reedhastings . How could a women's story in jail not be all about women. First you took away king of the hill and now this. I don't like u
— andrew thomason (@Andrew_Thomason) July 14, 2014

The story gained even greater traction on Saturday after R&B singer Jasmine V shared the story with her 1,670,000 followers, finally prompting an official comment on the "satire" article:

Orange Is The New Black has NOT been canceled. Whoever started this rumor will be spending some time in the SHU. pic.twitter.com/tslCdjBkht
— Orange Is the New... (@OITNB) July 12, 2014

Despite this (and the show's repeated assurances to fans that "we'd never leave you, girl"), the viral hoax showed few signs of slowing down Monday night. By Tuesday morning the Empire News article had more than 600,000 shares.

[Image via Netflix]

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Janet Snakehole Hudson Hongo 07/15/14 11:57AM

(not mine but still perfect.)

Men:If Orange is the New Black is so good with representation, why are all the men horrible?
Women:They're not all horrible. Bennett's nice. What more do you want?
Men:But he's clueless and irresponsible! And that's just ONE guy! How can you give me ONE decent male character in a slew of diverse female characters and call THAT representation?
Women:
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Women:...must be tough.

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김치전! Janet Snakehole 07/15/14 12:02PM

Bennett fucking sucks, though. Kohan can play all the tinkly romantic music she wants while he's talking to Daya, he's only a half-step better than Pornstache.

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Arbiter1234 Janet Snakehole 07/15/14 12:02PM

I think the conversation would go more like this.

Men: What is Orange is the new black?

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Hatless Süspęçt and 6 others Janet Snakehole 07/15/14 12:05PM

I have never seen six women in a row hold back their opinion.

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marcopaulorod1 Arbiter1234 07/15/14 12:07PM

I am a man (admittedly a horrible one, see: posting history) but I love Orange is the New Black, and not just because of the lesbian scenes. Honestly, a great show....

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SomeOfMyBestFriendsAreKinjas Hudson Hongo 07/15/14 11:58AM

It's such a fascinating Internet subculture — the "satire" sites that now just pump out straight-up fake news to trick people into clicking. They still get ad impressions for it! You get the Internet you deserve, I guess.

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mannequin SomeOfMyBestFriendsAreKinjas 07/15/14 12:07PM

I hate it. Its not "satire," its just fucking lies. I see so many articles that are so clearly fake, but my facebook friends repost and share with no hesitation. And it usually only takes, like, 2 minutes to disprove it.

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Nunna Yorz SomeOfMyBestFriendsAreKinjas 07/15/14 12:29PM

The Onion is satire. This was just tabloid bullshit.

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BSTrainer mannequin 07/15/14 12:33PM

Yes, I just want to carpet bomb my Facebook feed with links to Snopes sometimes. Just - yeah - if you see a story that seems absolutely unbelievable, maybe check to see if it's true before sending it to everyone you know.

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Tucker973 BSTrainer 07/15/14 12:40PM

Yeah, but did you hear that giving your dog ice cubes will kill it??

Whompaloompa Hudson Hongo 07/15/14 12:05PM

What's interesting to me is how they keep the narrative going past the next season. Season 2 was even better than season 1, but at some point they're going to need some serious Deus Ex Machina to keep Piper in jail on her piddly drug charge. I realize that Piper is far from the most interesting character in the show, but she is the narrative thread that sort of ties everything together.

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UKMel Whompaloompa 07/15/14 12:10PM

It's maybe been 6 months in the series. As Piper's got 15, that's at least through a 4th season.

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SparkPlug128 UKMel 07/15/14 12:20PM

I wouldn't mind if it only lasted 4 seasons, it's a great show, but it hurts my heart when good shows get shitty because they're just being milked for as many seasons as possible.

UKMel SparkPlug128 07/15/14 12:27PM

Oh crap. we probably should be worried about tha. Jenji Kohen kept Weeds on the air much longer than necessary.

Nunna Yorz UKMel 07/15/14 12:30PM

That's my guess too. As much as I like the show, I don't see it going longer than 4 seasons. It's gonna be a fun ride though.

Bond...Adrian Bond Hudson Hongo 07/15/14 11:56AM

Probably one more season.

Tibbers Bond...Adrian Bond 07/15/14 12:02PM

depends on the price. If it's costly to make then maybe.

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UKMel Bond...Adrian Bond 07/15/14 12:09PM

The 3rd season was confirmed ages ago - about the time the second season debuted. And I think OITNB is not only a prestige show for them but likely is a money maker. I joined Netflix in the first place to see Breaking Bad in my trial month, but stayed (and paid the subscription) for OITNB.

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Benjamin Andrew Moore Bond...Adrian Bond 07/15/14 12:09PM

No way, it's way too popular. It's probably the most viewed original series Netflix has produced.

Thisismyname111 Benjamin Andrew Moore 07/15/14 12:19PM

I would think house of cards, but yeah, runaway hit, emmy nominations up the wazoo, its not fucking hemlock grove, it has a lot going for it.