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Jenji Kohan, nan creator of Weeds and Orange is nan New Black, wants little dystopian TV shows being made.
And that includes a sequel to her wildly successful Weeds starring Mary Louise Parker, Romany Malco, Elizabeth Perkins and Kevin Nealon.
When she heard that Showtime and later Starz was processing a caller return connected nan pot-dealing play that ran for 8 seasons, she had immoderate prime words.
'I consciousness for illustration now that cookware is ineligible [in galore places] that I don’t really cognize if there’s much communicative to tell,' she said.
'I deliberation Weeds was done, and I deliberation it’d beryllium a money drawback a small bit, and I’m not progressive pinch it,' she added per Deadline.
Jenji Kohan, nan creator of Weeds and Orange is nan New Black, wants to little dystopian TV shows being made, seen present successful 2016
The seasoned TV writer has worked on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Gilmore Girls, Sex and nan City and nan first play of Friends.
'They tin do what they want, but this wouldn’t beryllium associated pinch nan squad that made it, and I deliberation location are galore different stories to beryllium told.
'I deliberation Weeds was of its clip and it’s not arsenic applicable anymore,' particularly fixed nan truth that marijuana is ineligible successful 24 states.
She added that she doesn't ain nan Intellectual Property, truthful Showtime aliases Starz tin do what they want.
When it comes down to it, Johan is conscionable sick of dystopian views of life.
'Dystopia is bad for us, it’s sh***y, it’s lazy, and I’m connected a immense footwear to say: "Stop pinch nan f**king dystopia."
'We’re being fed this fare of dystopia and past [over time] we retrieve this thought we’ve been fixed that nan early is simply a dumpster fire, and past we manifest it,' Kohan said.
She added, 'I don’t deliberation utopia is simply a greater story, not overmuch happens. But there’s this caller connection that’s being thrown astir – ‘protopia’ – where, basically, nan early is flawed but we’re connected our trajectory towards thing better.
And that includes a sequel to her wildly successful Weeds starring Mary Louise Parker, Romany Malco, Elizabeth Perkins and Kevin Nealon
When she heard that Showtime and later Starz was processing a caller return connected nan pot-dealing play that ran for 8 play connected Showtime, she had immoderate prime words
'I consciousness for illustration now that cookware is ineligible [in galore places] that I don’t really cognize if there’s much communicative to tell,' she said. Pictured present successful 2008 pinch Mary Louise Parker
'I deliberation Weeds was done, and I deliberation it’d beryllium a money drawback a small bit, and I’m not progressive pinch it,' she added per Deadline
'Life besides has a batch of beautiful things successful it, and it’s truthful easy and truthful destructive to opportunity everything is sh*t. I want to impulse everyone to wantonness that.'
She clarified that this constituent of position doesn't ever guarantee happy endings.
'You’ll ever dislike your mother-in-law, aliases you know, person bad sex, aliases reason pinch someone, aliases person a car accident, aliases immoderate it is; nan constituent is there’s ever conflict.
'But I deliberation location has to beryllium an acknowledgement that successful nan world location is besides joyousness and there’s besides hope.'
