Taryn Manning of ‘Orange Is The New Black’ to Star in New ‘Karen’ Thriller
Written by SOURCE on August 22, 2020
Hollywood is flipping the viral Karen sensation— a name afforded to entitled, privileged white women who frequently go viral on social media— into a Hollywood blockbuster.
TMZ reports that Orange is the New Black‘s Taryn Manning (who plays Tiffany “Pennsatucky” Doggett in the Netflix series) will star as the lead in the new crime thriller. The writer and director helming the project will be Coke Daniels.
TMZ also added details about the plot, which could practically be likened to a mad lib of frequently trending topics from the past few months. The film is about a “racist, entitled white woman in the South who terrorizes her new African-American neighbors,” TMZ described. The lead character’s name will be “Karen White,” who “makes it her mission to oust the new kids on her block, a black family, by any means necessary.” Additionally, the neighbors are big supporters of Black Lives Matter. Note that the IMDb poster currently up on the film’s page has her pegged as the “neighbor from hell.”
Manning’s other credits include 8 Mile, Sons of Anarchy, and lots more.
Daniels’ other credits include the comedy mockumentary Gangsta Rap: A Glockumentary, the 2019 romantic comedy His, Hers & the Truth, amongst others.
TMZ’s report doesn’t include details on when production dates, expected release, nor any other supporting roles of the film, though IMDb currently had the film pegged for 2021. However, they added that Daniels wants to leave viewers with “an interesting perspective on social justice and race relations in America.”
