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The Handmaid's Tale
Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2020 4:18 pm
by _Icarus
Holy damned crap! If anyone wants to understand what it would be like if the Right Wing nuts in this country manage to turn us into a Theocracy, then this is the series you need to be watching right now on Hulu. I just binged through three full seasons over the past week.
Re: The Handmaid's Tale
Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2020 6:26 pm
by _MsJack
The first season is one of the most perfect adaptations of a book that I've ever seen.
The second season was decent.
The third season had ADHD.
Re: The Handmaid's Tale
Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2020 6:33 pm
by _MeDotOrg
I haven't seen the series, but I definitely recommend the book. What I remember most was the writing style: The narrator begins by describing what it is like to survive in a totalitarian state. She does so by shutting out the horror of everything around her, and concentrating on the next the breath, the next step, the next day.
There is a kind of somnambulism, a sleep-walking dream that becomes her protective armor to get the narrator through the day. It is my favorite
Margaret Atwood novel.