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Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Action & Adventure 6 seasons 66 episodes Ended TV-MA
IMDb8.3
The revolution is here.
Set in a dystopian future, a woman is forced to live as a concubine under a fundamentalist theocratic dictatorship.
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The Handmaid's Tale was an extraordinary series from start to finish; one of those productions that leaves a mark due to its rawness, its impeccable visual style, and its dystopian atmosphere, which is both captivating and terrifying. Its portrayal of the regime of Gilead and women's resistance keeps you on edge season after season. Janine is the heart of the story: Janine was what captivated me most about the series. She is my favorite character because she embodies extreme vulnerability and a touching, unexpected resilience. While other main characters carry the more obvious burden of political struggle or revenge, Janine experiences pain, loss, and trauma in a remarkably human and moving way. Her wounded innocence and her bravery, almost like a game of tic-tac-toe, give the story an astonishing authenticity that transcends the cruelty of Gilead. Ultimately, this is an unmissable series that, while sometimes hard to digest due to its explicit psychological violence, rewards viewers with unforgettable character arcs like Janine's.
Read the whole review on TMDBEvery now and then a production comes along that such an absolute gem, it has you lost for words. A Handmaids Tale, is based on the novel by Canadian author Margaret Atwood . I have not yet read the book but if this series is anything to go by, it will, I'm sure, make its way into my collection very soon. On the surface the premise behind the series seems novel. Yet when you consider the fate of women in contemporary and historic theocratic societies, its not so far fetched. Indeed, what Atwood has rather cleverly done, is transplant aspects of life in theocratic societies, most notably Medieval Europe and Puritan colonial America, into a futuristic setting using civil war as a vehicle. A biological imperative is introduced too, in the form of pollution induced human sterility. Fertile women in Gilead (formerly the USA) are reduced to human incubators, their only imperative to produce children. On face value, this might seem to be a story about the subjugation and commoditization of women. Indeed, it is that. Yet, what this series is ultimately about is the hypocrisy of intolerance. Not just women but any individual or group, who diverge from the rigid religious script, meet a grim
Read the whole review on TMDBPeople are going to look back at the Censorship decade and think that this and Harry Potter are the only two books the cancel culture freaks read... ... and then realize that they were both adapted for the screen. This was good when they made it for HBO in the 1990s when it had an actual plot and was actually pro-Atwood. Only the people that made this turned on Atwood during #MeToo when she spoke out in favor of Due Process and then it slowly started to distance itself from her IP... as it became more and more in your face political. And that is when things like this lose me.
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