I write for The Handmaid’s Tale. You’d think that would’ve prepared me for 2020. It didn’t.
The Handmaid’s Tale takes place in an alternate present, where the U.S. has been overthrown by the Republic of Gilead, a totalitarian theocracy with gorgeous backlight and lots of insanely impractical open kitchen shelving. In the story, myriad causes contribute to the downfall of the American government — declining fertility rates, virulent misogyny, police violence, street protests, cruel homophobia. Oh, and a pandemic. A particularly nasty version of syphilis, in this case. Thank you, Margaret Atwood, weaver of nightmares....
The Handmaid’s Tale takes place in an alternate present, where the U.S. has been overthrown by the Republic of Gilead, a totalitarian theocracy with gorgeous backlight and lots of insanely impractical open kitchen shelving. In the story, myriad causes contribute to the downfall of the American government — declining fertility rates, virulent misogyny, police violence, street protests, cruel homophobia. Oh, and a pandemic. A particularly nasty version of syphilis, in this case. Thank you, Margaret Atwood, weaver of nightmares....
- 8/13/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
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