Review of The Handmaid's Tale

Portraying sexual abuse is nowhere near the same thing as problematizing or even fighting it. Who needs this show? Why does this show go to such great lengths of depicting reduced, abused, dehumanized, hapless, helpless, tortured, raped and trembling, animalized women - if it isn't going to also do something about it? This isn't eye opening, this isn't a talk piece or a questioning of anything. This show is pure fear propaganda aimed at demoralizing both women and men to no meaningful end.