Re: The Handmaid’s Tale.
I have watched it because I loved the book and read it decades ago in the 80s. Margaret Attwood is a hugely insightful, intelligent and sensitive author. The series is not the book, it's far more violent and horrific (and far less intellectual). It's really stretching the plot in weird directions. Attwood was focusing on misogyny, but the series focuses on something far darker. I watched it tonight because I read good reviews for season 2. I will likely carry on watching it because I like Elisabeth Moss as an actress. But it's nothing like the original story.Re: The Handmaid’s Tale.
Re: The Handmaid’s Tale.
Re: The Handmaid’s Tale.
Actually I have just listened to the audio book read by Clare Danes. I read the book long ago but by the time I saw the TV series I had forgotten most of it. On the whole I thought the book was marginally better than the series especially the end.Re: The Handmaid’s Tale.
I hadn't watched series 1 so watched this with an open mind. As soon as I saw them putting the gag on her I began to feel uncomfortable. Then as I watched more women being gagged and the scene where they were made to think they were about to be hanged, I decided I had had enough.Re: The Handmaid’s Tale.
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