In April 2016, when Hulu announced its 10-part adaptation of The Handmaid’s Tale, few allowed themselves to guess at the imminent revival in relevance of Margaret Atwood’s story. Dystopian dreams: how feminist science fiction predicted the future Read moreIt delivers on both counts. There is a violence in the way characters speak to each other and in the way Gilead’s many hierarchies are nailed into place. So is The Handmaid’s Tale | Van Badham Read moreThere has been a lot of new discussion about whether the TV version of The Handmaid’s Tale is a feminist story, just as there was around the novel. But even in the most cynical scenario, that this was a marketing narrative cooked up in some unholy boardroom so as not to scare off viewers who may balk at the F word, there is no escaping what The Handmaid’s Tale is.

Source: The Guardian April 26, 2017 10:52 UTC