The Handmaid's tale

[rogin]

Now that was chillingly good. I just watched the first three episodes that are already out and there could not possibly be a more relevant, intelligent and masterfully acted show at this moment.

In the third episode they move past the book (or rather deviate from it) but it is very well done and the elements they added adhere to the principle Atwood used when writing the book that all the forms of torture and oppression that occure in the book are based on reality.

I have to see the complete series and then probably watch it again.

Comments

[silverusagi]

This does look good. I'm just not sure I'm up to the subject matter right now...

[solarbird]

Yeah, that's kind of where I am. Need to think about that. :/

[rogin]

I reread the book shortly after Trump happened and though the whole tale about the coup that brings forth Gilead feels terribly realistic at the moment, I still think it did me some good to read and now watch it.

First to bring back the reality that it always can get worse again and also because it highlights the importance of the core physical issues. How important it is to be able to fight. How important it is to keep some key knowledge (say about abortives) in the public sphere and so on.

It's painful to watch and they actually added to the horrors of the book, but it is also very relevant and very good.

[silverusagi]

I actually reread the book not that long ago, too! It was before Trump, but it was sometime last year.

[rogin]

It is an amazing book! I love that show is going beyond it though. That they tell Ofglen's story and that it is likely going beyond the open end of Offred's maybe escape.

The claustrophobic feel of the book that stems from Offred's very limited knowledge of what is actually going on, will probably be lost a little, but I still think it makes the series highly interesting.