Gilead gets more and more bizarre. I keep wondering, how did it sink this low in such a short time? How did the will of what had to be a fairly small minority get imposed on the larger majority so quickly and so thoroughly? Who designed all those dresses and uniforms? Whose house are the […]
People are not meant to handle this much trauma. Children ripped from parents’ arms, men and women tortured and killed for beliefs, or for resisting, or for…. nothing. And master manipulators can take that trauma, and turn it into crushing guilt, and turn that guilt into acceptance and even fanaticism. This episode of The Handmaid’s […]
In many ways, as devastating as episode 1 of this season was, I found episode 2 even more so. We knew June and the other Handmaids would be punished for their refusal to stone Janine. We knew it wouldn’t be easy. But then we had the hope of June’s assisted escape, even though we didn’t […]
This has been a busy week for news about The Handmaid’s Tale! Show producers have been presenting Season 2 at the Television Critics Association meeting over the last couple of days. Among tidbits of info that have come out: Season 2 will debut on April 25. Marisa Tomei will be a Season 2 guest star, […]
