Tag: Gilead
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Under the Eye: “Fairytale”
Bowling for Gilead. So Canada, right? Supposed to be America’s surrogate? Land of the … somewhat free? Home of the … arguably brave? Does your average American citizen have the rights afforded them by their Constitution and Bill of Rights, and are those rights recognized by the Canadian government? The reason I ask is because…
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Under the Eye: “Dear Offred”
“It’s so hard to talk to people, isn’t it? That’s a keystone of “discourse” in 2022 America, let alone an indeterminate year in the world of Gilead. Funny how words … have to … be delivered … in a … slow … contemplative … fashion.”
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Under the Eye: “Unfit”
I wonder if this is Gilead right here. Three Aunts at a table with a Lazy Susan spinning around. Busy-bodies in con-fab naming names, and discussing “trouble” handmaids like Ofjoseph. This might be Gilead. Lydia sits in concert with other middle-aged women of her ilk with their files and their folders. Despite this “revelation,” this…
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Under the Eye: “Household”
Every time somebody tells me that the Gilead-infested world of The Handmaid’s Tale is, in actuality, Donald Trump’s vision for America, another nail is hammered into the coffin of science fiction. They’re still saying it to this day! For there can be no science fiction when everything has some sort of cultural or political significance.…
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Under the Eye: “Unknown Caller”
Note: I’ve harped on this before, I know, but there were and are viewers who believe The Handmaid’s Tale represents an analogue of current Western culture; that somehow we’ve gone back to the dark ages, and we’ve brought back female subjugation in a big way. I’d just like to direct my readers to events unfolding…
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Under the Eye: “Useful”
Here’s the thing about dead bodies hanging in a town circle. It’s not a good look for any community. That’s the last thing you want to put in your tourist brochures. Ladies, back me up on this. As we often open an episode of The Handmaid’s Tale on a cheery note, we have June, Ofwarren,…
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Under the Eye: “Baggage”
June has taken to jogging her troubles away in the massive Boston Globe space. Her little memorial to the slain Globe employees has grown to form a visually-impressive semi-circle of lit candles and knick-knacks. In “Little America,” Moira has taken to jogging her troubles away. She’s shacked up with Luke and Luke’s little mute friend,…
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Under the Eye: “June”
In light of recent events, I’ve changed my thinking with regard to how people can be manipulated to dangerous extremes and inflict violence upon their fellow man. I used to believe the “inner life” of The Handmaid’s Tale was simply a set of speculative fictions designed to provoke thought in the body politic. When the…
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“Blessed Be The Fruit: A Look Back at Handmaid’s Tale’s First Season”
“Blessed Be The Fruit: A Look Back at Handmaid’s Tale’s First Season” I tend to get sucked into heated arguments on Facebook, I don’t know why. But this was so oddly prescient. In the wake of Trump ending the Iran Deal, side-note: the Media swearing up and down the Iranian Government was just a bunch…
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Under the Eye: “Night”
“Night” After the “before-time,” after the long-long-ago, June and her class of handmaids-in-training are being led to orientation as Aunt Lydia calls them, a “a parade of sluts.” Really? She wants the handmaids to “humble themselves” in the eyes of the Lord, which requires lowering their heads in front of Aunt Lydia, which would suggest…
Misadventures in Blissville 