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I don't get all this arguing about whether or not The Handmaid's Tale could happen so quickly when Daesh currently exists but with less resources and more enemies than a fictional Gilead. Daesh declared itself a caliphate in June 2014, its been 3 years and the whole of life has been changed, especially for women, in areas under their control. The fall of the Soviet Union provides another example of a creeping change and then a destabilizing shock that reformed much of society in very short order. JUICY HAMBUGAR fucked around with this message at 07:39 on Apr 30, 2017 |
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RE: Tactical realism In the book the revolutionary period is still in motion but nearing its end. Certain bits in the story ahead (Jezebels, the Commander's contraband, the discussion of Gilead in the epilogue) show that there are still rifts between the appearance of a uniform new society and the actuality of it.
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Apr 30, 2017 23:38
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The latest episode is really good, and almost entirely newer material! I'm a little disappointed that Serena Joy didn't really get an update to being a more modern conservative in the vein of Coulter, et al., but I guess that was just me trying to project my own desires into the show. I did end up feeling a ton of empathy for her in this episode, it humanized her very well, showing her chafing at the restraints she has built for herself, trying to reclaim her power (any sliver of power anyway), and the utter lack of respect for her as a person embodied in the end of the scene where she had waited outside the conspirator's think tank. It also made me consider the epilogue of the book, and the purges mentioned in them. I'd bet she's one of the first against the wall.
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May 17, 2017 07:59
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In some of the flashback scenes there are little pieces that hint to what is going on. The most jarring for me was the empty carnival grounds (though it was hard to see because nearly all the shots were closeups).
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May 18, 2017 04:53
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Ballz posted:That episode gave me Last of Us vibes and that was a good thing. I got the exact same vibes. E: Only Zoe got shot in the boat escape.
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May 25, 2017 04:46
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ManlyGrunting posted:That checks out, actually. Have we seen any non-white characters that weren't handmaidens in the show? Rita/Martha is an easy example of a non-white character.
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May 28, 2017 16:45
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