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Tuesday 4 June 2019

Sympathy for the devil: how The Handmaid's Tale finally goes too far

In the third season of the dystopian drama, the writers are asking us to feel empathy for villainous characters, a final straw for a show that’s already outstayed its welcome

Even if you haven’t personally seen The Handmaid’s Tale, Hulu’s dystopian re-imagining of Margaret Atwood’s classic novel about fertile women being forced into sexual servitude, you are probably deeply familiar with the iconography of the show, much of which is especially riveting because of its simplicity: the Handmaids in their long red dress and white bonnets, the Wives in a deep regal blue-green, the Marthas in dull green-grey, the Aunts in faded browns.

Related: What to expect from Handmaid’s Tale season three

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from The Guardian http://bit.ly/2XAvYW0

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