It’s the TV show that everyone has been talking about for the last few months, now The Handmaid’s Tale is finally available to watch in Australia.
The best part? It won’t cost you a cent.
The latest adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s dystopian novel, The Handmaid’s Tale is set in the former United States of America now known as the Republic of Gilead world where women are kept purely for reproductive purposes, their rights and power totally stripped.
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Starring Alexis Bledel, Mad Men‘s Elizabeth Moss and Orange Is The New Black‘s Samira Wiley, it’s the first person account of Offred (literally of-Fred) as she tries to come to terms with the new regimen and explore whether there’s anyway to escape.
It’s had enormous resonance amongst people, particularly women, who feel that thanks to the current political state and discussions in the US, the events of the novel are not totally unfathomable.
Reviews of the adaptation have been overwhelmingly positive, with The Guardian labelling it “the best show you’ll watch all year” and Rotten Tomato users giving it a rare score of 100 per cent. It’s already been renewed for a second season to air in 2018.
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Not much help if you're blighted by the rural data drought. Streaming tv programs are out of the reach of so many
I've only seen one episode and on the whole I'm really enjoying it so far but there are a few really unnecessary changes.
I am beyond infuriated that they changed the colours that the women wear. Why oh why is the wife in green and the marthas are in grey? Marthas should be green, wives blue and econowives stripes!! Why mess with that?
And the ages of the Commander and his wife, why make them so much younger?
There are a few other things but they could be spoilers. However overall it is really good.