That was the first thing I thought watching it. Eerily too close. Makes it a bit more difficult to be entertained by it.
I’m not convinced that someone at the Heritage Foundation didn’t read the book and think EUREKA!!! It’s too on-the-nose for it to be a coincidence.
Or Atwood is a time-traveller and that’s why she has a secret book in a time capsule to be opened in 100 years. On the day of it’s opening, she’ll pop up in a surprise since it’s before she travelled back in time, thereby closing the paradox loop.
I saw my mom watching The Handmaids Tale today. It made me think, are we slowly transforming into Gilead?
FYI, I know Gilead is United States. I read the book.
That was the first thing I thought watching it. Eerily too close. Makes it a bit more difficult to be entertained by it.
Oh also, apparently Elisabeth Moss is a Scientologist. So, eck. Unsure if I’ll continue.
I’m not convinced that someone at the Heritage Foundation didn’t read the book and think EUREKA!!! It’s too on-the-nose for it to be a coincidence.
Or Atwood is a time-traveller and that’s why she has a secret book in a time capsule to be opened in 100 years. On the day of it’s opening, she’ll pop up in a surprise since it’s before she travelled back in time, thereby closing the paradox loop.