The Handmaid’s Tale premiered in April 2017, a time when Donald Trump had just celebrated his 100th day in office. The show was created during the “I’m With Her” movement and debuted at a moment of great resistance to Trump’s policies. As he nominated Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court and reinstated a global gag rule on NGOs providing abortion services, the show felt eerily relevant.
However, as the series deviated from Margaret Atwood’s original novel, it lost some of its impact. The book was a story of heroic resistance, but the TV show struggled to balance short periods of rebellion with long stretches of suffering. Now, with Trump’s second 100-day mark approaching, the final season of The Handmaid’s Tale is premiering at a critical time.
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Source: https://www.vulture.com/article/the-handmaids-tale-recap-season-6-episode-1-train.html