Hulu original series. Interesting premise and so far so good. 5 episodes in and the dystopian nightmare unfolds withe more and more authoritarianism and so on. I think some of you in here would dig it. Fascist inclined as well.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5834204/
The Handmaids Tale
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GloryofGreece
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The Handmaids Tale
The good, the true, & the beautiful
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Xenophon
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Re: The Handmaids Tale
Seems like Marxist propagandistic drivel.
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Speaker to Animals
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Re: The Handmaids Tale
Xenophon wrote:Seems like Marxist propagandistic drivel.
Correct.
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Xenophon
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Re: The Handmaids Tale
Having their rebel organization be called "Mayday" is a little on the nose, I thought.Speaker to Animals wrote:Xenophon wrote:Seems like Marxist propagandistic drivel.
Correct.
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Speaker to Animals
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Re: The Handmaids Tale
Xenophon wrote:Having their rebel organization be called "Mayday" is a little on the nose, I thought.Speaker to Animals wrote:Xenophon wrote:Seems like Marxist propagandistic drivel.
Correct.
Yeah, and it would be crazy if we lived in a society in which one sex could simply enslave the other sex on a whim, control their reproduction, and imprison them if they don't comply. Oh wait..
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StCapps
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Re: The Handmaids Tale
The question isn't whether it makes for great propaganda, it obviously does, the question is whether it's still a good show anyway.
*yip*
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GloryofGreece
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Re: The Handmaids Tale
The society itself is Fascist. Not Marxist by a long shot.
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Re: The Handmaids Tale
I believe they're trying to say that because the Fascist society is depicted by the show in a negative light, it must be a Marxist show.GloryofGreece wrote:The society itself is Fascist. Not Marxist by a long shot.
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Hanarchy Montanarchy
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It must be quite vexing for some that there is such a conspicuous lack of quality, pro-Fascist television on offer.BjornP wrote:I believe they're trying to say that because the Fascist society is depicted by the show in a negative light, it must be a Marxist show.GloryofGreece wrote:The society itself is Fascist. Not Marxist by a long shot.
HAIL!
Her needs America so they won't just take his shit away like in some pussy non gun totting countries can happen.
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Her needs America so they won't just take his shit away like in some pussy non gun totting countries can happen.
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Montegriffo
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Re: The Handmaids Tale
Well, there's always Fox news.Hanarchy Montanarchy wrote:It must be quite vexing for some that there is such a conspicuous lack of quality, pro-Fascist television on offer.BjornP wrote:I believe they're trying to say that because the Fascist society is depicted by the show in a negative light, it must be a Marxist show.GloryofGreece wrote:The society itself is Fascist. Not Marxist by a long shot.
oops, I missed that you said ''quality''. Never mind, carry on.
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