Austin Glass
Aug 23, 2017 · 2 min read

The point there though is look at our country. It seems as realistic today that women would enslave men as vice versa. Meaning it isn’t realistic at all. What are the fights over now in regards to women’s health? Recently we mandated free birth control on health insurance. Birth control was already cheap so my wife and I go from paying $10 a month or so to nothing. People made a big stink about making it free when it is totally inconsequential for most people.

Contrast that to certain parts of the world. Where we could do the most good for the most people is elsewhere. For some reason we consider other cultures to be out of bounds and yet we are constantly dragging our own culture down as if ours is the real problem.

As political commentary I also find it lacking. In regards to the TV show this is 2017. So making it as modern political statements go seems rather silly. It seemed dated even when written in 1985. My dad left my mom a few years before that when my brother and I were just starting elementary school. She was able to go back finish school and then become a very successful professional who was financially independent. Maybe she was an outlier to some extent, but I have my doubts there. You compare it to Fahrenheit 451, but that was written in the 50s. Censorship was possible and a real threat then. Adapting a TV show around it would seem silly today. Which is exactly the problem with adapting Atwood’s book as well. As a critique of the US it falls on its face. Even if it seems that our President is from a time when it would be appropriate.

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