Inoveli kaMargaret Atwood yowe-1985 Ibali lesicakakazi yayiyincwadana elula ngokulula kodwa eyoyikisayo malunga ne-Melika ekufutshane ethathwe li-fascist, ubukhosi besini obabubizwa ngokuba yiRiphabhlikhi yaseGiliyadi, apho ababhinqileyo babekwa kwinqanaba lokuzala kunye nenqanaba. Umlinganiswa ophambili ubizwa ngokuba Unikelwe kwaye uyasidibanisa nehlabathi ngaphambili kunye nale siyaziyo ngoku. Ngelixa uthotho lwe-Hulu lubizwa ngokuba ngu-Offred ngokufanelekileyo kwaye lwamnika ibali elinzulu kakhulu, ikwenze oko ngendleko zokuxelela ibali lika-Atwood okanye elinobumbano.
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Ndigqibile ukuwuyeka umboniso emva kwexesha lesibini, kodwa emva kokuva ukuba ixesha lesine libuyele kwifomu ngeendlela ezithile, ndaye ndagqiba kwelokuba ndityhale, kwaye indoda-ngaphandle kokwenza okumangalisayo, umboniso awuzinzanga kwaphela kulwakhiwo lwawo . Ngalo lonke ixesha lonyaka kuya kusiba ngumphambukeli nomphambukeli ukuba iGiliyadi ikhona, kungasathethwa ke sisoyikiso esikhulu kwiindawo ezinjengeCanada, apho iimbacu ezivela eGiliyadi zisabela kuzo. Sixelelwe ukuba iGiliyadi kuphela kwendawo apho inzala inyuka khona, kodwa akucaci ukuba kunokwenzeka njani oko?
Babulala abakhonzazana beziphathamandla kwaye ubuninzi beemvakalelo kunye namandla omzimba abaphantsi kwabo kubonakala ngathi akulunganga ukuba nabantwana. Kukho konke ukuzalwa okuyimpumelelo esikubonayo, kukho abantwana abaswelekileyo kwaye uninzi lwabo aluphumelelanga kwimizamo yokukhulelwa. Kwaye uninzi lwabantwana esibabonayo ngabantwana ababiweyo kwiminyaka emihlanu edlulileyo. Emva koko kukho uJuni, umboniso ophakathi.
UJuni Osborne odlalwe nguElizabeth Moss yindima ephumeze kakhulu. UMoss uphethe lo mboniso ukuya kwinqanaba lokuba iziqendu ezininzi ziqale kwaye ziphele kubuso obusondeleyo. Ezona mpawu zeencwadi ziguqulwa zenziwa ingelosi yokuziphindezela ezele ngumsindo, ekwaziyo ukukhupha ukukhululwa kwabafazi abasebenza naye. Embindini wexesha lesine, uJuni ekugqibeleni uyasinda eGiliyadi esiya eCanada. Ube ligorha emva kokunceda ukusindisa abantwana abangaphezu kwama-80, uMarthas kunye neZicakakazi ezivela eGiliyadi kwinqwelomoya.
Phakathi kwala manyathelo, uJuni ngokusisiseko waqhuba isithili sakhe. Wayeyityeshela ngokuphandle imithetho, engamhloniphi u-antie u-Lydia nabanye, kwaye ehlukumeza nabani na ongayilandeliyo i-ajenda yakhe. Kwelinye icala, uJuni luphawu olunyanzelayo oluku-antihero ngoku. Akakhathali nokuba leliphi na igazi okanye izidumbu azishiya ngasemva. Abahlobo, amahlakani kunye neentshaba. Emva kwexesha, emva kokuba ehlangulwe eGiliyadi udlwengula umyeni wakhe kwindawo ekufanele ukuba igxininise ukukhathazeka kwakhe kodwa Ndiziva nje ukuba uwele eyakhe irobicon ngokweemvakalelo. Akakwazi ukuba ngumfazi nomama afuna ukuba yiyo kuba iGiliyadi imenze wanxanelwa igazi.
Kwisiqendu sokugqibela seli xesha lonyaka, emva kokuba umdlwenguli wakhe nowayesakuba ngumphathi, uFred Waterford, ekhuselekile, uJuni uthathe isigqibo sobulungisa baseGiliyadi. Ufumana indlela yokumbuyisela eGiliyadi kwaye yena, kunye nabanye ababalekayo ababesakuba ngabakhonzazana, bamqhekeza. Yi Bacchanalia yempindezelo, kwaye ngokuqinisekileyo yimpindezelo efunyenweyo, kodwa yintoni eyenzayo kuthetha ?
Uninzi lomboniso lumalunga nokothuka, uloyiko, ukusenza thina, abaphulaphuli, ukuba sijonge umzuzu ngamnye otyhafisayo njengenye inqanaba le-omg yaseGiliyadi eyoyikeka kakhulu. Kodwa kunqabile ukuba nayiphi na loo mali ibe nanto. NgoJuni kungakhokelela, kodwa ukungakhuseleki kuye nakuphi na ukulungiswa kwexesha elide kwizenzo zakhe kwenza iGiliyadi ibonakale ngathi iyintlekisa.
Ndiyasiqonda ukuba kutheni, kwesi sihogo sezopolitiko sikhona, izizathu zokuba eli bali likhule laba yinto enkulu kunemvelaphi yalo. Kodwa ukwenza oko kuphela ngexabiso lothuselo kulinciphisa ibali abafuna ukulibalisa malunga nebhinqa eliqhutywa libaxekileyo lihlabathi elinobundlobongela.
(umfanekiso: Hulu)
