Ukusukela kwinkulumbuso yeHulu Ibali lesicakakazi uthotho uhlengahlengiso kunyaka ophelileyo, uHandmaid, onxibe iingubo ezinde ezibomvu kunye nebhonethi emhlophe enamaphiko, ubonakalise amaxesha ngamaxesha njengophawu loqhankqalazo, ngakumbi kumlo wamalungelo okuzala abasetyhini. Ukusuka eOhio naseTexas, yonke indlela eya Ayalend , Abasetyhini banxibe isinxibo seHandmaid njengesimboli esithuleyo sokungavisisani phambi kohlaselo lokufikelela kwisisu nakwezinye iimfuno zokhathalelo lwempilo. Izicakakazi zazimi ngaphandle kweGolden Globes, isikhumbuzi esandayo sokuchaswa kwabasetyhini ngenkqubo kunye nokuthula.
Kwikhaphethi ebomvu yexesha elidlulileyo le-premiere, i-AV Club yabuza amalungu eqela lomdlalo kunye neqela lokuyila malunga neemvakalelo zabo ngokwenza uphawu lwe-visceral yemvukelo. Ngamafutshane: bayazingca ngayo. Kubonakala ngathi umyili wempahla uAne Crabtree wayengekho, okanye kungenjalo akazange abuzwe udliwanondlebe, kodwa mhle wonke umntu wabuza ngentsingiselo yesinxibo esincoma umsebenzi wakhe, kunye noMargaret Atwood ngokudala umfanekiso weSicakakazi kwasekuqaleni indawo.
Ngexesha lokuqala, abakhonzikazi, abanyanzelwa ukuba bahambe ngababini okanye ngamaqela okanye yonke imilambo ebomvu ebomvu ehla ezitalatweni, yayingumqondiso ocacileyo wokuba sexesheni, wokuzala. Olo luphawu lwengubo, kunye nokungaboni kweempawu zabo, kunciphisa aba bafazi kwimizimba yabo nakwiindima zabo ezichaziweyo zesini. Ibahlutha inkululeko yabo kwaye ibenze uphawu ngokubonakalayo ngesinxibo sabo sokunyanzelwa ngokwesini- kunye neklasi. Umboniso, njengenoveli, wabetha imithambo kunye nabasetyhini abaninzi kuba olo hlobo lukarhulumente lubeke ukungabikho kokuzimela komzimba yinto eyoyikisayo esiyibonayo.
U-Yvonne Strahovski (Serena) usikhumbuza ukuba ubugcisa bokulingisa ubomi, ubomi bokulingisa inkangeleko yomboniso ngengozi enkulu (bekucingelwa ukuba ubongameli bukaClinton babekwisikhwama xa beqala imveliso), kodwa loo nto ayenzi njalo unamandla okubona incwadi kwaye ubonise intwasahlobo ebomini. UMvelisi oLawulayo womboniso uWarren Littlefield uxelele iklabhu ye-AV ukuba bazukile ukunceda ukunika [abaqhankqalazi] ilizwi, okanye indlela yokubonisa elo lizwi. Naye, uyaphawula ukuba umhlaba esiphila kuwo uziva mihla le ngokungathi ungaphambi kweGiliyadi. (Unga bukela ividiyo ekhaphethi ebomvu apha .)
Ukusetyenziswa kweyunifomu yeSandla esisebenza ngesandla njengendlela yokuqhankqalaza ngumyalezo: Siyabona siza, kwaye siza kulwa nayo, kwaye okwangoku, kuya kufuneka ube neentloni zokuba zikhohlakele kweli bali. Njengoko u-Offred esitsho kwisizini yokugqibela enye, Ngengazange basinike iyunifomu ukuba bebengafuni ukuba ngumkhosi.
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