I have been wanting to see this t.v. series for a long time, ever since it came out, because I respect the book a lot. However, after watching the first 10 episodes (Season 1), I can say that I have seen enough, I think. This series is so grim ---- lacks any humor at all ---- the pacing is soooooo slow; just waiting for something to happen, I have fallen asleep several times and had to watch things over. It rarely changes in the slow pacing --- there's lots of gaps and pauses, and Joe Fiennes and his wife say all their lines the same. This series definitely showcases Elisabeth Moss, whom I have been a fan of since "West Wing." But because it is stretched out into so many seasons, with 10 episodes each, for 50 minutes each episode, they fill it with more characters and more plot and more violence than the book had. Maybe it is just me, and maybe it is the fact I am watching this show during a pandemic, but I feel this is too close to the reality we are facing now every day, so I don't need to see the rest of this series at this time. I would rate it 4. And I'll move on to something else.
"HANDMAID'S TALE" 10 episodes, 50+ minutes each, season 1 on hulu
Set in a dystopian future, a woman is forced to live as a concubine under a fundamentalist theocratic dictatorship.
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