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Podcast: Standard Issue Podcast
Episode: Rated or Dated: The Handmaid's Tale (1990)
Description: Margaret Atwood via Harold Pinter? Volker Schlöndorffâs 1990 adaptation of whatâs become a feminist classic promises âa haunting tale of sexuality in a country gone wrongâ. So thereâs that for starters. Will Mick, Hannah and Jen get onboard with Schlöndorffâs vision of Gilead and what happens to the women living in it, or will they, like Pinter, find it all very tiring? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices