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Katrina Onstad / New York Times: 
'The Handmaid's Tale': A Newly Resonant Dystopia Comes to TV

Discussion:

Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:   A Review of Reviews of “The Handmaid's Tale”

Hank Stuever Tv / Washington Post:   'The Handmaid's Tale' isn't just timely, it's essential viewing for our fractured culture

EW.com:   The Handmaid's Tale  —  type: … genre: … performer:

John Anderson / Wall Street Journal:   'The Handmaid's Tale' Review: An American Dystopia

Economist:   A masterful adaptation of “The Handmaid's Tale”

Dominic Patten / Deadline:   'The Handmaid's Tale' Review: Elisabeth Moss-Led Adaptation Is Gripping, Chilling

Amber Dowling / Hollywood Reporter:   'The Handmaid's Tale' Primer: A Guide to Hulu's Timely Margaret Atwood Adaptation

I.C.Y.M.I./Shorter, from 1990:

After all, what could be more chillingly dystopic than Faye "The Skull" Dunaway & Robert Duvall acting in a Harold Pinter screenplay?