Did You Know In THE HANDMAID’S TALE…

That many of the show’s gruesome fictional scenes are based on fact? Few would have regarded The Handmaid’s Tale as rooted in reality when it first hit television screens. The show is based in a fictional future where the United States government is overthrown by a theocratic regime. However, according to the author of the original book on which the show is based, Margaret Atwood, the events depicted in the show are all based on reality. In fact, Atwood has revealed that she imposed only one rule on herself while writing the story, and that was to only describe events that have really happened. The author said, “I made a rule for myself: I would not include anything that human beings had not already done in some other place or time, or for which technology did not already exist.” Atwood herself was heavily involved in the most recent adaptation of her work for the screen, even making a cameo appearance in Season One of The Handmaid’s Tale.

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[coll]

Anyone that thought this wasn’t rooted in reality is delusional

[nicres]

It’s happening right now, in real time 💔

[dyahmiluna]

Came here to see the fragile masculinity comments and as usual, I was not disappointed 😂

[paramachatterjee]

So it's based in history but it also predicted the future 😮

[AuttmS]

Wait… so handmaids are real? Like this was a thing at one point in time? (Ik not as extreme but)

[tashacooper]

There’s an ossa video that points this out like in Romania you would be fined for not being pregnant in America with the Indians that we would be stolen from our homes for not being American enough