Margaret Atwood is the author of The Handmaid’s Tale, a novel set in a world run by a Christian totalitarian government, where women are considered subservient to men. It seems that the basis of novel isn’t a dystopian future. It’s history.
Bruce Miller has just won the 69th Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series for The Handmaids Tale. The episode in question? The stand-out premiere “Offred.”