Do you still feel this could happen?Ītwood: Even more so.

Moss: And now we’re at a time when our climate is what it is in America and in the world. Moss: You’ve said a lot, and I’ve repeated often, that everything that happened in The Handmaid’s Tale has happened.Ītwood: Somewhere at some time. There are more babies being born, the air is cleaner.Ītwood: A character in the book says, “Better never means better for everyone.” Moss: We touch on this more in the show than in the book, but even though things are bad for the handmaids, the government has improved some things. I was always very interested in the Salem witch trials, another instance of controlling women.

I thought it would have to be some sort of theocracy, like the 17th century in the U.S. But you said that the kernel of the idea was how you would control women by shutting down their bank accounts.Ītwood: Also it was, If America were going to do a totalitarian government, what kind of totalitarian government would it be? It wouldn’t be communism. OL1876316W Page_number_confidence 90.22 Pages 94 Partner Innodata Pdf_module_version 0.0.16 Ppi 360 Rcs_key 24143 Republisher_date 20211110062503 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 391 Scandate 20211104085415 Scanner Scanningcenter cebu Scribe3_search_catalog isbn Scribe3_search_id 9780582215382 Tts_version 4.Moss: When we first met, we were in a very loud restaurant, so I was sort of leaning over the table trying desperately to hear all of your answers. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 00:09:34 Associated-names Atwood, Margaret, 1939- Handmaid's tale Autocrop_version 0.0.4_books-20210916-0.1 Boxid IA40279813 Camera Sony Alpha-A6300 (Control) Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier

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