Why the Handmaid's Tale Didn't Click With Me

 Around spring of last year (as Covid started up) I ended up watching 2.5 episodes of Handmaid's Tale.

About twenty minutes into episode one....I just started asking myself how any of this landscape occurred and went back to a written piece to explain this.

For your benefit, I'll describe this 'world' in this way....things crapped out in America because of a civil war (you are never sure over how this was triggered), climate change and sexual diseases (not Covid, if you were curious).

So you have a new government in charge, and it seems to be run mostly by men....who are extremely doctoral (I didn't say Hitler-like but you get this impression).

Life is pretty simple....guys luck out and get very submissive women for the most part.  This part of the landscape is not really explained well....they just want you to assume this side of the story.

These women aren't in charge of anything.....nor do they do much except make men happy.    The guys?  They all seem to be Army-minded and driven to be part of some dictator-chaos.

Somehow.....all of this leads back to the Bible, and women are used for multiple marriages.

So the acting?  I would suggest that it's mostly soap opera acting.....with some script to get you through 40 minutes of some Bible-Hitler soap opera.

At the mid-point of episode three....I just said enough and quit. 

Women who get into this?  The only reason I can see is that they get all hyped up over the script being sexual in nature, and they keep thinking that something will occur to destroy the regime, with a whole bunch of guys dead in the end.

Observations

 1.  Menthol cigarettes' going away?  

Yes.  But it's a curious thing....as they are banned, it's now been suggested that the most smoked brands of cigarettes among blacks....are the menthol type.  So you have to wonder.....will blacks adapt or will this just create more confrontations between the police and blacks?

2.  This suggestion by Senator McConnell about three or four GOP Senators running for President in 2024?

Well, they may have some pocket money by the Mitch-PAC to launch in 2023 with some speeches in Iowa, but as 2024 arrives....the three or four will be out of race.  

3.  I noticed in business news....Goggle is talking up a training program they will run, with ex-convicts.  For some reason, I just don't see this being successful.

4.  The quote from President Biden: “There’s no reason the blades for wind turbines can’t be built in Pittsburgh instead of Beijing."

I've paused over this and rendered a fair amount of thought.  Cost-wise, even if you don't count the shipping cost....the Chinese-made blade would probably be 30-percent the cost of the Pittsburgh blade.  Most of this is based on cheap labor, cheap healthcare, and low regulation patterns for safety and the environment.  I admit....shipping probably adds ten-percent onto the cost.  But in the end, China can make the blade for half the cost.

Who is talking to Joe and convincing him of this bogus comparison?