‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ EPs Say Series Didn’t Caution Enough People Before Trump’s Return

‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ EPs Say Series Didn’t Caution Enough People Before Trump’s Return


“As we got closer and closer to the election, the risk and the threat of something happening changed, and I think that affected everyone on production and the way we were making the show, and the seriousness with which everyone — from the gaffer to the prop master to the editors — felt working on this show,” Chang said. … I think one of the big things for me, personally, and my role in the show, is to keep my head down and not pay attention to any of that, and keep rereading “Handmaid’s Tale,” talking to Margaret, talking to Elizabeth Moss, making a TV show, and keeping my mind on that.” But this feels like it could be pretty powerful.’ Now, by the way, that was in Obama years, but it’s still— we were seeing in the world around us, the rise of the far right, the radical right, and we understood that human rights, women’s rights, were being compromised so many people’s rights, and we felt that it could be a thrilling, and maybe even an important show.

Author: Raquel 'Rocky' Harris


Published at: 2025-04-07 23:00:00

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