The Handmaid's Tale
Pop Rocket
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4.8 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 3 May 2017
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
This week we have an all ladies episode of Pop Rocket! Karen is hosting, and the gang is talking about the new Hulu series of Margaret Atwood's 1985 classic novel The Handmaid's Tale. Margaret tells us about the differences between the series and the book. They explore whether or not Offred's internal dialogue works when portrayed as voice over, and whether the racial make-up of the show was intentional. Does the music work, and does the show reflect anything from our current political climate? Margaret's all about is relishing in the dismantling of Fox News by the hands of its key contributors and Wynter talks about Netflix's Dear White People. Plus, the panel shares some light, vintage jams to help cleanse our palates after a particularly heavy discussion.
Reacd Margaret's interview with Margaret Atwood for the Los Angeles Times and don't forget to listen to Guy's interview with Atwood on Bullseye from 2015.
Karen Tongson, Margaret Wappler, and Wynter Mitchell
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Oh, hey Rocketeers, I'm Karen Tongson, filling in for our fearless leader Guy Branham. |
| 0:11.6 | Welcome to Pop Rocket, a weekly show picking |
| 0:14.2 | over all the pop culture we love to love. |
| 0:17.2 | With me to talk TV, film, music, |
| 0:19.4 | and anything else entertaining are Digital Strateg strategist Winter Mitchell. |
| 0:23.0 | Hello Hello Hello, Hello Winter and journalist and novelist Margaret Waupler. |
| 0:28.0 | Hi there Karen, it's very exciting to see your captain to share. |
| 0:31.0 | It's so weird to be in this corner. It feels so spacious and capacious. |
| 0:35.0 | That was totally redundant. But anyway, coming up on this week's show, |
| 0:39.0 | Your Power Trio Lady Group are going to talk about The Handmaid's Tale on Hulu. |
| 0:45.2 | Plus we'll each be sharing our latest jams, but first, let's find out what arts and entertainment |
| 0:49.6 | news or events have caught our attention this week. |
| 0:52.1 | Winter Mitchell, what are you all about this week? |
| 0:54.8 | Margaret and I were both kind of about Firefest. |
| 0:58.5 | And then I was like, you know what? |
| 0:59.2 | We were so about it on Friday. |
| 1:00.9 | We were so about it. |
| 1:01.8 | And then I decided, I don don't need this was not like |
| 1:04.7 | Katrina like if you're by now you should have made two decisions you're either |
| 1:09.8 | back home trying to get your refund or class action lawsuits started or you like made |
| 1:15.9 | a weekend out of it and just like chilled at the sandals next door I mean like |
| 1:19.8 | or you're still in the ecstasy wandering the island being like where is it I still haven't found the festival or you found your 50 seconds of social media |
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