wiseabsol:

So I just watched the first three episodes of the TV series today, and while I agree with everyone that the show is very intense and disturbing, especially in light of our current political environment…can I just add that it’s also really funny at points? Mind you, the moments of humor are very much in the vein of sarcastic/gallows humor, but they’re there and I definitely appreciate them. 

Yeah, this. I love me a good dystopia, but this one’s been more difficult to watch than I imagined. Not sure why I thought they wouldn’t update a book from 1985 to where the government overthrow that led to Gilead existing took place in our present, but it’s terrifying.

That said, the humor is getting me through the eps, like when Offred said “Fuck.” really flatly at the end of the ep. Reminded me of the kind of black comedy I used to love about Dead Like Me.