{"id":336617,"date":"2017-03-24T00:47:35","date_gmt":"2017-03-23T16:47:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/?p=1468089"},"modified":"2017-03-24T00:47:35","modified_gmt":"2017-03-23T16:47:35","slug":"hulus-trailer-for-the-handmaids-tale-is-appropriately-chilling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/hulus-trailer-for-the-handmaids-tale-is-appropriately-chilling\/","title":{"rendered":"Hulu\u2019s trailer for The Handmaid\u2019s Tale is appropriately chilling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"embed-youtube c5\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player c4\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"390\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PJTonrzXTJs?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;autohide=2&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Hulu\u2019s original series The Handmaid\u2019s Tale, which debuts on April 26, is based on Margaret Atwood\u2019s 1985 novel, which is a work of fiction. Try to keep that in mind as you listen to the opening lines of narration in this first full-length trailer, which sound worryingly documentarian.<\/p>\n<p>The trailer gives a quick-cut synopsis of the world\u2019s quick progress from essentially contemporary reality into a fictional dystopia in which women essentially have no rights and are basically used as breeding stock. The series stars <em>Mad Men<\/em> vet Elisabeth Moss, as well as <em>The Leftovers\u2019<\/em> Ann Dowd and Gilmore Girl Alexis Bledel.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m not the only one who thinks the timing and tone of this Hulu Original is a bit on the nose: Women demonstrating at the Texas Senate on Monday regarding two bills related to abortion under consideration donned outfits that look pulled from the program\u2019s costuming department:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/03\/unnamed-6.jpg?w=640\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/03\/unnamed-6.jpg 640w, https:\/\/tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/03\/unnamed-6.jpg?w=150 150w, https:\/\/tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/03\/unnamed-6.jpg?w=300 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>&nbsp;Hulu&#8217;s original series The Handmaid&#8217;s Tale, which debuts on April 26, is based on Margaret Atwood&#8217;s 1985 novel, which is a work of fiction. Try to keep that in mind as you listen to the opening lines of narration in this first full-length trailer, which sound worryingly documentarian. 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