Ukunikezela kunye neOglenThatha isihlanu / iHulu Ibali lesicakakazi kwiHulu iqala ngesigcawu esasikhankanywe kuphela kwinoveli apho inkqubo kamabonakude isekwe khona: Ukuzama kuka-Offred ukubaleka nomyeni wakhe kunye nomntwana.
Kulandelelanisa ukubetha kwentliziyo ngqo ngqo kwifilimu eyoyikisayo-okokuqala imoto ebalekayo, ebaleka ngesilumkiso, emva koko ibaleke, ithi krwaqu ngasemva, yaphule amasetyana, ifihle kwaye ibambe umphefumlo-kwaye imisa kakuhle ithoni yoko kuya kuba enye yezona zinto zithethwa kakhulu ngeenkqubo zikamabonwakude zonyaka. Le yintliziyo yokuva-kwentliziyo-yakho-ezindlebeni zakho, ezenze zonke izinto ezoyikisayo kunye ne-visceral ngeenkcukacha ezibonakalayo esizibonayo kwabo basukelayo: ii-walkie-talkies, iimask ski, imipu yemipu ngasemva kwabo. Akukho bungqina bexesha elizayo okanye Mdlalo yokulamba -style iisuti zomzimba zesilivere. Ezo nkcukacha zisibophelela: Eli lihlabathi lethu, kwaye lo mfazi ubonile umyeni wakhe edutyulwa kwaye umntwana wakhe emhluthile kuye njengoko wayecela. Akuyi kubakho kusinda, kuye okanye kumbukeli.
Ukuqaqamba kwe- Ibali lesicakakazi Inxalenye ivela kumgangatho ekwabelana ngayo nencwadi: ayikaze ichaze ngaphezulu, okanye ishumayele. I-Voiceover, ngokufuthi i-crutch eqeshwe ngabonobhala abangonwabanga ngomhla obekiweyo, sisixhobo sokwazisa u-Offred's (Elizabeth Moss). Endaweni yoko, sifunda yonke into ekufuneka siyazi malunga neli hlabathi kwizithonga ezihleliweyo ze-Offred njengesithunzi esingenabuso phambi kwamakhethini amhlophe, abasetyhini abanemfama ezijikeleze iintloko zabo, uncumo lukaSerena Joy Waterford, umbono omncinci wemizimba exhonywe eludongeni nge Iimpukane zijikeleza iinyawo zazo. Iimpawu ezifakwe ezingxoweni ngaphezulu kweentloko zazo zisixelela loo mizimba ’yesazisi: umfundisi, ugqirha wokuqhomfa, indoda eyintombazana. Olu luluntu apho uphawu olunxityelelaniswa ngokulula lubaluleke kakhulu- nokuba ziziponi zokutya ezinemifanekiso ezisetyenziswa ngabakhonzazana (abavumelekanga ukuba bafunde, okanye basebenzise imali. Ngaba siyazi ukuba imali ikhona kweli hlabathi?) kwindlela umfazi we-Commander agcina ngayo ukudibana kwamehlo nomyeni wakhe ngelixa elala no-Offred ngexesha loMsitho, u-Offred elele ethe tyaba phakathi kwemilenze yomfazi ethe nca. Izicakakazi zinxiba le nto, uMarthas unxiba leya; Ubuzwilakhe buphila ngokulula-ngakumbi, isithethe esibalulekileyo.
Injongo ka-Offred njengesicakakazi kukuvelisa kwakhona, ukusebenza njengesitya soMlawuli kunye nenkosikazi yakhe kwaye ubaphathele umntwana kwihlabathi apho iintlekele zemekobume zibangele ubhubhane wokungachumi phakathi kwabantu. Igama lakhe, Ukunikezelwa, ayilogama konke konke kodwa sisihloko nje, EsikaFred, igama lokuqala loMlawuli (uJoseph Fiennes) ophatha u-Offred ngokunyaniseka.
Umnikelo uchazwa ngokoqobo ulwalamano lwakhe nendoda yendlu, kodwa ke noNksk. Waterford-oxineneyo, odityanisiweyo njengeTrump yabasetyhini, esongelwa ngu-Offred kwaye ekhusela ukuba isicakakazi siyafuneka nasekhaya. Xa i-Offred iqala ukwaziswa ku-Commander Waterford, umnika into engaqhelekanga, ethobekileyo, kwaye ndiyavuya ukukwazi.
Nawe, utsho njalo, ukhaliphe. La magama mabini ajinga emoyeni. Ngokukhawuleza ukuba uMlawuli ahambe, uNkosikazi Waterford uxelele u-Offred ukuba aphakame. Ilungelo elincinci lokuhlala lichithwe.
Indlu yaseWaterford ikwabandakanya uMartha, isicaka sendlu esipheka nokucoca, esenza isonka kwangoko kuba, nayo, luphawu, ukubuyela kwixabiso lemveli, kunye noNick, umqhubi womphathi onomdla, ophantsi khange akhutshwe nokuba ngumfazi. Kodwa kwanokudlala ngothando kwakhe sisisongelo: nabani na unokuba liliso, okanye abe ngumhloli kurhulumente wobuzwilakhe onephiko lasekunene, oko kuthetha ukuba u-Offred akanakuthemba uNick, okanye u-Ofglen (Alexis Bledel), isicakakazi esihamba noOverred kwintengiso yonke usuku, iqabane lakhe alinikiweyo. Abafazi babini basebenza njengeentlola omnye komnye, bengaqinisekanga nokuba omnye ulikholwa lokwenene kwaye ke bobabini banyanzelwe ukuba benze ngokugqibeleleyo.
Umsebenzi wekhamera ulingana ngokulinganayo kunye nokungahlali kakuhle: ukukhanya kwelanga kunye nokuqhushumba phezulu kwezandla zibambe iiorenji kwivenkile ethengisa ukutya okutyibilikayo kwenza ukuba umntu abe nefilosofi kaStepford Wife; ngeebhonethi zabo nangengubo ebomvu, abakhonzazana bajongeka njengamanani kwipeyinti engaqhelekanga kaVan Eyck, ngakumbi xa uOffred emi kwigumbi lakhe elinethoni epholileyo, ukukhanya kwendalo kucoca ngefestile yakhe enye. Eli lihlabathi elenzelwe ubuhle.
Iiflashbacks zisivumela ukuba silandele ukungena kwasekuqaleni kuka-Offred kolu luntu lungaqhelekanga: ukuhlamba iingqondo kwigumbi elingaphantsi elinomtsalane, abasetyhini abaya kuba zizicakakazi bonke behleli phambili kwaye bebukele umboniso wesilayidi ochaza ubungqangi bentshukumo yabo: isibetho sokungachumi esiziswa lungcoliseko emva koko yandiswa kukuzingca kolawulo lokuzalwa olusetyenziswa ngabafazi abangcolileyo.
Abo afunda nabo eklasini baquka umhlobo wakhe wakudala osuka ekholejini, uMoira (Samira Wiley), otshintshiselana naye ngamehlo othusayo kunye neencoko zasebusuku phakathi kwamabala, kunye nentombazana ethetha phandle esebenza njengesixwayiso seRachel kunye neLeah Centre: ivelisa ukothuka kombane entanyeni, kwaye ke isohlwayo esilixesha eliphakathi, ukuba besingaqinisekanga ukuba ikhohlakele kangakanani le nkqubo: Ukuba iliso lam lasekunene liyakukhubekisa, likhuphe.
Eli bhinqa kamva liba liziko lezihlandlo ezibini ezoyikeka kakhulu kwisiqendu sonke. Kuqala, kwiziko lemfundo: uchaza ukudlwengulwa yimigulukudu, kwaye umakazi okhokela iklasi umbuza ukuba ibiyintoni na. Uyambombozela ukuba akazi. U-anti uyaqhubeka, enoluvo lwee-troll ze-Twitter zanamhlanje ezimbi kakhulu: ububakhokela, ibiyimpazamo yakho. Eminye isangqa samantombazana akhomba kwaye aphindaphinde ngengoma embi: Ityala lakhe. Ityala lakhe. Ityala lakhe. Inkangeleko yobuso bukaMoira inika yonke into ekufuneka siyazi malunga nokuqina: dlala nje, okanye uza kwenza izinto zibe mandundu kuwe.
Umzuzu wesibini kunye nelinye iliso lomfazi ubuya ngemini yangoku ngexesha lomnyhadala ongaphandle apho abakhonzazana bonke behlanganisene kulwahlulo lomkhosi Umfazi oneliso elinye, okhulelweyo kunye noqhaqho, uthatha ithuba lokuhlebela u-Offred ukuba uMoira waye Bafile, bathunyelwa kwiikoloni. Kwaye ke indibano iyaqala: abafazi bayamamela njengokuba u-Aunt ezisa indoda eqongeni kwaye athi ugwetyelwe ukudlwengula. Okubi nangakumbi-yayikukudlwengulwa komfazi okhulelweyo, kwaye umntwana wasweleka. Oku kulandelayo ngumboniso weLottery, kodwa abafazi bayasindiswa kwanesidima samatye sokuphosa. Indoda leyo ikhokelwa embindini wesangqa sabakhonzazana, ababesuse ngobunono iimfama zabo, emva koko, njengezilwanyana, bayamdwengula. Asinayo iMoira kwakhona ukuba isinike ukujonga ukuze sazi ukuba le yimeko yokutya okanye yokutya, okanye ukuba ngabafazi bayalivuyela eli thuba lokukrazula ilungu lendoda kwilungu, mhlawumbi elona thuba lifumanekayo ukukhuphela ngaphandle ingqumbo yabo kuye wonke umntu obaguqukele kwinto engaphaya kwezinto zokuzalisa.
Kodwa siza kubona umfazi oneliso elinye, ekuphela kwekhobokazana elishiya, mhlawumbi ngenxa yesikhundla salo esibuthathaka. Uyonwabisa, ejonge elangeni, evuya ngesandla esiswini sakhe. Ubethiwe, wothuka ngombane, wakrwaxwa liliso entloko, kodwa ngoku uphumelele kule nkqubo. Ukonwaba ebusweni bakhe kukujongeka kwawo onke amabhinqa ane-misogyny yangaphakathi, umfazi ozilambisileyo kwaye uneesirinji ebusweni bakhe kwaye etyibilika kwizithende eziphakamileyo kwaye alibale ukuthotywa ukuba ngumfazi kuba mhle kwaye uyaphumelela ngazo naziphi na iindlela Ihlabathi limxelele ukuba lichanekile kwaye ke unokuziva ephezulu kunabafazi abamngqongileyo.
Omnye umsitho esiwubona kule ngqungquthela unobundlobongela obuncinci. UMlawuli uya kunkqonkqoza, angene egumbini. Umnikelo noNksk. Waterford sele belapho, bethule belindile. Umculo kaTinny uyadlala kwaye ufunda ngokwebhayibhile, umzobo womboniso webucolic owenziwe kwifoto esemva kwentloko yakhe. Uku-odolwa kunye nokuhlaliswa kwayo yonke into yenzelwe ukufihla inkohlakalo, iziqholo phezu kokubola. Ikhamera ihlala ebusweni buka-Offred ngexesha lomsitho ophambili womsitho, amehlo abandayo aqhwanyazayo kwaye angahambi, ejonge eluphahleni ngelixa egungxula isingqisho esoyikisayo se-Commander-konke kodwa enxibe ngokupheleleyo-phakathi kwemilenze yakhe. Intloko ka-Offred isethangeni likaNksk. Waterford. Imilenze yakhe ithe saa, kwaye ujongana nomyeni wakhe, ejongeka elusizi. Bobathathu banomdla wokuyifumana.
Isiqendu siphela ngokusinika amaxesha amabini amancinci ethembiso: isityhilelo sokuba u-Ofglen akakho, njengoko bekucingelwa ngaphambili, kodwa unguprofesa wesini esithandana naye, unyanzelwe ngokuqatha, njengo-Offred ekuzenzeleni ukuhlonela uThixo ngoba ngekhe wazi ukuba ngubani impimpi. Aba babini babelana ngeevenkile zabo ezisecaleni njengoko besebeza behamba ecaleni komlambo, bejonga ngaphantsi kweemfama zabo, kwaye okomzuzwana baziva bodwa. Kodwa aba bafazi bodwa; Inkqubo iye yazakhela ngeenxa zonke ngokungangenekiyo, kwaye ithathe imizimba yabo, inkululeko yabo, kunye nokuzazisa kwabo. Yiyo loo nto ukuphela kwesiqendu kunamandla anje: nanjengoko sele eyingqombela enombala obomvu wenkqubo yozwilakhe, enyanzelwa ukuba abulale amadoda okanye awavumele ukuba amithise njengoko urhulumente ekhetha, usengumntu. Igama lakhe ngu June.
