Ukhethwe: SINISTER SCRABBLEUGeorge Kraychyk / Hulu)
Nangona Ibali lesicakakazi uthathe umdlalo ngaphandle kwencwadi yeNetflix kwaye wasinika iziqendu zokuqala ukuya kwezintathu kwibhlokhi, ndiye ndabona ukuba kungcono ukuphula imbuyekezo kwakhona kancinci. Nokuba ufana nam kwaye awunakuyeka ukubukela, ilizwe eliziisandla liyinto eyoyikisayo (kuphela eyoyikisayo kunakwimeko yomanyano) kwaye kulungile phakathi kweziqendu ukuthatha umphefumlo, thatha kancinci ikofu, kwaye ujonge efestileni ithutyana.
Isiqendu sesibini siqala ngexesha loMsitho (kutheni zonke ii-dystopias zinamagama angenawo, amagama aqhelekileyo kwezona zinto zoyikisayo?). Ukunikezela uzama ukuzisa kwenye indawo, esebenzisa oluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka kwisilingi ukubuyisa iinkumbulo zobomi bakhe bakudala. Ukusuka kwinkangeleko yobuso bukaSerena Joy, akanamonde wokuphela kwento yonke. Ngandlela-thile, i-pose kaJoseph Fiennes-izandla ezinqeni zakhe-yongeza into eqaqambileyo kunye neyoyikisayo kuyo yonke le nto: kukuma ngokwesiko ngokuzithemba okupheleleyo kwaye noko kunzima njengoko egxalathelana ephuma emfazini. Kukuma kwamandla nawo onke amandla athathiweyo kuwo.
Emva kohambo lwabo lokuya emarikeni, u-Offred no-Ofglen bathatha indlela emfutshane ukuze bahlale ecaleni kodonga, bengaxubushi bencokola malunga nemozulu ngelixa imizimba exhonyiweyo ibola emva kwabo (ukujonga ngokufutshane olunye lweempawu zomzimba kubonisa ukuba wayengumJuda). Sifumanisa ukuba u-Ofglen wayesakuba ngumhlohli kwi-biology yeselula, wasindisa ikamva lezona zifundiswa zininzi ngenxa yokuba enamaqanda asebenzayo, kwaye urhulumente, nokuba unjani, unento eyahlukileyo kubuKrestu obuhleliweyo: icawe edolophini idiliziwe, kwaye ukukhanya kwelanga ngoku kucoca amathambo ayo njengoko yayenzile ngeglasi enamabala.
Kwaye emva koko u-Offred ufumana umzuzu wakhe wokuqala wethemba: kukho inkcaso. Ungasidibanisa, utshilo u-Ofglen. Kukho thina. Kukho abantu abalwa, okuthetha ukuba eli hlabathi, le nkqubo, ayisosiphelo esilibalekileyo. I-Ofglen kuphela kwendawo yokuphuma, ekuphela kwendlela yokunxibelelana naleyo ifihliweyo phantsi komhlaba, kodwa ubuncinci u-Offred uyazi ukuba ikho ngoku.
Emuva kwindlu kaMlawuli, u-Offred unomzuzu nomqhubi we-Commander, u-Nick, othe wade wanikwa nesilumkiso sangaphambili sika-Ofglen sokuba bekukho iliso endlwini yakhe. Ukunikezelwa ngengozi kumbonisa umlenze omncinci. UNick umxelela ukuba kufuneka alumke no-Ofglen. Kwaye umxelela enye into eyoyikisayo: Umphathi ufuna ukumbona. Ukudumisa, okanye ukohlwaya, okanye nge-blowjob engekho mthethweni, asazi, kodwa siyazi ukuba kuyaphikisana nesiqhelo, kwaye nantoni na enikelweyo ngokuchasene nesiqhelo imbeka engozini.
Kodwa kukho ikhefu elinye kwesiqhelo elijongwa njengelungileyo: undwendwelo olusuka kwindawo yokuzalwa, iialarm ziyakhala, ukuthatha iOffred kunye nabanye abakhonzazana ukuba bazise kwikhaya apho u-Ofwarren (okhulelweyo, unamehlo, ubukrwada) elungile ukuzala.
Eli khaya liGiladiadi Versailles: iikholamu kunye nobugcisa kunye neetawuli zepheki entle kangangokuba zinokwenza uSophia Coppella afune ukumtshisa kwakhona. UMarie Antoinette setha isinxibo. Ngelixa abafazi, konke kuluhlaza, bevuselela ukuzalwa kunye-ewe, masithi umama owamkelekileyo ukuba abe ngohadi, abakhonzazana benyukela phezulu ukuya kuthuthuzela u-Ofwarren ngexesha lomsebenzi wakhe wokwenyani, ongadlalwayo.
Iswekile kuthi kakubi kubo, omnye wabafazi uthi xa omnye enikezela nge-cookie ezantsi. Bathetha ngezicakakazi ngathi zizinja okanye abantwana. UNksk. Waterford uyavuma ukuba u-Offred uthatha i-cookie. Umzuzwana omncinci, kodwa uyadlala ngaphezulu komzuzu opheleleyo, uxinzelelo lwolulwe njenge-opera yesepha. Hayi akaziphathanga kakuhle, omnye wabafazi uyathandana, emva koko, nje ukuba u-Offred ashiye igumbi, iimvakalelo zabafazi ziyacaca: Oonongogo abancinci, bonke, omnye wabo uyakrokra. Ukuziphindezela kuka-Offred kuphela, isenzo sakhe sokuzimela kukwazi ukukhafula ukuluma awakuthatha esinkini ngaphambi kokuba anyukele phezulu nabanye abasicakazana ukuya kuculela i-Ofwarren.
Ilizwi elisixelela ngamathuba okuba umntwana ophilileyo abe li-1 kwaba-5 ukuba ungakhulelwa konke konke, kwaye sifumana ukubuyela umva ekuzalweni kwentombi ka-Offred, uHana, emva kwexesha phambi kwayo yonke le nto, nangona imikhondo apho ukubonisa ukuba into izakulunga kakhulu. Kuqala, yena nomyeni wakhe bangena ngenkani esibhedlele bengqongwe ngabantu abathandazayo. Ngokucacileyo inqanaba lokuzalwa sele likhoyo ngoku abantu bajike bangena kwinkolo. Emva koko, emva kokuzalwa kakuhle komntwana wakhe, sifumana ukuthula okuzolileyo kwigumbi elikufutshane elingenanto eliqukethe iibassinets zasesibhedlele: UHana wayekuphela komntwana osempilweni ozelweyo. Okokugqibela, umzuzu wemovie eyoyikisayo: Unikelwe (okanye mandithi, ngoJuni, kodwa masinamathele kwiOffred ngenxa yokucaca ngalo lonke ixesha lokuphindwaphindwa) uyavuka afumane usana lwakhe luhambile. Isibhedlele asinanto kodwa umongikazi ujonge ubuso egazini kunye neempawu ezimbalwa ezibalekayo kunye nenkqubo ye-PA yokwazisa ukuba kukho into engalunganga. Kwaye emva koko siyambona: umfazi onxungupheleyo, ogezekileyo ojijelwe ngaphakathi ukuzala usana alubambayo, ephola, ethetha ngendlela umntwana wakhe asaphila ngayo. Akangomntwana wakho, uOffred uhlebeza. Umyeni wakhe ubaleka eholweni kwaye kungekudala amapolisa ehla ukuza kubuyisela uHannah kubazali bakhe ngelixa umfazi ophambeneyo ebotshiwe.
Emuva okwangoku, uhlobo olunesidima ngakumbi lokweba umntwana luyenzeka: xa umntwana sele ekulungele ukuphuma, inkosikazi iyangqunga e-Ofwarren ngendlela ebeya kwenza ngayo ngexesha lomsitho, kunye neepantomines zokubeleka, nazo zonke ezi zinto zifunekayo zokukhalaza nokumemeza. Kwaye xa umntwana ephuma, esempilweni kwaye elila (uyakuva ukukhululeka egumbini), intombazana inikwa umfazi, sele ethe saa ebhedini, ukuba ayibambe kwaye ayinike igama. I-Ofwarren sele ibuyiselwe kumongikazi omanzi.
Ngobo busuku, uhambo luka-Offred oluya kwigumbi lika-Commander luqala ngokwazisa nge-movie eyoyikisayo: Ndingathanda ukudlala umdlalo kunye nawe, utsho. Ngethamsanqa ngokunikezelwa, loo mdlalo yiScrabble nje. Nokuba kungasiphi na isizathu, uMlawuli weWaterford ufuna ukophula isithintelo phakathi kwabo kunye nokuvumela ukuba umntu abe yeyure. Asinakuzibona zonke iithayile zakhe, kodwa akukho ngozi ukuba kujongeka ngathi unonobumba abaninzi kwigama lolawulo. Naxa bedlala umdlalo ekufanele ukuba baphazamise phakathi kwabahlobo, uMlawuli uwaphethe onke amandla. Kodwa uthi uthatha uhambo oluya e-D.C kwaye u-Offred ucinga ukuba ulwazi lungabaluleka ngokwaneleyo ukuba ungabelana ngalo no-Ofglen. Uvumela uMlawuli ukuba aphumelele. Ukunyanzeliswa nokubuyiselwa kwamandla naphina apho anokufumana khona.
Ingoma yengoma kaHandmaid's Tale ibangele ukwahlulwa phakathi kwababukeli, abanye babo abafumana ukusetyenziswa komculo ophucukileyo okanye umculo wale mihla ubasusa emhlabeni. Kodwa ndiyayithanda. Ndiyayithanda indlela Ungakulibali Ngam, yenza ukuhamba kancinci kuka-Offred kwehle ukuya esangweni kujongeka njenge-rom-com yoloyiso-lusuku oluhle, uMthetheli akazange afune ukusika ilungu lakhe, unolwazi lokwabelana no-Ofglen ongamnika ukufikelela kwi-resistance- kwaye ke umculo uyayeka. U-Ofglen akasekho. Okanye, u-Ofglen ulapho kanye, kodwa ngu-Oflgen owahlukileyo. Kwaye asinandlela yakukwazi ukuba kwenzeka ntoni kwinto yokuqala. Mka. Umzuzu udlala ngokulinganayo otshabalalisayo kwaye uhlekisayo, kodwa yiyo loo nto ndiyithanda indlela yokubonisa uburharha kunye nomculo: ukuba awunaso isiqhulo somthi awunanto.
