This dystopian television series presents a horrifying, totalitarian society that forces women to bear children as slaves. We discuss its streaming based production and reception, and then turn to multiple articles on representation, politics, religion and intersectionality to try to provide a perspective the two of us might not normally find.

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• The Handmaid’s Tale
• Children of Men
• Top of the Lake
• Y the Last Man
• God is Disappointed in You
• Spitboy
• Hannibal
• Fargo
• Split Infinity

Additional Resources:

• 10 Things You Didn't Know About The Handmaid's Tale
• The Handmaid's Tale Is Doing A Great Job Of Freaking Everyone Out At SXSW
• Margaret Atwood on Christianity, ‘The Handmaid’s Tale,’ and What Faithful Activism Looks Like Today
• Hulu's 'The Handmaid's Tale' presents striking oppression, silent sisterhood
• Reflecting on the frightening lessons of ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’
• What Margaret Atwood thinks of the new Hulu adaptation of ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’
• How The Handmaid's Tale is being transformed from fantasy into fact
• How ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Villains Were Inspired By Trump
• The Handmaid's Tale, Retold. By: Dockterman, Eliana, Time, 0040781X, 4/24/2017, Vol. 189, Issue 15
• Hate crimes, honour killings and FGM: how The Handmaid's Tale captures our age of fear
• The Handmaid's Tale is just like Trump's America? Not so fast
• The Black Woman’s Tale: Why Margaret Atwood’s Espousal of White Feminist Beliefs Shouldn’t Surprise You
• ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’: A White Feminist’s Dystopia

This crime novel follows a wandering problem-solver who always wins. We discuss why these books are so immensely popular and the vicarious consolation we get out of the hero, his nobility and his alienation.

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• The Killing Floor
• Servant of the Shard
• The Authority Vol 1 (featuring Midnighter)
• Captain America and the Crusade Against Evil: The Dilemma of Zealous Nationalism
• Lucas Davenport series
• The Equalizer

Additional Resources:

• The Official Website of Lee Child and Jack Reacher FAQ
• LEE CHILD: THE EMOTIONAL CONTRACT OF JACK REACHER
• How Jack Reacher Was Built
• Why I love Lee Child's Jack Reacher novels
• The Curious Case of Lee Child

This 1958 Orson Welles' picture has been called the last of the classic film noir era. We discuss Welles' approach to filmmaking, his conflicts with the movie studio and the thematic tensions displayed by the genre at the time. Oh, and Charlton Heston's makeup. That gets a good 10 minutes.

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• Touch of Evil
• Will Eisner
• Crime SuspenStories
• Criminal
• To Be a Man: Letters to My Grandson
• The Bridge
• The Element of Crime
• Get Shorty
• Cookie’s Fortune
• Lone Star

Additional Resources:

• AT THE MOVIES; Dark Secrets Of Suburbia
• ORSON WELLES' MEMO ON TOUCH OF EVIL
• One of our classics is missing
• Beatrice Welles interview – Part 1: Treasures to be auctioned, life with Orson Welles and public misconceptions
• Restoring the Touch Of Genius to a Classic
• Touch of Evil (re-issue)
• 25 Minority Characters That Hollywood Whitewashed
• From Breakfast at Tiffany’s to Hellboy: The ongoing problem of Hollywood ‘whitewashing’
• “Ballad of a fat man”
• Clute S, Edwards R. The Maltese Touch Of Evil : Film Noir And Potential Criticism [e-book]. Hanover, N.H.: Dartmouth; 2011. Available from: eBook Collection (EBSCOhost), Ipswich, MA. Accessed September 3, 2018.

This British comedy series is a deconstruction of humor in a jazz-like improvisation. We discuss Lee's persona, the BBC's decision-making process and the fine lines between self-absorption, art and masturbation. In fact, we take a masturbation metaphor way too far. So brace yourselves.

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• Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle, Series 3
• The Thick of It
• Travel Man
• Nanette
• Review
• The Andy Daly Podcast Pilot Project
• How I Escaped My Certain Fate
• Something to Take the Edge Off

Additional Resources:

• Who says you can't do jokes about religion on the BBC?
• Stewart Lee returns in 'Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle'
• Stewart Lee Live Review: If You Prefer A Milder Comedian Please Ask For One
• Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle roars back with more deceptive deadpanning
• ‘Stewart Lee’s Comedy Vehicle’: Daring You To Like It
• Why I walked out of a Stewart Lee gig
• Where are the Thinkers? Stewart Lee in conversation with Neil Jackson for Post-Nearly Press