[Vision2020] "for the love of God, let's not let the USA become Gilead"

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For a fictional account of a theocratic patriarchal dictatorship set in a 
possible future (here in the USA?) read "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood, 
or for the      
film version, view the adaptation worked from Harold Pinter's screenplay 
titled "The Handmaid's Tale" with excellent performances (in my opinion) by Robert 
Duvall, Faye Dunaway, Elizabeth McGovern, Natasha Richardson and others.
-Ted Moffett
A short Amazon.com submitted review:

thought provoking reading and viewing, April 25, 1999 
    Reviewer: A viewer from japan   
I taught this particular novel and showed the movie in my AP senior lit and 
comp class several years ago. After I made the decision to teach the book, I 
read a review in The English Journal by another teacher who had taught it. She 
raved about it. My students said the same things hers did..."Why did you save 
the best until last?" I lent my video to a student who lent it to a friend. I 
never got it back. The book and the movie force us all to examine how we view 
women...how we view women in the church...how we view women in society. They 
force us to examine the separation of church and state. The book is not the 
product of a bored, sick mind, but rather the product of a contemporary feminist 
author whose work routinely asks us to reexamine ourselves. The video is a good 
representation of the book, bringing to life events portrayed. The book is 
better, but the video is certainly worth watching. And for the love of God, 
let's not let the USA become Gilead. --This text refers to the <A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/6301930789/ref=cm_rev_prev/104-4747976-3672757?v=glance&s=dvd">VHS Tape</A> edition 

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 -Ted Moffett
 A short Amazon.com submitted review:
 
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it. She raved about it. My students said the same things hers did..."Why did=
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a friend. I never got it back. The book and the movie force us all to examin=
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ook is not the product of a bored, sick mind, but rather the product of a co=
ntemporary feminist author whose work routinely asks us to reexamine ourselv=
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