Sunday night’s Emmy Awards were huge for The Handmaid’s Tale. In addition to acting wins for Ann Dowd and Elisabeth Moss, the show also snagged wins for directing, writing, and best drama series. Perhaps the most heartening aspect of this huge swell of success is that the cast and crew are giving credit where credit is due.
Not only was Margaret Atwood (the author of the original novel) present for the ceremony, but the show’s producers were also quick to laud her story and writing as a key part of their wins.Once the whole gang got backstage to the press room, Atwood herself was asked to speak on her experience with the show and what it means to have something so prolific come to life at such a perfect time. “Well, it’s been a number of years since the novel was written, and since the…
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