For whatever reason, the moment where they discuss shaving has stuck with me. So they'll mutilate the tongues, eyes, and hands of handmaids….but the handmaids are "allowed" (required?) to shave once a month (before the Ceremony I assume)? Good to know that even in Gilead the sex slaves need to appear hairless for the…

I think it was a smart choice to cast young and attractive actors in these decisive roles. The relationship between good person/beautiful person is challenged in ways that might have been missed if the narrative were taken verbatim. The ugly-old-witch is quite a tired trope to desexualize and demean women and I think…

This is related to Kenan's decision not to do drag on the show anymore—it's part of a culture of emasculating and demeaning black men and I understand why he decided against it. My favorite Pharoah character was Principle Frye for sure, which was an original character and not an impression.