橫掃艾美獎！《使女的故事》是怎樣一種存在？

Hulu's The Handmaid's Tale walked away from Sunday night's awards with both the top drama nod and a relative sweep in other key categories — including writing, directing, supporting actress and a best lead actress trophy.

在上週日第69屆艾美獎頒獎典禮上，Hulu（一家流媒體供應商）藉着《使女的故事》橫掃最重要的劇情類劇集獎項，囊括最佳劇集、最佳女主角、最佳女配角、最佳導演和最佳編劇等獎項。

The Handmaid's Tale is a 1985 dystopian novel by Canadian author Margaret Atwood. Set in a near-future New England, in a totalitarian, Christian theonomy that has overthrown the United States government.

《使女的故事》是加拿大女作家瑪格麗特·阿特伍德1985年出版的反烏托邦小說，小說設定在不久的將來，新英格蘭地區，一個極權主義，信奉基督教的神權政府顛覆了美國政府。

In the late years of the twentieth century, Protestant Fundamentalists, with the tacit approval of the military, have assassinated the president and the Congress, suspended the Constitution, and established the Republic of Gilead. Under the new regime, women have no rights: They cannot hold jobs, they are not permitted to have money or property, and they have no public role. Since the birthrate has fallen, men in high positions, if their own wives are barren or are past childbearing, are assigned “Handmaids” from a pool of trained women who have already borne children. The only function of a Handmaid is to conceive and bear her master’s child. Fertile women who refuse to become Handmaids are killed, sent to illegal but officially tolerated brothels, or sent to the “Colonies,” to work on toxic-waste disposal. Handmaids are deprived of their names and are known only “of” their masters’ names.

在二十一世紀末，清教原教旨主義者取得了軍隊的背後支持，他們暗殺了總統，控制了國會，暫停實行憲法，成立了吉利厄德共和國。在新的政權統治下，女性被剝奪了一切權利。她們不能就職，沒有財產，沒有公民資格。由於人口出生率下降，高層官員在妻子無法生育或超過了育齡的情況下，就可以擁有“使女”。她們是一羣受過培訓的，已經生育過孩子的女性。使女唯一的職責就是懷孕並生下主人的孩子。拒絕成爲使女的健康女性會被處死，送入非法但被政府默許的妓院，或者送到“殖民地”進行有毒廢物處理的強制勞動。使女被剝奪了名字，被稱爲某某主人的某某人。

“The Handmaid’s Tale” is the first streaming show to win the drama series award — a feat that neither Netflix nor Amazon could accomplish — and signals Hulu’s ascent to the top ranks of TV. ”

《使女的故事》是第一部獲得劇情類劇集獎項的流媒體電視劇，這一成就Netflix和Amazon都望塵莫及，標誌了Hulu坐上了電視媒體的第一把交椅。

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