The Handmaid's Tale wasn't the most cheerful series when it debuted on Hulu last year, but star Elisabeth Moss warns that Season 2 is "a dark season -- it's arguably darker than Season 1, if that's possible."
Speaking at the Television Critics Association winter press tour, Moss and executive producers Bruce Miller and Warren Littlefield offered a few hints about the hotly anticipated sophomore season, which will premiere the first two installments of its 13-episode season on April 25.
But don't despair -- despite the "horror and cruelty and dread in this situation," Miller said, "there’s
a lot of absurdity" that allows June (aka Offred) to slip in moments of sardonic humor and help to cut the tension. "I think June is funny," he added, noting that when our heroine is trapped by circumstances that mean she has to keep her "Offred" persona in place, "we try to make sure that June is alive and well in there, and the access to that is always the humor."
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Speaking at the Television Critics Association winter press tour, Moss and executive producers Bruce Miller and Warren Littlefield offered a few hints about the hotly anticipated sophomore season, which will premiere the first two installments of its 13-episode season on April 25.
But don't despair -- despite the "horror and cruelty and dread in this situation," Miller said, "there’s
a lot of absurdity" that allows June (aka Offred) to slip in moments of sardonic humor and help to cut the tension. "I think June is funny," he added, noting that when our heroine is trapped by circumstances that mean she has to keep her "Offred" persona in place, "we try to make sure that June is alive and well in there, and the access to that is always the humor."
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