The Handmaiden (2016)

Pull on your most delicate gloves and get ready for a sapphic triple-cross! We're gonna talk about Park Chan-wook's 2016 adaptation of Sarah Waters' Fingersmith and...

• Wow, ok, scissoring (and the sex scenes in general)
• The comedy!
• How the score sounds...familiar
• Differences between the film and the book
• Plot twists!
• The romance!
• ...and more

Episode transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VgCrtdOsrifzYFc6aPwCRK8BskI912tsFdVOrMgVS-M/edit?usp=sharing

Big thank you to @badportraitfanart for transcription help for these past few episodes! You're the best. Please follow them on Instagram! https://instagram.com/badportraitfanart/

Jia Tolentino's article "'The Handmaiden' and the Freedom Women Find Only with One Another" - https://www.newyorker.com/culture/jia-tolentino/the-handmaiden-and-the-freedom-women-find-only-with-one-another