Handmaid's Tale – Michael Patrick Dobkins

Friday Video: Flame-Throwin’ Maggie

Margaret Atwood gets her Guy Montag on

I’m definitely against banning books and censorship, but my strongest takeaway from this video is a new fear of Margaret Atwood gleefully coming at me in the dark with a flamethrower.

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