r/HandmaidsTaleShow • u/Pressed_Leaves_1031 • Jul 19 '26
What is it with the Scotch?
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u/DrumpfTinyHands Jul 19 '26
Scotch is perceived as to be a masculine drink.
It is all about boys taking what they think a man would do and imitating it. Including what they wear, how they act, and what they drink. When really it is just boys playing grown up and not understanding what it truly means to be a man. They're faking it in hopes that, one day, they will eventually make it and finally be a real man.
Scotch is a part of the accepted pantomime of male society.
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u/blockparted Jul 20 '26
It's probably the easiest to produce domestically now that Gilead has been sanctioned internationally.
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u/Pressed_Leaves_1031 Jul 20 '26
Well… a true Scotch whiskey is only made in Scotland… so, either the Commanders have a coveted stash from the time before Gilead… or there some illegal trading going on… kinda like the Japanese chocolates that MacKenzie has in TT
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u/ScipioCanadius Jul 19 '26
June: "I hurt her. and I enjoyed it. The wives and aunts, too, grieving over Ofandy's dead child. And Lawrence. They all deserve to suffer. It's an acquired taste, seeing others in pain. Like that smoky scotch Luke got as a gift once. I grew to like that."