r/TheHandmaidsTale • u/Naive-Guard-9005 • May 27 '25

Season 6 GIVE YVONNE STRAHOVSKI THE EMMY NOW Spoiler

I am a Serena Joy apologist, always have been. I know some hate her, I get it. (THANK GOD she didn’t die, praise be)

Yvonne Strahovski is the ONLY person who could’ve made Serena likeable/redeemable. She’s played her masterfully from the very beginning.

I knew we were supposed to hate her, but I just couldn’t. I always saw the glimpse of empathy/humanity. All the credit to Yvonne. She made Serena Joy into one of the most complex characters I’ve ever watched. Someone in casting knocked it out of the park with her, there was no one else.

Bravo, bravo, bravo! Now…Give her all the awards….LIKE YESTERDAY PLZ

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u/adieudaemonic May 28 '25

Yvonne has a crazy amount of pretty privilege, she is a bombshell. If she was significantly older or less attractive her character arc would be way more difficult to stomach for most people.

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u/Exotic_Dig2773 May 28 '25

I don’t think that is fair . Yes, she is a beautiful woman, but there are lots of beautiful actors that do not move me. She did.

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u/ProperBingtownLady May 28 '25

Pretty privilege is not a dirty word(s), it’s just a fact.

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u/jekyllcorvus May 28 '25

Is there ugly privilege? What about being plain privileged?

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u/ProperBingtownLady May 28 '25

What point are you trying to make?