Escaping Gilead! – The Testaments Podcast (Episode 109)

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The shortest episode of the season, but maybe the most layered. Right off the bat, Caroline and Paul dissect this episode’s name and what its use may imply. Some hints: it’s actually a derivation of a much longer name – The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade, and it involves the French Revolution, an asylum, the Marquis de Sade, and the murder of a revolutionary. Go check out the Wikipedia entry for the movie based on the play here or about the play itself here.

This is our favorite kind of episode to take apart and discuss all of the different parts that make it stand out. The deep title, the visual motifs, the foreshadowing – this episode had a LOT for the viewers to chew on and in one of the longest podcasts of this series so far, Paul and Caroline certainly have full… mouths? I’m not sure that metaphor works. We would never physically chew into the microphone during a podcast. I just mean to say that the podcast is dense this week.

THE TESTAMENTS – “Marat Sade” – As Daisy steps into a new role, she considers what she’s willing to lose to help her friends. (Disney/Russ Martin) MABEL LI, ANN DOWD

THE TESTAMENTS – “Marat Sade” – As Daisy steps into a new role, she considers what she’s willing to lose to help her friends. (Disney/Steve Wilkie) BLESSING ADEDIJO, CHASE INFINITI

THE TESTAMENTS – “Marat Sade” – As Daisy steps into a new role, she considers what she’s willing to lose to help her friends. (Disney/Steve Wilkie) EVA FOOTE, LUCY HALLIDAY

THE TESTAMENTS – “Marat Sade” – As Daisy steps into a new role, she considers what she’s willing to lose to help her friends. (Disney/Steve Wilkie) BIRVA PANDYA, LUCY HALLIDAY

THE TESTAMENTS – “Marat Sade” – As Daisy steps into a new role, she considers what she’s willing to lose to help her friends. (Disney/Steve Wilkie) CHASE INFINITI, MATTEA CONFORTI

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