Solid Facts About 'Stripes'Just like Stephen King, Margaret Atwood is more ubiquitous than ever in the twilight of her career. Her classic feminist novel The Handmaid’s Tale saw a wildly popular television adaptation earlier this year, and her 1. Alias Grace has just hit Netflix as a miniseries. Atwood is known for her speculative fiction that imagines thought- provoking what- ifs about the near future, but Alias Grace is a work of historical fiction. Here are nine things to know before you start your binge- watch.

IT'S ONE OF THREE ATWOOD ADAPTATIONS HITTING THE SMALL SCREEN THIS YEAR. Atwood's classic 1. The Handmaid's Tale of course already came out on Hulu and garnered several Emmys, including Outstanding Drama Series. But Alias Grace follows another Atwood adaptation of a children's book she wrote in 2. Wandering Wenda and Widow Wallop's Wunderground Washery, which aired in Canada this spring as Wandering Wenda. It will air in the United States in December.)2. IT’S BASED ON A TRUE STORY. Alias Grace tells the story of a young Irish servant named Grace Marks, who kills her employer and his mistress in 1.

Canada with the help of a male servant. The male servant hangs for the crime; Grace is institutionalized for years and becomes an object of societal curiosity as a young and beautiful "murderess." The story follows a young psychologist as he talks to Grace years after the crime, trying to determine her level of culpability. It frequently jumps into the past, following Grace's life leading up to the murders. Although Atwood invented the psychologist character, Grace and her murder victims were very real. NOBODY KNOWS HOW THE STORY ENDS. Although Grace Marks really existed, nobody knows the rest of her story.

Following the crime, she was sentenced to death in 1. It was then commuted to life, and eventually she was pardoned in 1.

After that, she disappeared from history. Nobody knows how she spent the rest of her life, which gave Atwood free rein to imagine her ending. EVEN IN THE 1. 80. S, PEOPLE WERE DRAWN TO THE STORY'S SEX AND VIOLENCE. The stereotype of the 1. But society had the same interest in sex and violence as it does today.

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The details were sensational," Atwood wrote in the novel’s afterword. Grace Marks was uncommonly pretty and also extremely young; Kinnear's housekeeper, Nancy Montgomery, had previously given birth to an illegitimate child and was Thomas Kinnear's mistress; at her autopsy she was found to be pregnant. Grace and her fellow servant James Mc. Dermott had run away to the United States together and were assumed by the press to be lovers. The combination of sex, violence and the deplorable insubordination of the lower classes was most attractive to the journalists of the day.''5. MARGARET ATWOOD GOT THE IDEA FOR THE BOOK WHEN SHE WAS STILL IN COLLEGE. Although Margaret Atwood was 5.

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Alias Grace was published, she had been thinking about the idea for many years. She first came across Grace Marks's story in Susanna Moodie's 1. Life in the Clearings, which she read while studying at Harvard, where she got her master’s degree and pursued a doctorate for two years. ATWOOD’S GOAL WAS TO FOCUS ON HOW SOCIETY VIEWS MALE VERSUS FEMALE MURDERERS. As with all of Atwood’s work, Alias Grace is sharply focused on gender politics. In this case, Atwood wanted to explore the differences in how society views male murderers versus female murderers. Throughout the story, Grace is alternately an object of pity, desire, fascination, fear, revulsion, and mystery.

While promoting the series at the Toronto International Film Festival, Atwood explained that she wouldn’t have been interested in Grace if the truth about the murder was absolute.“There were so many different, contradictory stories about Grace Marks; nobody actually ever knew whether she had killed anybody or not,” Atwood said. There were four people in the house. Two of them were murdered, the third one was hanged, and she was the one left. And she never told.

If I had known the truth, I probably wouldn’t have written a book … The interesting thing is the way everybody projects their ideas onto Grace.”7. ATWOOD FIRST EXPLORED THE STORY IN A PLAY THAT CAME OUT 2. YEARS BEFORE THE BOOK.

Atwood’s play The Servant Girl also tells a version of Grace Marks’s story. It was filmed for CBC- TV and aired in 1. Alias Grace was published. THE NEWSPAPER EXCERPTS IN THE BOOK ARE REAL. Atwood wanted to stick to the truth as much as possible even in a story with spotty facts. "If you're dealing with things that actually are known, you can't arbitrarily change that to suit yourself," she said.

Because of this approach, she didn’t have to invent the newspaper quotes and excerpts that appear in the book; they come from real sources. ATWOOD WAS PARTLY INSPIRED BY A MORE RECENT FEMALE MURDERER WHO IS STILL ALIVE. Between 1. 99. 0 and 1.

Karla Homolka and her husband Paul Bernardo raped and murdered at least three young women—including Karla's sister, Tammy. Though both were convicted of the crimes, Karla struck a plea bargain and was only charged with manslaughter; she was released from prison in 2.

Atwood has mentioned Homolka when talking about Alias Grace."In murders in which there are a man and a woman involved, public opinion usually goes in the following fashion: everybody is agreed on the man but opinion is usually split about the woman," Atwood explained in an interview with CBC. One side: 'She instigated it all. She's the female demon.' The other side: 'She is an innocent victim coerced by force, circumstance and fear.' That's how it split on Karla and it was certainly how it split on Grace.".

Germany’s polizei put brakes on US car culture - News. KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany – They roll in on an overcast Sunday morning, lining up one after the other in a long row across a mostly vacant Chili’s parking lot on Ramstein Air Base. A couple of Porsches, a Trans Am, a BMW1. Twin Turbo, a shiny red Volkswagen Golf GTI, a Mazda Miata, a Nissan 3. Mini, to name a few.

Muscle cars, small speedsters and sleek sports cars. The drivers belong to the Kaiserslautern American military community’s souped- up car scene, a group of about several hundred members whose hobbies and passion are their cars. These Americans who love to drive are in “the promised land for car geeks and speed freaks,” as Germany has been described by Road & Track because of the autobahn. But for car enthusiasts, Germany is also a paradise riddled with potholes. Servicemembers who modify their cars in Germany bump up against stringent vehicle regulations and local police who are sticklers for the law.

The police show little tolerance for add- ons commonly seen in American muscle and custom cars, such as noisy exhausts, low suspension and tinted tail lights. The police in Kaiserslautern say they plan to establish a “souped- up car unit” of about 1. Their job will be to target flashy vehicles on local streets, including cars with U. S. Army Europe registration.

German police say it’s a safety issue. The Americans say they are being picked on. That’s why we meet here on base,” said Air Force Staff Sgt. Kyle Helms, 2. 5, while hanging out with the car group in the Chili’s parking lot. There’s so many of our German friends that want to come hang out but we’re like, ‘No, this is like our little safe zone.’”‘We all like to rebel a little’. America Brown Full Movie In English on this page. In American culture, cars often represent freedom and individuality.

In the 1. 97. 1 Hollywood road movie “Vanishing Point,” actor Barry Newman attempts to drive a Dodge Challenger in less than 1. Colorado to California. His conflict with police is portrayed as an almost heroic act against law enforcement. A look under the hood of Staff Sgt. Chris Bearss’ Ford Mustang GT reveals how rebellion continues to be a vibrant part of the car culture.

The engine cover depicts the Guy Fawkes mask, which has become a symbol for resistance against authorities. We all like to rebel a little,” Bearss said, laughing, when asked about the meaning of the engine cover choice. And this is where the clash with German police seems almost inevitable.

It underscores a difference in culture, cars and regulations. Bearss, 3. 1, bought his Mustang from a military car sales outlet in 2. Afghanistan as an Air Force explosive ordnance disposal technician. Since purchasing it for $3. Watch Children Of Men Online. The car’s stock 4. It’s fun,” he said, explaining why he invests so much time and money into his car. My job is pretty stressful, a lot of hours and … I can take this out and just forget it all and have fun.”.

Souped- up cars are modified to enhance performance, handling or both. In Germany, opportunities to drive fast abound. The autobahn offers long stretches of unrestricted speeding zones, and the country has numerous amateur racetracks, including the legendary Nurburgring, less than two hours from Kaiserslautern. Germany’s like a car heaven for car people,” said one American.

Besides improving performance, car enthusiasts strive to make their cars unique, “to look good just cruising around,” he said. If it’s just kind of bone stock and sitting there, it’s kind of boring,” said Jeremy Bisson, 3. Ramstein. “It’s the American car culture,” said Tech.

Sgt. Matthew Maynard, who works in the private vehicle inspection station on Kapaun. If you like cars a little bit, you throw rims on it, you tint the windows, you put a spoiler on.”. But bigger, louder and faster can cause problems in a country where vehicle modifications are tightly regulated. A clash of culture and regulations. Kaiserslautern police this spring issued a statement warning drivers they would be on the lookout for illegal car modifications, such as cutoff middle exhausts and tinted front side windows. The statement included a photo of police stopping cars outside a U.

S. military installation, but police say they don’t target Americans, who account for about 1. Kaiserslautern. But they acknowledge that the Americans and their modified cars can be a thorn in their side. The cars often are souped- up in a much more extreme way than the German cars,” said Siegfried Ranzinger, chief of Kaiserslautern’s highway patrol. He cited their big V8 engines, noisy exhaust systems and tinted front windows. Many of the American drivers are from states where there is little or no regulation on what Germans call “car tuning.” Once they get here, their cars have to pass a base inspection only every two years or, for older cars, every year. Some states don’t require vehicle inspections, said Maynard, the noncommissioned officer- in- charge of Kapaun’s private vehicle inspection station. In Wyoming, you get a tag at Walmart,” he said.

You do what you want. You come here and you have this, and it’s structured and it’s defined, so people are kind of taken by (surprise by) it, I think.”. The on- base inspection for USAREUR- registered cars certifies a car is safe to drive and meets German law. But it doesn’t specify what modifications, if any, were inspected and approved.

The problem, said Mike Pletsch, 5. U. S. Forces Police Squadron liaison officer, is that some Americans will switch out parts before or after an inspection.

They make it from legal to illegal,” he said. That’s actually what they’re doing.”. Under German law, most modifications to Germany- registered road vehicles must be inspected and certified as safe and legal by the Technical Inspection Association, known in Germany by its acronym, TUe. V. Without this proof, German police can revoke a driver’s license. For German drivers, “your registration is basically a book, where everything is in it — the hood, the spoiler, the tires, the rims,” and other modifications, Pletsch said. When polizei stops a German, he will get the registration” book, he said, that details every modification down to the serial number that’s been approved. If we stop (an American), it says ‘unit, license plate, chassis number.’ That’s it.”.

The different requirements, for example, mean Americans don’t have go to TUe. V every time they switch out a muffler or add new rims, as Germans do.

But whether their cars meet German law is often left to the discretion of the German police, who won’t hesitate to fine them or take the keys if they think a modification may be illegal. Americans interviewed said they’d been cited by German police for loud engines, even without the administration of a proper test to determine if the engine exceeded the maximum 9. German law. They can protest that their car passed a base vehicle inspection, but they have no proof it passed with the same exhaust system. The owner of a Dodge said he’d been stopped three times by German police for vents in the hood. He has to pull up the stock image of the car on his smartphone to avoid a citation, to prove the vents came with the car.

His car, he said, “looks different from everything else out there.”. Holger Blug, a host nation legal assistance attorney for the U. S. Army in Kaiserslautern, said the different requirements of the U. S. military and German systems can cause problems.

I think the (base) vehicle inspection report should say ‘fog lights modified but still within German law,’ or something like that,” he said.