June, too, has turned ruthless - in pursuit of justice, sure, but she wavers on the edge of self-aggrandizement throughout this finale. The cruelty, as the saying now goes, is the point.Įxcept the ruthlessness June is describing isn’t limited to those male guards, ignoring her pleas for help and cramming groups of women into cargo trucks. In the end, victory goes to the hardest heart.” “It isn’t about being right, or having the people or God on your side. It’s all they want, I suppose,” June reflects in her voice-over. “Where does it come from, this talent for ruthlessness? Seems so easy for them, for these men, for men like these. (“Move it, bitch!”) They aren’t simply following orders this is sport for them, a release of the pent-up indignation they so righteously claim is deserved. The male guards, meanwhile, are relishing all of it. First Gilead will take their independence, then their will to live, and finally, use of their ovaries. Gates and bars erected all around them keep the women moving straight, into funnels, cattle going to slaughter. Naked women are prodded, their flesh pushed open for examination. Guards are ripping walkers away and tossing them into piles like those heaps of shoes and dolls and suitcases that line the halls of the Holocaust Museum and Dachau’s memorial site. If you’re wondering what footage of entry into Auschwitz might have looked like - or how refugees are treated when they cross our borders now - I imagine it would be something like this. So it’s fitting, and wrenching, that this season finale opens with June in the dark, behind those tentacles of plastic used in commercial refrigeration, lights flashing in her eyes, screams bouncing off the walls, as she stands frozen in the first moments after she’s been taken into custody and Gilead has her in its zealous, self-satisfied jaws. They are the next steps in a dissolution that some of us worry could happen right now (and that is happening at our border), that a woman’s rights could erode until she’s again nothing more than a piece of property, liable to be penned up and shuffled along with no recourse to exercise even an iota of your birth-determined freedoms. Those glimpses of the sudden slide from democracy to sheer hell: when June’s credit cards were cut off, or when she laid in bed with Hannah as the Capitol Building imploded, or tried to protest with Moira only to face a hail of bullets. Robbie is also Hannah's manager.The scenes from the time just before Gilead have always struck me as The Handmaid’s Tale’s most powerful. But along with that, Robbie also tries to spend some time with the kids and be the cool parent. Robbie: Miley's dad has to be the dad and the mom of the family which includes cleaning and discipline. Asking dad for money, impressing girls, (or at least trying) and doing everything the hard way is what he is all about. Though she still needs to adapt to being backstage, Hannah is there to keep her in line. She enjoys all of the fun that being a pop star's friend brings.
Lilly: Lilly is the loud, energetic friend of Miley. He goes to any lengths to see Hannah including sneaking into her dressing room, getting in her drum, and going in through the limo roof! Oliver is Miley's friend. Oliver: This cool, crazy, Casanova of Seaview Middle School is in love with Hannah Montana and worships her. She can use her pop star ability against others sometimes. Characters: Miley: She doubles as a pop star, Hannah Montana! Not always being able to hang out with friends, she makes up for it in limos, premieres, and celebrity sightings! Miley tries to avoid the press and her screaming fans. Mitchel Musso and Emily Osment star as the friends of Miley who know her big secret and Jason Earles stars as Miley's brother. The show includes original music recorded by its star, Miley. Miley just moved from Tennessee as a country singer and now has to adapt to life in Malibu. Cyrus' real life dad, country crooner Billy Ray Cyrus, plays her dad and manager. Mitchel Musso and Miley Cyrus stars as Hannah Montana, a teenager who lives a secret life as a pop star.
Summary: Miley Cyrus stars as Hannah Montana, a teenager who lives a secret life as a pop star.