--- title: 'SNL' Parodies 'Handmaid's Tale' and 'Sex and the City' in Satirical Skit description: Amy Schumer portrays Carrie Bradshaw-as-Offred from "The Handmaid's Tale," in what the SNL skit describes as 2018's "Sex and the City." canonical: https://time.com/5275496/snl-handmaids-tale-sex-and-the-city/ author: Alix Langone article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-05-13T14:34:52.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T20:15:40.352Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: 'SNL' Spoofs 'The Handmaid's Tale' And 'Sex and the City' in Mashup Skit og:description: Amy Schumer feels like an uptown gal from Gilead in the parody og:url: https://time.com/5275496/snl-handmaids-tale-sex-and-the-city/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 'SNL' Spoofs 'The Handmaid's Tale' And 'Sex and the City' in Mashup Skit twitter:description: Amy Schumer feels like an uptown gal from Gilead in the parody twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # _Saturday Night Live_ Spoofs _The Handmaid's Tale_ And _Sex and the City_ in Mashup Skit ## Video: Margaret Atwood and Elisabeth Moss Discuss The Handmaid’s Tale [Watch (HLS stream): Margaret Atwood and Elisabeth Moss Discuss The Handmaid’s Tale](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/QAJVeTx0.m3u8) (3:01)  _Published 2017-04-11. Margaret Atwood and Elizabeth Moss discuss the new Hulu series based on the novel, "The Handmaid's Tale."_ by [Alix Langone](https://time.com/author/alix-langone/) ## Alix Langone May 13, 2018 2:34 PM UTC by [Alix Langone](https://time.com/author/alix-langone/) ## Alix Langone May 13, 2018 2:34 PM UTC Amy Schumer hosted _Saturday Night Live_ this weekend, starring in a pointed mashup skit of the dystopian Hulu drama [_The Handmaid’s Tale_](http://time.com/4734904/margaret-atwood-elisabeth-moss-handmaids-tale/) and HBO’s famous _Sex and the City,_ appropriately called “Handmaids in the City.” Pretending to be a combination of the two most famous women from each show, Schumer portrays a Carrie Bradshaw-as-Offred character, sitting at a lunch table with the other handmaids in the typical Gilead garb of red robes and off-white bonnets. The skit’s voiceover opens in standard _Sex and the City_ fashion, saying “Let’s face it, ladies. In 2018, _The Handmaid’s Tale_ is basically our _Sex and the City,”_ a nod to the current state of politics and [cultural clashes surrounding women’s issues](http://time.com/5250732/handmaids-tale-hulu-history/). “You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll say, ‘Oh this so could be me and my friends — you know, with the way things are going.” > [](https://twitter.com/nbcsnl/status/995517837723783169) Schumer imitates Carrie Bradshaw’s well-known inner monologues, thinking: “As I waited for the girls in downtown Gilead, I was feeling like an uptown gal-ead, and I couldn’t help but wonder, are women allowed to do anything anymore?” Cecily Strong, Aidy Bryant and Kate McKinnon play the other handmaids, with Bryant joining the other women for lunch with the standard handmaid’s greeting, “Under his eye.” “Under his eye,” Schumer replies, “Under _his_ eye? What about under _my_ eye? Look at these bags,” as all four of the “handmaids in the city” crack up. “This is what I get for reading a newspaper,” laments [McKinnon](http://time.com/5267129/stormy-daniels-saturday-night-live/) pointing at her eye as she impersonates Ofwarren, a handmaid whose eye is removed after she is disobedient to her commander. The skit’s promo jokes that show critics are calling _Handmaids in the City_ “more uplifting than the news.” _SNL_‘s musical guest was country singer Kacey Musgraves. 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