![]() ![]() ![]() When She Woke operates on a chilling principle: the United States is ruled by a right-wing, evangelical religious party that has deemed abortion illegal. Upon her release, she will be in arguably worse circumstances, a societal outcast inhabiting a dystopian near-future, an object of hatred and scorn requiring all her wits to survive. She will remain a “red” for 16 years, with ten years added to her sentence for refusing to name the child’s father.įor the next 30 days, Hannah will remain locked in the hospital room, where live television cameras will record her every move for a reality-television hungry public. As Hannah regains consciousness, we see what see she does: a bare room whose sole bit of color is Hannah herself: her skin is a bloody crimson red, the result of “chroming”, punishment for the crime of abortion. We awaken with Hannah Payne in a hospital room. ![]()
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