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In 'Game of Thrones' and 'Handmaid's Tale,' the top Emmy nominees reflect a revolution at different points

Blessed be the fruit, or all men must die?

One of these television quotes is encoded with subservience, the other with retribution, but each comes from a powerful drama battling for prominence. The 2018 Emmys race will be about many things, but front and center is the smack-down between HBO's "Game of Thrones" and Hulu's "The Handmaid's Tale."

Both have multiple nominations - 22 for "Thrones," 20 for "Handmaid's" - and both

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