Sex and the City and The Handmaid’s Tale are, without a shadow of a doubt, polar opposites. The latter – based on Margaret Atwood’s feminist dystopia – details a bleak American future where women are forced into a life of sexual servitude and surrogacy.

SATC, on the other hand, is an entertaining look at the romantic lives (and sexual adventures) of four fashionable, free-spirited and fabulous women in New York City.

However, during a recent episode of Saturday Night Live (12 May), Amy Schumer and a team of comedians managed to mash the two shows together, creating something deliciously dark – and painfully funny – in the process.

“Let’s face it, ladies. In 2018, The Handmaid’s Tale is basically our Sex and the City,” announced a voiceover, kicking off the concept in style.

“So whether you’re an Offred or an Ofwarren, you’ll love Hulu’s all-new spinoff show, Handmaids in the City.”

As the camera pans over Schumer, Aidy Bryant, Cecily Strong and Kate McKinnon dressed in those iconic red capes and white bonnets, the voiceover added: “It’s a show critics are calling ‘so brutal’ and ‘more uplifting than the news’.

“You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll say, ‘Oh, my God, this so could be me and my friends with the way things are going.’ ”

Just like SATC and The Handmaid’s Tale, the show kicked off with a thought-provoking internal monologue.

“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?” Schumer thinks to herself, before complaining to her fellow handmaids about the bags under her eyes.

“Oh, stop it,” Strong says. “You know it doesn’t matter what our faces look like.”

“As long as we’re fertile!” Schumer responds, much to the glee of her pals.

Watch Sex and the City meet The Handmaid’s Tale in a dark SNL skit