![]() ![]() The women’s personalities have been erased, but their families don’t seem to mind – Bobbie’s son is delighted because his mother now makes hot breakfasts, while the husbands are thrilled because their “new” wives love sex and housework.įearful that she “won’t be me next summer”, Joanne realises Walter has also changed. I’ve decided to do my job conscientiously, the way Dave does his. I realised I was being awfully sloppy and self-indulgent. ![]() Joanna and Bobbie realise, with mounting horror, that the Stepford women have literally been replaced by robots, in a scheme masterminded by their husbands – and they too, will be similarly transformed. Pretty actresses, big in the bosom but small in the talent, playing suburban housewives unconvincingly, too nicey-nice to be real. That’s what they all were, all the Stepford wives: actresses in commercials, pleased with detergents and floor wax, with cleansers, shampoos, and deodorants. Watching one of them admiring her washing, “like an actress in a commercial”, Joanna thinks The women of Stepford transform into glassy-eyed housewives within months of arriving. The 1975 film of The Stepford Wives is as iconic as Ira Levin’s novel. ![]()
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