Darling, We're Worried: How 'The Stepford Wives' Story is Re-Told in Every Phase of Feminism
More Than A Muse
English - January 16, 2023 14:00 - 1 hour - ★★★★★ - 19 ratingsVisual Arts Arts History history art history art student arts female artists female musicians feminism music music history music student Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
We all heard the drama of 'Don't Worry, Darling' with rumors of spitting on co-stars, affairs with the director, phone calls about "Miss Flo" and much more leaking their way into the press for an entire year. But what about the plot of this movie (that's a real movie)? The story of a man setting his wife in an idealistic 50-style "traditional" home against her knowledge is not a new one. Its connection to the mid-70s book and movie 'The Stepford Wives' by Ira Levin is impossible to ignore. Today we are talking about all the iterations of this horrific tale and how it relates to the gender roles of the time period, from the 1970s of the first book and movie to the early 2000s remake, and the present-day box-office bomb. We also discuss different expectations of women over time, what men want in a woman, body image, inequality, and sexual assault.
TW: some of the topics might be a bit triggering.
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We all heard the drama of 'Don't Worry, Darling' with rumors of spitting on co-stars, affairs with the director, phone calls about "Miss Flo" and much more leaking their way into the press for an entire year. But what about the plot of this movie (that's a real movie)? The story of a man setting his wife in an idealistic 50-style "traditional" home against her knowledge is not a new one. Its connection to the mid-70s book and movie 'The Stepford Wives' by Ira Levin is impossible to ignore. Today we are talking about all the iterations of this horrific tale and how it relates to the gender roles of the time period, from the 1970s of the first book and movie to the early 2000s remake, and the present-day box-office bomb. We also discuss different expectations of women over time, what men want in a woman, body image, inequality, and sexual assault.
TW: some of the topics might be a bit triggering.
Episodes Like This One: History of Feminism, Riot Grrrl
Follow us on Instagram @morethanamuse.podcast
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