TMTYR Episode #23: Dawn of the Apron (The Stepford Wives)

  In Episode #23, the Pavement Pounders are joined by Emily (James’s better half) to discuss Ira Levin’s 1972 novel The Stepford Wives and its two film adaptations, from 1975 and 2004. Big thanks to Emily for suggesting the topic, and to Roger at TheGeekLikes.com for seconding it. Content warning: This podcast contains some frank discussions on sexuality.  Nothing … Continue reading TMTYR Episode #23: Dawn of the Apron (The Stepford Wives) →

In Episode #23, the Pavement Pounders are joined by Emily (James’s better half) to discuss Ira Levin’s 1972 novel The Stepford Wives and its two film adaptations, from 1975 and 2004.

Big thanks to Emily for suggesting the topic, and to Roger at TheGeekLikes.com for seconding it.

Content warning: This podcast contains some frank discussions on sexuality.  Nothing wildly inappropriate, explicit or off-color, but just accurate terms being used.  Probably not for young audiences.

1970s boringness discussed!  2000s incoherence explored!  Serious, serious hotness mismatches panned!

Will our rankings be Roger or non-Roger?  Will our vectors be Victor?

Pounder Rankings!:

Emily/James/Colin/Seth/Roger:

book
1975 film
2004 film

That’s 100% Roger.  Something must’ve been in the water, I guess…

Notes:

Blastr’s series on 1975 Sci-Fi/horror releases: http://www.blastr.com/2015-2-12/stepford-wives-40-slyly-skewering-gender-roles-it-was-cool
Tribute to the original: http://www.thrillmesoftly.com/2008/04/the-stepford-wives-accept-no-substitute/
The “Real” Stepford Wives: http://www.stepfordwives.org/