Tag Archives: Feminism
THE STEPFORD WIVES: Lost in Translation From Book to Screen, Part II
As discussed in my previous post, THE STEPFORD WIVES is a significant film in cinema history, focusing on the conflict and struggles American women faced specifically due to their sex. But the film could have benefited in depicting the wives of Stepford in a more sympathetic light, thus allowing the viewer to see them as […]
First 2022 Viewing Roundup of the Year
Okay, so granted, Covid infections are reaching all-time highs thanks to the frighteningly transmissible Omicron variant. Mother Nature continues on her rightful rampage against we who have wronged her. And an alarming number of Americans are shooting each other and committing other abominable acts in the name of willful hate and stupidity. But that all […]
THE STEPFORD WIVES: Lost in Translation From Book to Screen (Part 1)
It seems appropriate, given the surreal state of current political events, to examine the classic horror film and novel THE STEPFORD WIVES. When the film was released in 1975, the Feminist movement was gaining momentum and the United States was in the throes of what we now refer to as “the cultural wars.” Roe v. […]