The Stepford Wives (Ep. 97)

Episode 97 of Adapt or Perish just moved in, and gosh, isn’t Stepford simply beautiful? In this episode, we’re taking a look at The Stepford Wives! Who are brainwashed or robots, maybe? It's complicated.

In this episode we discuss:

• Ira Levin's original 1972 novel
• The 1975 movie adaptation, directed by Bryan Forbes, written by William Goldman, and starring Katharine Ross, Paula Prentiss, and Tina Louise
• The 2004 remake, directed by Frank Oz, written by Paul Rudnick, and starring Nicole Kidman, Matthew Broderick, Glenn Close, Bette Midler, and Christopher Walken

Footnotes:

• Rosemary's Baby
• Antiracist Baby by Ibram X. Kendi and Ashley Lukashevsky
• Adventures in the Screen Trade by William Goldman
• Revenge of the Stepford Wives (1980)
• The Stepford Children (1987)
• The Stepford Husbands (1996)
• In & Out (1997)
• Frank Oz on The Stepford Wives
• Bette's Midler's insane deleted scene

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