Recently i watched Stepford Wives and i was caught up in it. I didn't watch and see it as these women were loosing all their power to the men and that it was an oppressive film. Rather i watch it and saw it for it's strangeness. The robot moving wives, the clean house and the immaculate gardens. And the fact that these men want their lives like this. But as the glitches in the women's robotic setups begin to fail, we see that it is not this idilic place to live. It is the perfect place, with small glitches that break the trend, the unblinking perfection. This is what i like. This is what draws me in.
Again, growing up i always watched Desperate Housewives. At the time of watching it i never knew about the connection it had to step ford wives. However, now after seeing step ford wives, the connection and parallels between them are so strong. In desperate housewives, it is not so much keeping things clean and tidy to satisfy your husband, but to 'outdo' each other - the other neighbours. There is also so much scandal that happens in the series. People get killed and buried in the back garden, men have affairs behind the bushes and children see and experience the cruelty of exclusion from their fellow 'friends'.
My friend has recently moved into a gated community in falmouth, and it is the perfect reflection and set up of desperate housewives and step ford wives. The other afternoon whilst being there, the husbands were out playing with their children, on the perfectly mown grass - and all looked lovely. However, the whole time i couldn't shift from my mind/ thoughts, the question of what is being hidden here? What truly goes on here when peoples back are turned? What secrets have not been unturned?
This all makes me more excited to start this work and see where it goes, and if other people get this uncanny feeling from it and formulate these questions.
Again, growing up i always watched Desperate Housewives. At the time of watching it i never knew about the connection it had to step ford wives. However, now after seeing step ford wives, the connection and parallels between them are so strong. In desperate housewives, it is not so much keeping things clean and tidy to satisfy your husband, but to 'outdo' each other - the other neighbours. There is also so much scandal that happens in the series. People get killed and buried in the back garden, men have affairs behind the bushes and children see and experience the cruelty of exclusion from their fellow 'friends'.
My friend has recently moved into a gated community in falmouth, and it is the perfect reflection and set up of desperate housewives and step ford wives. The other afternoon whilst being there, the husbands were out playing with their children, on the perfectly mown grass - and all looked lovely. However, the whole time i couldn't shift from my mind/ thoughts, the question of what is being hidden here? What truly goes on here when peoples back are turned? What secrets have not been unturned?
This all makes me more excited to start this work and see where it goes, and if other people get this uncanny feeling from it and formulate these questions.