Why Is Hollywood Still So Obsessed With The Stepford Wives?

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Why Is Hollywood Still So Obsessed With The Stepford Wives?
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Written by Katie Silberman and directed by Olivia Wilde, Don’t Worry Darling is transparent about its references to The Stepford Wives, writes TyleKurner. But why does Hollywood continue to replicate the aesthetics and tropes introduced in it?

, often fails to acknowledge that it gives credit to the perspective of women watching bleary-eyed as market feminism replaced grassroots efforts. Looking back, the passage of Reagan, Clinton, two Bushes, and wars on drugs and terror brought into focus that everyone who exists at the margins could be a target, and ultimately, a demographic to be marketed toward. Feminist ideals devoured by capitalism is as patriarchal as it gets.

An incel who feels he’s been denied a good relationship because he thinks Alice works too much as a brain surgeon, Jack signs up for the expensive device and basically holds her hostage in a simulated world.

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