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* [[Real Life Writes the Plot]]: The original vision of the first movie had the Wives all dressed like "[[Playboy Bunny|Playboy Bunnies]] [[Stripperiffic|sans ears and tail]]". Then director Bryan Forbes cast his actress wife Nanette Newman as one of the Wives, and whatever talents as a thespian she possessed, her physique wasn't remotely up to it, and so all the Wives ended up in long flowing dresses that made them look like [[The Fifties|'50s]] [[Housewife|housewives]]. This may have been for the better, as one of the book's key themes was how the women were unwillingly pressed into domestic servitude and forced to give up their ambitions, and the housewife outfits highlight that much better than the skimpier outfits originally planned would have. |
* [[Real Life Writes the Plot]]: The original vision of the first movie had the Wives all dressed like "[[Playboy Bunny|Playboy Bunnies]] [[Stripperiffic|sans ears and tail]]". Then director Bryan Forbes cast his actress wife Nanette Newman as one of the Wives, and whatever talents as a thespian she possessed, her physique wasn't remotely up to it, and so all the Wives ended up in long flowing dresses that made them look like [[The Fifties|'50s]] [[Housewife|housewives]]. This may have been for the better, as one of the book's key themes was how the women were unwillingly pressed into domestic servitude and forced to give up their ambitions, and the housewife outfits highlight that much better than the skimpier outfits originally planned would have. |
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** The remake goes both ways with this, giving the robot wives short, form-fitting sun dresses that highlight their figures. |
** The remake goes both ways with this, giving the robot wives short, form-fitting sun dresses that highlight their figures. |
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* [[Trope Namers]]: |
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** [[Stepford Smiler]]: With the remake providing the page image. In the final scene of the original film, all the women have them. |
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*** In the remake, Walter is also one of these, {{spoiler|until he cracks}}. |
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** [[Stepford Consumer]] |
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** [[Stepford Snarker]] |
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** [[Stepford Suburbia]]: The empty sterility of American suburbia is a major theme in the original film. |
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