tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102001846440587284.post8746207352314777699..comments2011-01-05T00:51:16.972-08:00Comments on Book Worm: The Husbands of StepfordLab Rathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07962574174521597312noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102001846440587284.post-62816103203679659242011-01-05T00:51:16.972-08:002011-01-05T00:51:16.972-08:00That does sound quite sinister. Although you post ...That does sound quite sinister. Although you post has prompted me to track down the book to read, if only because I'm intrigued by the idea of a satirical thriller!FreeWildebeesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01318655755810194360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102001846440587284.post-87618474150900661892011-01-05T00:16:04.270-08:002011-01-05T00:16:04.270-08:00All the men are in on it, they hold meetings toget...All the men are in on it, they hold meetings together and new members are slowly brought in and introduced to the idea. They then tell their wives (and the kids) that they are going away for the weekend to celebrate birthday/anniversary etc. They don't actually kill the women, but often get other women to do that for them. I don't know where they get the robots from but it's made fairly clear that they are the ones ordering them.<br /><br />I think it would take more than just peer pressure to make me consider murdering my fiance and replacing him with an automaton... The spooky thing for me was that this was never addressed in the film there was a sort of "Of *course* every man would prefer a Stepford wife" vibe running right through it.Lab Rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07962574174521597312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102001846440587284.post-45327936148066302842011-01-04T00:36:41.661-08:002011-01-04T00:36:41.661-08:00Having never read or seen either the book or the f...Having never read or seen either the book or the film I can't comment on anything other than your comments. However I'm going to do that anyway: could it be a commentary on conformity and acting like everyone else around you?<br /><br />Are all the men in on it? Or is there some central agency (or possibly evil scientist) doing the murdering and robot replacing?FreeWildebeesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01318655755810194360noreply@blogger.com