The Stepford Wives - Beyond Tiki

I ikitnrev Tiki Socialite D.C. / Virginia Joined: Jul 27, 2002 Posts: 1325	I ikitnrev Posted posted on Sun, May 9, 2004 10:11 AM I can remember being very impressed with the original 'Stepford Wives' when I first saw it on TV. I knew absolutely nothing about it beforehand, which always makes the various plot twists even that more surprising. (the other film I saw in the same way, with a similar impact, was 'Deliverance') I'm looking forward to the new 'Stepford Wives' - the trailer I saw looked very good. One might argue that the Stepford Wives is even more relevant today - the 70's didn't have as many breast augmentations, cosmetic surgery, and total makeovers as there are today. I also enjoyed the movie 'Westworld', which has a very similar premise to 'The Stepford Wives' - that people will pay money to live in a perfect, but falsely created artificial environment, rather than live with the warts and blemishes that the real natural world provides. I just realized that the last paragraph could describe us tiki-folk's efforts to replicate a tropical paradise within our own homes. Could it be that 'I have met the enemy, and he is I,' and that I will soon have a robotic wahine hanging out in my tiki bar room? Vern

I can remember being very impressed with the original 'Stepford Wives' when I first saw it on TV. I knew absolutely nothing about it beforehand, which always makes the various plot twists even that more surprising. (the other film I saw in the same way, with a similar impact, was 'Deliverance')

I'm looking forward to the new 'Stepford Wives' - the trailer I saw looked very good. One might argue that the Stepford Wives is even more relevant today - the 70's didn't have as many breast augmentations, cosmetic surgery, and total makeovers as there are today.

I also enjoyed the movie 'Westworld', which has a very similar premise to 'The Stepford Wives' - that people will pay money to live in a perfect, but falsely created artificial environment, rather than live with the warts and blemishes that the real natural world provides.

I just realized that the last paragraph could describe us tiki-folk's efforts to replicate a tropical paradise within our own homes. Could it be that 'I have met the enemy, and he is I,' and that I will soon have a robotic wahine hanging out in my tiki bar room?

Vern

Post #90377 by ikitnrev on Sun, May 9, 2004 10:11 AM