Book Vs Movie: "The Stepford Wives" (1975)

<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Book Vs Movie</strong></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong><em>The Stepford Wives </em></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Ira Levin’s Terrifying 1972 Novel Vs The 1975 William Goldman’s Screenplay (Or is it?)</strong></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Also, the really bad take by Roger Ebert in 1975 (and the sequel!)</strong></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/60822/Stepfordwivesposter.jpg" alt="" width="259" height="390" /></strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Margos are heading back to the Burbs with our long 70s flowing hair and obsession with waxing kitchen floors in the</span> <a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ira_Levin"><strong>Ira Levin</strong></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">classic novel</span> <a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stepford_Wives"><em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">The Stepford Wives</span></em></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">that was turned into a film in 1975 and directed by</span> <a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryan_Forbes"><strong>Bryan Forbes</strong></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. Stepford, Connecticut is the fictional setting where families move in and within four months--the wives turn into robots who love, sex, cooking, and cleaning </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Joanna Eberhart leaves her beloved NYC for Stepford because her husband wants to experience life in such a surreally lovely setting. He also joins the local men’s group and stays every night. Joanna knows something is messed up but can’t figure out exactly what is going on to the women of Stepford--until its too late.  </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The 1975 adaptation did modestly well and had some bad reviews by top critics like</span> <strong>Paulene Kael</strong> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">and</span> <strong>Roger Ebert</strong> <span style="font-weight: 400;">(he was a bit of a sexist, y’all!) T