In the various versions of the story, the Stepford wives were replaced by identical robots who were fawning, submissive, beautiful, and docile wives. 5 Discussion: Four Critical Aspects of Companionship 5.1 The Long Term, Everyday, and Mundane The idea of companionship beyond sex is most ...
This proved unworkable, but the idea survived in the form of the robots who serve as a backdrop for the scene in which Allen pretends to be a robot to escape capture. (120) Joanna, Bobbie and Carol, the Stepford Wives Joanna Eberhart: ...