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@auldlangsin

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***** Movie Spoiler – The Stepford Wives *****

Along with the womens liberation movement, there was a technological development that happened shortly before this film was released – Walt Disney developed “Audio-Animatronics”. This was a new way of making android-type figures move in synchronization with their voices. The technology first debuted at the World’s Fair in 1965 and became the central feature of Disneyland’s “Carousel of Progress” attraction in 1967, where the android figures were on a series of central stages and the audience rotated around them between each act of the production. The attraction and Audio-Animatronics were well publicized and nearly everyone was aware of the new technology at the time.

Another film, Westworld (1973) also began development and production at the same time as The Stepford Wives, however, the latter became delayed in production so it was released a little later. Westworld is much more well known to the public today because of the HBO TV series which refreshed that franchise in 2016.

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Retro SciFi Film of the Week…

The Stepford Wives (1975)

Something is not right in Stepford.

This film draws on two major cultural happenings during the early 1970s, the women's liberation movement and another development which I’ll explain under a CW (content warning) later in this thread because it’s a spoiler. The protagonist, played by Katharine Ross (The Graduate, The Final Countdown) and her new friend played by Paula Prentiss (Catch 22) notice how seemingly idyllic the town of Stepford is, but how backward and subservient all the women are.

During the late 60s and early 70s the women's liberation movement was at its height, with women burning their bras to protest their subjugation and demonstrate their liberation. The Stepford Wives is full of contemporary references and really gives you a feel for what was going on regarding changing roles between men and women at the time.

The film also features Tina Louise, who played “Ginger” on Gilligan’s Island.

A very well-made film, highly recommended.

(fair use image from the film)

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@rysiek

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@admitsWrongIfProven

Also, I think humans are excluded from some definitions.

@admitsWrongIfProven

It depends on the definition. If "invasive" means introduced anywhere where the species didn't evolve as a species, then humans would be invasive all over the place. It also depends on whether being over-populated to the point of unsustainablity is a requirement.

It's rhetorical, really -- what definition you give the term.

@admitsWrongIfProven

>"I am trying to find out if "Humans - the original invasive species" would be a reasonable slogan."

I'm sure there were invasive species long before humans evolved.

No one has a monopoly on the term, but I think humans in Antarctica meets a lot of the criteria -- recently introduced, environment can't naturally support the population (over-populated), and they're doing environmental damage (I think only one station is currently carbon neutral). Some of the scientists are killing some individuals of some species there, so that's harmful to those individual lifeforms.

@admitsWrongIfProven

In Antarctica, yes.

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#HistoryRhymes

- "In July 2005, Myspace was acquired by News Corporation for $580 million...."

- "June 2006, it surpassed Yahoo! and Google to become the most visited website in the United States."

- "By 2019, the site's monthly visitors had dropped to seven million."

- "June 2011, Specific Media Group and Justin Timberlake jointly purchased the company for approximately $35 million."
(They later sold it for $87M)

(quotes from Wikipedia, Lic. CC-BY-something-or-another...)

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@freemo

Maybe err on the side of humility when talking to others and err on the side of self-love when talking to yourself.

@freemo

I think my EQ is too low to fully understand this, but thank you for tooting it.

It's always a struggle to find the right balance between self-love and arrogance, and you can't always rely on the universe for proper nourishment of perspective.

@peterdrake

I doubt he'll even win the primary. With any luck he'll be rotting in prison.

I don't think people's age is relevant unless they are very young, in their thirties, then you need to take a close look at their experience level and maturity.

I've been noticing a lot of ageist rhetoric lately in the US which I think may be originating exogenously. It feels very much like what went on in the 60's, when we were in a proxy war with China in Vietnam. They stirred up a lot of conflict here in the US and the generation gap was one of the things they agitated.

This uptick in ageist rhetoric seems very much like that, which may be clue as to its source.

@LouisIngenthron

and what does that have to do covid-19?

@javifields

Most journalist work for ad-supported media, so it makes sense that they'd have that mindset.

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