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The Stepford Wives (2004)
★ 5.7 · 1,418 ratings on TMDB
The wives of Stepford have a secret.
What does it take to become a Stepford wife, a woman perfect beyond belief? Ask the Stepford husbands, who've created this high-tech, terrifying little town.
DirectorFrank Oz
The emergence reading
The Stepford Wives keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E9/E10 of the E0–E14 reality ladder, compressing prejudice, power, control.
zero-distanceUSprejudicepowercontrol
⇄ Parameter shift — the dial this world turnsrigor: loose
E8obediencebrain chips enforce total obedience in implanted women (technology · local)