Is the Stepford Wives' Aesthetic Still Influencing the Film?

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There's a nostalgia for the values of the 1950s in some quarters. On TikTok, there's women who are glorifying being a staying at home girlfriends. The Stepford wives aesthetic is still having cultural influence. I think it's most evident in a new film called Don't Wear a Darling,. which is set in a 1950s inspired, does it town called Victory? All of you wives.

Rishi Sunak becomes Britain’s prime minister today, making him the third in the past seven weeks. Our correspondent explains who he is, and analyses his road ahead. In Mexico there are growing concerns over the army’s increasing wealth and power. And why “The Stepford Wives,” a novel published 50 years ago, remains relevant and influential today.