I don't mean to take from Paula Preintiss' acting; however, all throughout the film, I could see Sally Kellerman as Bobbie, and she would have been fantastic!
shareI respect your opinion but Paula rocks in this film, I can't see anyone in her role. Oddly enough I think Barbara Parkins would have been awesome as Carol, although I love Nanette in the role as well.
sharePaula Prentiss is the more appropriate actress for Bobbie, because she had been in a lot of "girl next door" roles in the early-to-mid-1960's (Where the Boys Are, Man's Favorite Sport, 2 or 3 movies with Jim Hutton, etc.,) and so her personality in (the first 90% of) The Stepford Wives as a liberated mid-70's woman is a poignant reminder of how discordant the women's lib movement had been to men who'd been nurtured on the 1950's stay-at-home model of womanhood.
sharePrentiss is the warmer actress, but Kellerman has the better voice. I found Bobbi somewhat off-putting; not because she's liberated, but due to Prentiss. She would also co-star with Tina Louise in a tv film where they have a nasty argument
share'The Stepford Wives as a liberated mid-70's woman is a poignant reminder of how discordant the women's lib movement had been to men who'd been nurtured on the 1950's stay-at-home model of womanhood.'
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How pompously poignant it is to remember how discordant the women's lib movement had been to content women who chose their place (those women who had a spine, that is) Those women liked and preferred to be "stay-at-home' mothers because they actually cared about nurturing their young, unlike today. What a tearful disappointment.