ABC’s The Astronaut Wives Club: The Story of the Women Behind the First Astronauts
The race for space was fought in high heels? Can you fight a race? *sigh*
I want to like this show. I really do. The Astronaut Wives Club is an upcoming limited event television seriesbased
on the book of the same name by Lily Koppel, and it tells the story of
the Wives of the first astronauts: the celebrity they navigated, the
secrets they kept, the lives they and their husbands lived. That’s all
stuff I’m very interested in. Also, period costumes. Also, female leads.
Also-also, an element of soapiness that isn’t often associated with the
lives of astronauts (we forget that at one time, astronauts and pilots
were pretty much rock stars).
That all seems pretty cool, right?
But maybe the soapiness is too soapy? And that tagline: The race for space was fought in high heels.
GROAN. I mean, you can’t fight a race. You can run one, though. And is
that really the message of the show? Women contributed by looking super-cute. I mean, at the time, it’s likely that was important, but is that the message of the show? I just…I dunno.
What do you think? Will you be watching The Astronaut Wives Club when it premieres June 18?
https://www.themarysue.com/astronaut-wives-club-trailer/