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Bechdel Test Thread

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TrilllianAstra · 22/06/2011 20:52

I thought having a thread for "I just watched this and it passed/failed and I thought..." would be good to encourage me to think of the Bechdel test when watching TV/films or reading books. I wonbe watching/reading anything on purpose for the thread, just thought I would apply it to whatever I happened to be watching or reading.

The test doesn't necessarily say that a film is feminist/antifeminist, but it is interesting.

Rules reminder:
Are there at least two women (some versions say "two women with names")
Who have a conversation
About something other than a man?

Feel free to join in :)

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TrilllianAstra · 22/06/2011 20:58

Inception failed, I think. There are two named female characters but they don't have a conversation that I noticed (although I wasn't thinking of the test at the time).

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TrilllianAstra · 22/06/2011 20:57

I just read Before I Go To Sleep and it passes but only near the end. Of course there are only 3 characters for the first 3/4 of the book so it'd be difficult.

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Onemorning · 22/06/2011 20:56

It's not a film but... Nurse Jackie. Lots of interaction between female characters, only some of which is about men.

mrsjohnsimm · 22/06/2011 20:55

I think it does need to be "named female characters", because otherwise plenty of films sneak in by, for example, having a woman checking into a hotel with a female desk clerk.

TV is generally far more likely to pass than movies, I think.

PrinceHumperdink · 22/06/2011 20:55

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