Monday, February 02, 2015

BECHDEL TEST

A FILMMAKER WHO CHAMPIONS THE BECHDEL TEST FAILS IT IN HIS NEW MOVIE
Bechdel Test
"The Bechdel test (/ˈbɛkdəl/ bek-dəl) is a short test that is used as a way "to call attention to gender inequality",[1] and to assert that women are under-represented in films due to sexism.[2] It was introduced in Alison Bechdel's comic strip Dykes to Watch Out For. In a 1985 strip titled "The Rule", an unnamed female character says that she only goes to a movie if it satisfies the following requirements:
1. The movie has to have at least two women in it,
2. who talk to each other,
3. about something besides a man."
~ wikipedia

The Bechdel Test

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