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Richardo

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15. Very enlightening - even movies ostensibly targeted to women don't pass that test...

Reply to Mira (Original post)

Sun Jan 6, 2013, 10:47 AM

Jan 2013

...'When Harry Met Sally' and 'The Princess Bride' for example.

Such a simple test, too.

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The Bechdel test for Women in Movies - it takes about 2 min and fascinated and enlightened me [View all] Mira Jan 2013 OP

kick samsingh Jan 2013 #1

K and R Squinch Jan 2013 #2

wow, rec'd n/t NMDemDist2 Jan 2013 #3

Very interesting. I guess the very pervasiveness of the problem annabanana Jan 2013 #4

Yup - "click" - like when the lightbulb Mira Jan 2013 #5

The website is pretty interesting too intaglio Jan 2013 #6

The narrator Doc Holliday Jan 2013 #7

How would you present this subject as "glass half-full"? Iggo Jan 2013 #8

I still like "Clerks" secondvariety Jan 2013 #9

Wow! This is the kind of deeper understanding that needs to be part of the dialogue... NYC_SKP Jan 2013 #10

I had this same "click" moment while watching The Good Wife. enough Jan 2013 #11

One of those movies wasn't fair TlalocW Jan 2013 #12

lol . . .n/t annabanana Jan 2013 #13

Wall-E is unfair because some of the robots are feminized. knitter4democracy Jan 2013 #14

Very enlightening - even movies ostensibly targeted to women don't pass that test... Richardo Jan 2013 #15

Is the other side of that different? thesquanderer Jan 2013 #18

I had talked about this phenomenon with my boyfriend before. Starry Messenger Jan 2013 #16

Fascinating, duhneece Jan 2013 #17

My novel just barely passes the test nuxvomica Jan 2013 #19

If they do meet the test, I've heard men AND women call them AllyCat Jan 2013 #20

even many/most "chick flicks" the women are talking about men Hamlette Jan 2013 #23

enlightening! dooner Jan 2013 #21

R&K. For later viewing. nt longship Jan 2013 #22

Wow. ninehippies Jan 2013 #24

I'd like to see 3 categories naturallyselected Jan 2013 #25

Women in movies are generally props.... Spitfire of ATJ Jan 2013 #26

Like A Little Misleading erpowers Jan 2013 #27

I noted that about X-Men as well--the two women only talk to each other... Moonwalk Jan 2013 #32

forwarded to film evaluator NJCher Jan 2013 #28

This reminds me of why I like Hiyao Miyazaki's cartoons so much starroute Jan 2013 #29

I'm not sure it actually passes the test, but... reACTIONary Jan 2013 #30

"She must mean" nah, she was pretty clear. Nice try though. Warren Stupidity Jan 2013 #41

A Bad Test erpowers Jan 2013 #31

It's not a bad test and here is WHY there must be two women... Moonwalk Jan 2013 #34

No, Not True erpowers Jan 2013 #39

Well said. spooky3 Jan 2013 #40

One interpretation (probably misguided) Buzz Clik Jan 2013 #33

So...Thor was a Chick Flick? Moonwalk Jan 2013 #35

Hell, I don't know. Buzz Clik Jan 2013 #36

This is interesting. MyshkinCommaPrince Jan 2013 #37

Interesting video. Made me think. Demo_Chris Jan 2013 #38

This is really interesting gollygee Jan 2013 #42