Showing posts with label bechdel test. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bechdel test. Show all posts

Friday, June 4, 2010

The Bechdel Test for movies

From chocolate to movies...  and now for something completely different:



Watch this youtube clip and see if your favorite films pass the test...

All they need to do to pass is

1. have 2 women in it
2. have those 2 women have names
3. have those 2 women talk to each other - but not about a man. 

Or ask yourself... is there any movie going where there aren't 2 named men talking about something other than women...

Lots of interesting commentary about this (and the other rule - have 2 minorities in it,  talking to each other,  about something other than race..) here