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Post by Rabbit2009 on Sept 25, 2010 4:20:16 GMT -5
bechdeltest.com/While scrolling through the web on feminist topics, I found this interesting thing; the Bechdel Test which was created to measure the presence of women in a film (was originally made up by a comic artist to comment on how male-oriented the film industry is). The guidelines for the Bechdel Test is this: 1) The film must have two or more women with clearly defined identities 2) They must engage in a conversation at least once 3) Their conversation must not be about a male character. Sadly to say, 9 failed this test. Why? Most people simply say that "there's only one female character but at least she's not romantically involved with anyone else or treated as the token." Therefore, it failed the first guideline. What do you guys think? Oddly enough, the film doesn't necessarily have to be a feminist or female-oriented in order to pass. The Twilight Saga passed, considering how much muck revolves around Bella obsessing over Edward *pukes*.
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Post by ~*~ShadowFox~*~ on Sept 25, 2010 8:01:07 GMT -5
Well, I wouldn't say it's "sad it failed". ^^; There are only 9 characters in the movie to begin with, which isn't that much, given today's movies. Some people speculate that 4 is female, too, but it isn't confirmed, so for the sake of this test, let's say just 7. *shrugs* There also isn't that much dialogue in the movie (19 minutes of it), so that scratches out point #2 and, really, #3.
Besides, 7 is a strong female character - I simply think this movie wasn't qualified for this test to begin with. <83
However, this is a neat little tool - I'll definitely be using it in the future. I've noticed how often there are male heroes. <8\ The video game industry shows that for sure.
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Post by Rabbit2009 on Sept 25, 2010 14:09:52 GMT -5
I know, I was joking when I said "sadly to say." XD
But still, let's just say that 9 was bound to flunk this test even if the Twins are considered to be female or the fact that the Seamstress is a female character (ish). Obviously the Seamstress and 7 never engage in a conversation, considering that the Seamstress is more interested in capturing 7 (and 8) and bringing them to Fabby.
Yes, I've decided to play around with the test for a while and I'm quite surprised to see that some of our favorite Disney movies we grew up with either half-passed the test or failed it completely. Mulan is still debatable (there are more than two identifiable females yet it seems that, when they do talk to each other, it's about marriage which denotes a male presence. XD).
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