Are Hollywood and Broadway the last bastions of sexism? The Bechdel test asks whether a play, motion picture, or TV show features at least two women who talk to each other about something other than a man. Although this now-iconic litmus test began as a joke (see screenshots below), it is still rather remarkable how many–or should I say how few?–theatrical and cinematic productions are able to pass it.
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Your account of the Bechdel test’s origins as a joke shows why it cannot measure representation on its own. bechdeltest offers examples, while context still matters.
Even bechdeltest can’t fix scripts that ignore basic dialogue rules.
A shared silence, a missed chance to speak, a script that still fails the test.
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