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In reply to the discussion: The Bechdel test for Women in Movies - it takes about 2 min and fascinated and enlightened me [View all]Buzz Clik
(38,437 posts)33. One interpretation (probably misguided)
Bechdel is more of a system to establish if a film is a "chick flick" ...
... or has a critical mass of elements that attracts women. I guess.
In that long stream of movies were a lot of really good dude flicks, such as the Bourne Series. But there were movies in that list with a lot of strong female characters that dominated the show. They simply didn't talk to other females.
You may now stone me as an infidel.
(The EDIT was to change the title of my reply to make it less of a magnet for scorn. After a bit of reflection and a rhetorical beat down from my SO, I can see that my response was not well thought out.)
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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
Wow! This is the kind of deeper understanding that needs to be part of the dialogue...
NYC_SKP
Jan 2013
#10
Very enlightening - even movies ostensibly targeted to women don't pass that test...
Richardo
Jan 2013
#15