tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3110730744329616042.post2552032915665296653..comments2024-02-24T04:11:11.521-06:00Comments on Introverted Wife: The Problem with the Bechdel TestEllen Minthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03208244458086146065noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3110730744329616042.post-41821385473389067382013-11-21T10:31:03.180-06:002013-11-21T10:31:03.180-06:00Fully agree. It's my primary issue with the Sw...Fully agree. It's my primary issue with the Swedish theaters giving movies an "A" rating if they pass the Bechdel Test. That should be a C, tops. <br /><br />And to echo Nishu, your version sounds a lot like the Mako Mori Test. Personally, I think we need both tests. Bechdel helps ensure quantity of female roles, Mako Mori helps ensure quality.Marshall Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15647111558095583028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3110730744329616042.post-45723592785394391832013-10-29T10:51:50.838-05:002013-10-29T10:51:50.838-05:00I like the ideas behind the Bechdel test but think...I like the ideas behind the Bechdel test but think reducing it to a litmus test reduces the likelihood of having the conversations you need to have about the stories and characters that fail it. <br />Bechdel test fail" (for brevity) or "April O'Neill, while being better than most female characters on Saturday morning TV, is still a poor excuse for an imaginary woman because she [didn't] have a weapon and all the guys just crush on her or protect her instead of looking to her for research experience."Teresa D. Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11355826408979216563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3110730744329616042.post-26347038931612689942013-10-28T12:38:54.574-05:002013-10-28T12:38:54.574-05:00Here's a piece that'll sort of go through ...Here's a piece that'll sort of go through with your piece. Do give it a read. http://www.themarysue.com/pacific-rim-gender-tropes/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3110730744329616042.post-51688193775638181862013-10-28T10:48:38.184-05:002013-10-28T10:48:38.184-05:00I hadn't heard of the Bechdel test but I like ...I hadn't heard of the Bechdel test but I like yours better. When thinking of stories I like, well rounded characters do have a life outside the protagonist. Even better when those characters are female. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3110730744329616042.post-12580988919424340112013-10-28T09:02:38.934-05:002013-10-28T09:02:38.934-05:00Authors and Screenwriters who trumpet their passin...Authors and Screenwriters who trumpet their passing the Bechdel test really are missing the point. The Bechdel test was supposed to be an intentionally low bar to show how ridiculous Hollywood's portrayal of women is by saying "look, Hollywood usually can't even pass <i>this</i> ridiculously easy test".<br /><br />If a writer is touting their non-sexist <i>bona fides</i> by pointing to how their work passes the Bechdel test, then one can be pretty sure that their writing is pretty damn sexist.Aaron Poundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11747596648152141394noreply@blogger.com