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By: Ed

While I can understand wanting more women and more womanly interests portrayed in films, I have to ask if this is an issue of people against women, or rather people writing what they know? certainly...

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By: Nahida

Wall-E? Unfair. I protested at Shriek, but despite the fact that there is a strong female in the movie, the men in that movie do interact with each other and on much more interesting topics, which...

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By: TikiTemple

It’s a fair point, but it’s easy to do this with any specified group. Consider what I call the “Triple N Test” for Asian males. The blockbuster passes the test if a major Asian male character does not...

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By: Joe Valdez

Thanks for this video, Anita. I stumbled onto your website searching for “Girl Power” movies to devote my blog to next month. While no one can seem to agree on what feminism is, or whether Nine to Five...

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By: CoffeeSpoons

Ferris Bueller’s Day Off also passes the test- there are multiple women in the movie with names- Jeanie Bueller, Sloane Peterson, Katie Bueller, Grace, Florence Sparrow (the nurse), and Simone Adamly,...

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By: Tyler

I agree that it’s undesirable for Hollywood to perpetuate the idea that only men can “drive the plot” so to speak, but you can’t possibly apply this test to movies like Braveheart and Gladiator –...

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By: Tony

Tyler, I agree that a lot of those male themed movies might not be expected to pass the test (such as war movies, prison movies, etc.), but that doesn’t mean they can’t. The effect of war on women can...

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By: AP²

I’m not sure, but I think Death Proof may fail the reverse Bechdel test. It only has three male characters and I don’t think they ever talk to each other. And Vera Drake, definitively. Even if there...

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By: vespa

@AP, Death Proof passes the reverse Bechdel Test as far as I’m aware. After Stuntman Mike’s first killer crash, Sheriff Earl McGraw (a recurring character in several Tarantino films) discusses the...

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