The Bechdel-Wallace Test was developed in 1985 by Alison Bechdel and Liz Wallace to see if a work of fiction featured at least two women talking about something other than a man. Looking at the 25 top-grossing films of 2016, The Hollywood Reporter decided to conduct the test to see if those movies passed.
The test has three requirements: 1. Does it have more than two female characters (with names) in it? 2. Do those characters engage in a conversation with each other? 3. And is that conversation about anything other than a man?
The results were put into four categories, Pass, Incomplete, Fail and Seriously, which meant that the film didn’t achieve any of the three requirements. According to THR only half of the movies passed, with “Ghostbusters” having 36 scenes involving two or more women talking about something other than a man and “The Conjuring 2” having 27 scenes.
Other films that checked all the requirements were “Bad Moms,...
The test has three requirements: 1. Does it have more than two female characters (with names) in it? 2. Do those characters engage in a conversation with each other? 3. And is that conversation about anything other than a man?
The results were put into four categories, Pass, Incomplete, Fail and Seriously, which meant that the film didn’t achieve any of the three requirements. According to THR only half of the movies passed, with “Ghostbusters” having 36 scenes involving two or more women talking about something other than a man and “The Conjuring 2” having 27 scenes.
Other films that checked all the requirements were “Bad Moms,...
- 12/10/2016
- by Liz Calvario
- Indiewire
THR recently gave the 25 top-grossing films of 2016 the Bechdel-Wallace Test. What's that? It's a quiz developed in 1985 by graphic novelist Alison Bechdel and her friend Liz Wallace that reveals just how sexist (or not) any given work of fiction might be. To pass, the work simply has to affirmatively answer three questions: 1. Does it have more than two female characters (with names) in it? 2. Do those characters engage in a conversation with each other? 3. And is that conversation about anything other than a man? Shockingly (or not), only about half the movies we tested...
- 12/9/2016
- by THR Staff
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Alison Bechdel has requested that you stop calling it the Bechdel Test.
The Fun Home cartoonist has asked that the famous, bare-minimum standard of representation in film be referred to as the 'Bechdel-Wallace Test'.
Speaking to NPR's Fresh Air, Bechdel said that the idea for the test came out of a conversation with Liz Wallace.
"I feel a little bit sheepish about the whole thing, because it's not like I invented this test or said, 'This is the Bechdel Test'. It somehow has gotten attributed to me over the years," she said.
"It's this weird thing. Like, people actually use it to analyse films to see whether or not they pass that test."
The so-called Bechdel Test was first proposed in a 1985 instalment of Bechdel's comic strip Dykes to Watch Out For.
She has typically been wary of claiming credit for the test, which was incorporated into the rating systems...
The Fun Home cartoonist has asked that the famous, bare-minimum standard of representation in film be referred to as the 'Bechdel-Wallace Test'.
Speaking to NPR's Fresh Air, Bechdel said that the idea for the test came out of a conversation with Liz Wallace.
"I feel a little bit sheepish about the whole thing, because it's not like I invented this test or said, 'This is the Bechdel Test'. It somehow has gotten attributed to me over the years," she said.
"It's this weird thing. Like, people actually use it to analyse films to see whether or not they pass that test."
The so-called Bechdel Test was first proposed in a 1985 instalment of Bechdel's comic strip Dykes to Watch Out For.
She has typically been wary of claiming credit for the test, which was incorporated into the rating systems...
- 8/27/2015
- Digital Spy
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