Ashley, I am proud to be your sister.”Ģ) Adult Filmography Intended for a Single Purpose Mary-Kate: “Ashley, your wisdom of oranges knows no bounds. Ashley, I love the bright color, the notion that it can make juice, the plumage–”Īshley: “Mary-Kate, oranges do not have plumage. 100% gender equality! A box office revenue of $16.37!Īshley: “Mary-Kate, don’t you find these oranges scrumptious?” They 4) say each other’s name at the beginning of each sentence.
#TELETUBBIES NUMBER 10 MOVIE#
You could have a movie with the 1) Olsen twins who spend the whole film 2) talking to each other about 3) oranges. As such, here are ten scenarios, plots, genres, or realizations of existing media I’ve devised that would pass the Bechdel Test. But very few mainstream works have taken this idea, and it would be essentially the same as two bisexual women and one man.īut my biggest issue is that nonsense and mixed messages can pass the test. Yes, I do mean a lesbian love triangle geared towards audiences other than men 18 or older. If the issue is the above, fighting over lovers, then the same thing should be true for any gender. I assume it means “lover,” because why would anyone care if there’s a film about two sisters taking care of their dying father, talking about their lives and each other? It’s Oscar gold, brah! This means Yellow Submarine fails. Not an indicator of quality, sure, but kind of a bummer. The other is that even if the work is Bechdel-approved, it could still be sexist. Monastery, all-male private school, anything where only androgyny exists. First, sometimes women aren’t prominent in films due to the setting. So! I have issues, two taken from Wikipedia. The latter two aren’t named or established, pushing them to the side. For example, Labyrinth has Sarah, her step-mother, and the junk lady. There’s a 4), They have to be named, but it’s only helpful occasionally. Love interest existence means flatter characters and weak motives. I’ve seen plenty of works with two women who never say a word to each other, and it makes them seem flatter characters than they should be.ģ) It has to be about something other than a man. One means she’s the token woman, the love interest, or worse.Ģ) They have to talk to each other. I like that it came from a comic, by the way.ġ) It must have two women, at least. The Bechdel Test, a method to determine gender bias in media, was born from this comic, “Dykes to Watch Out For,” created by Alison Bechdel.