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onesentencefilmreviews asked: Love your commentary on the Bechdel Test. Recently introduced it to my family, and they're constantly shocked at how few films meet the simple criteria. I still like the Test, because of it's simplistic nature, it really shows how inherently sexist Hollywood is. Though, I do believe an Advanced Bechdel Test would be nice. For example, watching Dodgeball today (which I have reviewed!) I noticed that the only time the film passed was when two ladies chatted and then kissed? Surely that's not right

Thank you!
Personally, I think if there’s a new test, it should be called the Egalitarian Test. Both genders elevated or degraded, but never out of balance. I understand sexual humor and sexism as an agent of “funny” (or whatever), so if it’s an important part of the script, I’d rather see it as an individual character trait or applied to an actual group of people - not just a single gender. This applies to other people-humor, too.

It is super-easy to pass the Bechdel Test, which is why it’s an (intentional) joke. Gotta step it up for real now, knowhatImean?