Why do so few movies pass the bechdel test?

Why do so few movies pass the bechdel test?

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Hermione and Prof McGonagall pass this test in the first two definitely

The movies that fail the test generally denote women with great responsibility. Terminator 2 and Gone With the Wind.

If they're talking about non-male topics like shopping at a mall instead of relationship advice, then it would make them appear irresponsible. Persepolis gets a pass because she talks with female relatives. Adult women though? Relationship advice, but that includes a male so…

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Didn't it originate from a comic strip where even the creator of said strip felt that people took it too far?

Alison Bechdel herself likes movies that fail her test and her favourite one doesnt even pass the test

Original Disney sleeping beauty passed the Bechdel test easily. In fact, the three main protagonists are women who are nonsexual and who form a loving bond to a surrogate daughter, protecting her from arguably Disney's best villain who had an awesome aesthetic and was generally menacing, and was also female without drawing attention to her sexuality.

BUT, it was still hated by feminists and needed to be rewritten. Because Feminism isn’t about women being powerful, it’s about destroying men.

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The Room also passes the Bechdel test, when Lisa's mom tells her she has breast cancer.

Because they're trying to create a movie first. Not for some flawed tumblr test to check-off a list to make women less angry. You could replace woman with any other minority, political party, religion or buzzword and it would still apply how terrible a test it is.

I could pull a very specific and useless metric out of my ass that makes most movies fail as well if I wanted something to attention whore about

because feminists get pissed off about female characters no matter what. if they're too powerful then it's pandering if they're not powerful enough then it's misogyny. if they're neither too powerful or not powerful enough, it's bad writing.

Who gives a shit? It's a worthless test that has no bearing on the quality of a film. Debby does Dallas passes the Bechdel test for future reference.

Because women are boring if they ain't suckin mah dick. Have a conversation? Fuckin lol. I ain't watchin that.

Because women are even more boring than men.

Because the Bechdel test was initially created by a comic artist even less talented and so lacking in insight or intellect that they make David Willis look like a genius of sequential art and illustrated storytelling by comparison.

Pretty much just Tarantino.

Reality doesn't either, famalam.

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List movies where two named male characters have a conversations unrelated to the mainplot

In most circumstances, the conversation still serves as characterization for both characters, and is therefore part of the mainplot, even if the conversation is about smurfs having sex

Fragile femininity: every man is perceived a threat and all women as competition. And what do they do in retaliation? Complain and cry until someone protects them.

Non sequitur.

the bechdel test starting as a joke reference, the thin-skinned righties took it too far & used the joke to fuel their narcissistic persecution complex.

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I can think of many very videogames which are deemed sexist that pass

And just so you know
Bayonetta, Senran Kagura, DoA, Sengoku Rance, Dragon's Crown

You know before seeing a picture of her I always thought she was black.


You mean feminists took it too far and used it as a metric to judge a film despite being a joke.


For a second I thought that was Rachel Maddow.

I thought it was John Oliver

all internet lesbian porn passes the bechdel test

Slice of life anime confirmed the most feminist genre.

Who cares. It's fucking bullshit