Are there any TV shows that fail the Bechdel Test? The Bechdel Test is a test for whether a movie contains: Two named female characters, who talk to each other, about something besides a man It’s commonly used as a commentary about the lack of female representation in Hollywood TV shows tend to run far longer than movies and thus, most of them end up passing the Bechdel Test On the list of TV shows I regularly watch, the only one I can
Are there any TV shows that fail the Bechdel Test? The Bechdel test was designed to point out how infrequently women in Hollywood movies are presented as characters in their own right, as opposed to adjuncts or even accessories to the male characters
The Bechdel Test - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board The problem isn’t with The Rule as Alison Bechdel immortalized it It’s with the cult of fandom — with those so struck by the applicable simplicity of the test that it has been built up to be something it’s not and was never intended to be The Rule works because it shows Hollywood’s overall allergy to showing women having diverse conversations, and the audience that Hollywood loses
Should there be a final remake of the Pearl Harbor attack? Yes, you have a sausage-fest movie that won’t even come close to passing the “Bechdel Test”, but then, most WWII battles in real life wouldn’t pass that test, so maybe for WWII movies we can ignore that Otherwise we get Pearl Harbor and From here to Eternity,
Do you scratch the back of your neck while thinking? It’s a staple of movies and TV - I just saw it again on TV last night Hank Hill and Peter (Family Guy) do it But I’m not sure I’ve seen it in real life, and I don’t think I’ve ever done it But googling turns up: “Scratching the back of your neck while thinking is often interpreted as a sign of stress, uncertainty, or discomfort while processing information; it’s a common body
Sleeping at OHare Airport - Straight Dope Sleeping in the terminal on some chairs or the floor is for weather failures or random cancellations If you know you’re arriving at time X and leaving 18 hours later, plan to get a hotel Either the on-airport Hilton or any of a dozen nearby cheaper places that take 20 extra minutes each way
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players contracts - Factual Questions - Straight Dope Ok, I’m as much a sports fan as the next guy, but there’s one thing I’ve often wondered When a player signs a contract, is he obligated to play at a certain level? Let’s say Alex Rodriguez decides he just doesn’t want to put any effort in his game and just collects his quarter billion over the next 10 years Can he do that? Of will that somehow void his contract