Prominent failures: “Star Wars”, “Avatar” and even “Run Lola Run”.
The term Bechdel test has been floating around the internet for years. It is used in discussions about films to confirm one’s own gut feeling that Hollywood in particular is still interested in reducing the female gender primarily to external stimuli. Of course it’s not that easy. But the so-called Bechdel test – 1985…
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