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Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.80,0:00:08.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's been a few years since I’ve checked in with The Bechdel Test For Women in Movies
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.34,0:00:10.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I thought I’d be a good time to look in on Hollywood
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.47,0:00:14.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and see if there's been any substantial improvement in women's representations on the big screen.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.64,0:00:20.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One way to do this is to apply the test to the films that have been nominated for best picture in the 2011 Academy Awards,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.23,0:00:23.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,since the Oscars are widely regarded as the “best of the best”
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.40,0:00:25.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at least as determined by the industry itself.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.82,0:00:30.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But before I get to that, here’s a quick refresher on what the Bechdel Test is and how it works.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.16,0:00:34.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Bechdel Test is a very basic gauge to measure women's relevance to a film's plot
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.06,0:00:36.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and generally to assess female presence in Hollywood movies.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.85,0:00:41.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was popularized by Allison Bechdel in her comic Dykes to Watch Out For back in 1985.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.52,0:00:45.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In order to pass the test a film just needs to fulfill these three, very simple, criteria:
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.77,0:00:49.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A movie has to have at least two women in it who have names,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.05,0:00:50.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who talk to each other,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.48,0:00:52.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about something besides a man.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.43,0:00:53.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Pretty simple right?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.64,0:00:56.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean this is really the absolute lowest that we could possibly set the bar
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.76,0:00:59.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for women’s meaningful presence in movies.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.27,0:01:01.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let’s remember that this was made as a bit of a joke
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.23,0:01:05.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to make fun of the fact that there are so few movies with significant female characters in them.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.65,0:01:08.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The reason the test has become so important in recent years
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.07,0:01:12.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is because it actually does highlight a serious and ongoing problem within the entertainment industry.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.45,0:01:15.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So with that in mind, let’s take a look at the Academy Award best picture nominees
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.87,0:01:18.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for 2011 and see how they measure up to the Bechdel Test.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.74,0:01:20.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First up the Descendents.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.60,0:01:23.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It’s a story of a father pulling his family through a crisis.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.75,0:01:27.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The mother is basically fridged before the opening credits even finish rolling
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.13,0:01:29.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to provide the catalyst for the father figure’s growth.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.92,0:01:34.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This film does pass the test because of a handful of brief interactions between female characters,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.47,0:01:37.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,including between the two daughters, Alex and Scotty.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.56,0:01:42.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Moneyball is a story about an American League baseball team centered around their general manager Billy Beane.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.89,0:01:47.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It fails the test badly, not even having two female characters speak to each other at all.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.57,0:01:51.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even so it’s a surprisingly funny and captivating movie.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.15,0:01:54.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tree of Life is a more experimental film about a boy and his family.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.32,0:01:57.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It fails the test because the only brief scene where two women talk,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.56,0:02:00.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the conversation is about the death of the family's son.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.33,0:02:03.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,While it's true there's very little dialogue in the film as a whole,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.16,0:02:06.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the father and the son do speak to each other on multiple occasions.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.34,0:02:11.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hugo is a whimsical film about an orphan boy trying to solve a mystery left by his father.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.26,0:02:14.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And while there are two named female characters who speak to each other,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.13,0:02:17.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their conversation is always in relationship to a man
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.25,0:02:21.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,except this one 5 second interaction that some might argue constitutes a pass.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.39,0:02:25.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Isabelle: You were an actress? A real cinema actress, it’s impossibly romantic mama.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.90,0:02:30.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mama: It wasn’t like that, we weren’t movie stars like they have today.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.61,0:02:34.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If while at the theater you drop your box of junior mints, and by the time you pick em up
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.45,0:02:37.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you’ve missed the one scene in the whole film where women actually talk to each other,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.92,0:02:40.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there’s something clearly wrong.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.01,0:02:43.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close also fails the test.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.17,0:02:47.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It follows the story of a boy dealing with the trauma of losing his father on 9/11.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.38,0:02:51.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Two women never talk to each other about anything other than the boy.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.34,0:02:55.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In classic Woody Allan style, Midnight in Paris is about a man struggling to discover himself
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.75,0:02:58.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and while there’s a handful of women in the picture,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.01,0:03:01.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they never really discuss anything other than men and men's influence on their lives.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.85,0:03:05.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some critics have argued that this scene between Inez and her mother constitutes a pass.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.76,0:03:10.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Helen: Come look at these Inez. Wouldn’t these be charming in a Malibu beach house?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.10,0:03:11.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Inez: oh
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.29,0:03:12.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Helen: Combien monsieur?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.49,0:03:14.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Shop Owner: dix-huit mille
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.12,0:03:15.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Helen : Merci
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.28,0:03:16.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Inez : What is that?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.15,0:03:17.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Helen: They’re a steal at 18,000 dollars.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.67,0:03:20.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Gil: 18,000 dollars for this!?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.58,0:03:21.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Helen: Oh wait it’s euros…
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.83,0:03:26.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But as you’ll notice Owen Wilson’s character and the shop keeper are also involved in the interaction.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.12,0:03:27.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I’d say it fails.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.75,0:03:30.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I'll come back to this one line question later in the video
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.79,0:03:32.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What’s even more embarrassing about this film
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.83,0:03:37.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that one of the most important historical figures that Gil interacts with is Gertrude Stein.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.09,0:03:39.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For those of you who aren’t familiar with her,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.01,0:03:42.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Stein is one of the most famous writers and lesbians in American history,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.77,0:03:47.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Woody Allan has the nerve to not have her speak to another female character in the entire film.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.73,0:03:49.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,War Horse is a story about a boy and his horse.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.98,0:03:51.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It fails.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.62,0:03:53.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So moving on.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.32,0:03:56.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Help is a woman centered story with a large female cast,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.90,0:03:58.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there’s no doubt that this film passes the test.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.78,0:04:03.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,While the film is deeply problematic when it comes to portraying issues of racism in America,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.28,0:04:07.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,both Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer give incredible and moving performances.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.83,0:04:11.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Finally, we have the The Artist, which it’s true, is a silent film.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.43,0:04:16.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you might be asking how we do apply the Bechdel Test to a film without any spoken dialogue?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.42,0:04:20.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well in classic Silent movie style characters do communicate with each other
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.51,0:04:22.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,via title cards,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.18,0:04:23.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mouthing words,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.22,0:04:26.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,facial expressions, physical gestures and pantomime.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.85,0:04:30.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So for this one I’ll accept any non-verbal communication between two women
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.90,0:04:34.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that has any significance to the plot that’s not about a man.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.02,0:04:36.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And amazingly… it still fails.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.90,0:04:41.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It looks like out of the 9 best picture nominees in 2011 only 2 clearly pass the bechdel test,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.66,0:04:44.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while 2 others are questionable about one line.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.45,0:04:48.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And notably only one film nominated is female centered.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.29,0:04:50.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Coming back to Hugo and Midnight in Paris,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.08,0:04:54.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,unfortunately, discussions and debates surrounding the Bechdel test often descend into quibbling over whether
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.92,0:04:59.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one brief and questionable exchange makes a movie pass the test or not.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.51,0:05:02.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It’s not really necessary to get bogged down in the minutia
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.25,0:05:05.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of whether one 10 second scene constitutes “talking to each other”.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.30,0:05:07.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If there’s really that much of a debate about this point,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.68,0:05:12.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then it’s a pretty good indicator that there’s a problem with women’s representation in the movie.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.17,0:05:13.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, in the spirit of the Bechdel test,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.77,0:05:16.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd like to respectfully propose adding a small addendum:
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.84,0:05:19.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A film has to have two named women who speak to each other
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.16,0:05:23.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for longer than 60 seconds about something besides a man.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.08,0:05:25.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This new 60 second rule would help to clarify the test
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.34,0:05:28.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and resolve some of the quibbles over one or two lines
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.54,0:05:31.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and if two women do speak to each other for more then 60 seconds
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.88,0:05:35.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there’s a slightly better chance that the dialogue will have some relevance to the plot,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.54,0:05:37.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,maybe.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.17,0:05:43.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, its only 1 minute out of a 90 or 120 minute film that we’re talking about here, it’s still a really low bar.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.38,0:05:47.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Passing films still wouldn’t necessarily have substantial female roles
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.43,0:05:50.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it would make it harder for a movie to squeak by on a technicality.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.98,0:05:54.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example if we look at the Best Picture nominees from 2010,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.19,0:05:57.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,6 out of the 10 nominees might arguably get by
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.06,0:06:01.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but if we apply the new 60 second rule we find that half of them wouldn’t make the cut at all.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.05,0:06:06.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The three 2010 films that DO pass the test with women who speak to each other for more then 60 seconds
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.62,0:06:10.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about something other then a man are all actually female centered films.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.80,0:06:13.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you haven’t seen Winter’s Bone yet, put it at the top of your list.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.96,0:06:16.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In addition to being beautifully shot and well acted,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.58,0:06:21.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I highly recommend it for its complex portrayal of gender and poverty in rural America.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.59,0:06:25.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Interestingly, even though True Grit is a female centered story,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.14,0:06:28.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,following the adventures of Mattie Ross struggling to get by in a man’s world,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.86,0:06:32.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we apply the 60 second rule the film doesn’t pass.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.12,0:06:36.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact the only exchange she has with any other woman is with Mrs. Floyd the innkeeper
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.53,0:06:39.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and those incidental interactions total less than a minute.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.78,0:06:43.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This style of film where the female lead inhabits an almost entirely male world,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.53,0:06:48.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,brings to mind the Smurfette Principle which I’ve discussed in my Tropes vs Women video series.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.49,0:06:51.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Again, to be clear this test does not gauge the quality of a film,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.95,0:06:57.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it doesn’t determine whether a film is feminist or not, and it doesn’t even determine whether a film is woman centered.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.21,0:06:59.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some pretty awful movies including ones that have
Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.08,0:07:03.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,stereotypical and/or sexist representations of women might pass the test with flying colours
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.84,0:07:08.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where really well made films that I would highly recommend might not.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.32,0:07:12.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Bechdel test is best when used as a tool to evaluate Hollywood as an institution,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.29,0:07:15.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it can be applied to pretty much any grouping of mainstream movies
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.44,0:07:21.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,such as the Golden Globes nominees or the top grossing films of any given year, all with similar results.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.11,0:07:24.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The test helps us identify the lack of relevant and meaningful female roles
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.94,0:07:28.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a larger pattern in the film industry as a whole.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.31,0:07:32.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The problem isn’t restricted to any individual movie, director or genre.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.26,0:07:34.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every once and awhile we get a film like Bridesmaids
Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.79,0:07:40.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that depict women and women’s relationships with one another in a more genuine and less "chick flicky way”
Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.34,0:07:44.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but this happens about as often as women are nominated for best director by the Academy.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:44.92,0:07:48.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In response to the Bechdel Test, I’m often asked, well, what about the reverse?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.59,0:07:53.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“Why isn’t there also a test to determine if two men talk to each other about something other then a woman”.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:53.10,0:07:56.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The answer to that is simple, the test is meant to indicate a problem,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:56.43,0:08:00.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there isn’t a problem with a lack of men interacting with one another.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.44,0:08:04.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Bechdel test is useful because it can point out an institutional pattern
Dialogue: 0,0:08:04.16,0:08:08.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and since there’s no problem with men and men’s stories being underrepresented in films,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.15,0:08:11.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the reverse test is useless and irrelevant.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.03,0:08:13.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Women aren’t the only ones marginalized in Hollywood movies,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:13.86,0:08:16.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so one variation on the Bechdel Test that is actually useful
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.79,0:08:20.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is applying the test to the development and presence of characters of colour.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:20.64,0:08:25.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Alaya Dawn Johnson adapted the test to ask if a movie has two or more people of colour in it,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.50,0:08:28.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who talk to each other about something other than a white person.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.97,0:08:31.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The percentage of films that pass this test is extremely small,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.88,0:08:36.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even a movie like the Help which stars multiple named women of colour in prominent roles,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:36.27,0:08:42.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,passes by the narrowest of margins because characters are almost always talking to or about white people.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.31,0:08:46.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This variation of the test exposes the fact that Hollywood still basically refuses
Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.61,0:08:50.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to make movies for a general audience that focuses on the lives of people of colour,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:50.99,0:08:54.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,unless it also stars a sympathetic white character.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:54.16,0:08:56.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As Martha Southgate pointed out,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:56.13,0:09:00.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“Implicit in The Help and a number of other popular works that deal with the civil rights era
Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.54,0:09:06.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the notion that a white character is somehow crucial or even necessary to this particular tale of black liberation.”
Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.62,0:09:10.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So with that in mind, and as I saw on George Takei’s facebook page,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:10.22,0:09:14.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this may be a slightly more appropriate title for the movie.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:14.63,0:09:20.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So while it might be comforting to think that the number of important roles for women in Hollywood movies are slowly growing,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:20.31,0:09:22.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the truth is they’re really not.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:22.94,0:09:28.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Men are still primarily the studio executives, the writers, the directors and the major decision makers in the industry
Dialogue: 0,0:09:28.86,0:09:31.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they tell stories that they can relate to.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:31.32,0:09:36.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not surprisingly this results in most movies focusing on men and men's stories.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:36.04,0:09:41.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So while it might make sense that one specific film like Moneyball is male dominated and male centered
Dialogue: 0,0:09:41.13,0:09:44.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they wouldn’t or couldn’t incorporate women as major characters,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:44.42,0:09:49.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the problem is that the vast majority of movies made in Hollywood are also male centered and male dominated.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:49.59,0:09:52.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It’s depressingly clear that Hollywood doesn’t prioritize roles for women
Dialogue: 0,0:09:52.97,0:09:55.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and isn’t interested in telling women’s stories.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.43,0:10:01.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The real solution here is for filmmakers and screen writers to focus more movies on women and women’s lives,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:01.10,0:10:03.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that’s how we really solve this problem.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:03.44,0:10:06.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are literally thousands of compelling, important and courageous
Dialogue: 0,0:10:06.78,0:10:09.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,women’s stories just waiting to be told on the big screen.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:09.71,0:10:12.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When there are as many stories that center on women, as there are on men,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:12.99,0:10:15.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then we won’t be have much use for the Bechdel Test anymore,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:15.70,0:10:20.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but sadly it seems, that’s still a long ways away.
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