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stoutfellow) wrote2014-04-07 07:45 am
stoutfellow) wrote2014-04-07 07:45 am
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Bechdel
538 has posted an interesting study on films and the Bechdel test, including what fraction make it and how well they do at the box office. The answers are a bit surprising.
(The Bechdel test is a simple one: is there a scene in which two named female characters have a conversation about something other than the male characters? It's only a first-cut approximation of gender balance, as the article points out, but it's easy to apply and there's plenty of data available.)
(The Bechdel test is a simple one: is there a scene in which two named female characters have a conversation about something other than the male characters? It's only a first-cut approximation of gender balance, as the article points out, but it's easy to apply and there's plenty of data available.)