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Both new films The Force Awakens and The Last Jedi Pass. The original 3 (Episodes 4, 5 & 6) did not pass. With data only available for eight films. I couldn’t get a photos of Star Wars films. None of the Lord of the Rings films passed.

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Other films like Pirates of the Caribbean series with five films, I own four of the five. In the MCU the films listed in Green or with a green X do not pass the test. I have all of the Marvel films digitally so I asked TN reader and LTT friend Jena for a photo. I took photos of the films I had on DVD tried to relay which films didn’t pass with a green X. This got me thinking about my favorite movies, the MCU, Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, even Twilight. Here’s what I found.Ħ1% of films people responded with actually passed which fits the data.

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I asked friends to list their favorite movie, if they knew about the test and if their favorite movie passed the test. I did a not-at-all-scientific focus group about gender bias and one of the questions was about the Bechdel Test. Does that mean that films that are inherently misogynistic and portray women horribly still pass the test? Unfortunately, Yes. Are there films that surprisingly pass the test? Always! Like American Hustle, Jennifer Lawrence’s character Rosalyn talks to Amy Adams about nail polish. If they do this, the film passes the test.

Most importantly: They must talk about something other than men.

These two women must talk to each other.

It has to have at least two women in the story (There is some debate about if they have to have names, I say yes).

Now, if you don’t know what this test is, it’s simple. The documentary talks about a theater – granted it’s in Sweden – that only plays films that pass the Bechdel Test. It was first introduced in the 80s but I didn’t hear about/really absorb it in until the 2000s. One of the threads from the film was The Bechdel Test. I think we can all agree, nothing has changed. Thelma & Louise came out in 1991 and A League of their Own in 1992. The name of the film, This Changes Everything was even coined from articles after her most notable films were supposed to have “changed everything” in film for women. I first heard about the film when Geena was on Seth Meyers’ show. The film itself has a hopeful message even after the ups and downs of suits filed, the #metoo movement and the hurdles women have had to overcome in Hollywood to get their stories told. The film and the Geena Davis Institute talk freely about how “if girls don’t see themselves on screen…, they’re less likely to pursue career paths,” speaking about STEM careers, but even in the film industry being portrayed as a leading lady, in front of and behind the camera. But only one of the speaking roles was female, the little pink squid. A classroom of Nemo, a seahorse, a squid and nine other fish. Nemo’s class contains an array of aquatic sea life taught by Mr. What started this whole thing was when Geena was watching Finding Nemo with her then two-year old daughter. In This Changes Everything we discover that Geena founded the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media. This is more than a review and you need to go see and support this film.

I saw it a few weeks ago and there have been so many amazing threads about gender parity and gender bias woven through the film it was hard for me to find which ones I wanted to focus on and share with you. The movie is about gender bias and its role in film and TV. Geena Davis of A League of Their Own and Thelma & Louise fame recently released a documentary called This Changes Everything.