“Pleased to meet you. You look like such a happy bunch . . . of people.” – Marge Simpson In film criticism there is a concept known as the “Bechdel Test”, which is a kind of quick and dirty measurement of whether or not a movie has any female characters that rise above the level of tokenism or decoration. There are a few variations, but the basic concept is that there needs to be at least one conversation between two named, female characters that isn’t about a male. I was thinking about this during one of the many scenes where…
Day: January 11, 2011
Quote of the Day
Image shamelessly stolen from worthpoint.com. “How could you spend 4.6 million dollars in a month?” – Marge Simpson “They let me sign checks with a stamp, Marge! A stamp!” – Homer Simpson