Friday, August 6, 2010

WHERE THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT BEATS TOY STORY 3: Mark Harris' column in EW this week (not online) prompted me to locate the site which administers the Bechdel Test for films. The three questions: does the film (1) have at least two women in it, (2) who talk to each other, (3) about something besides a man? (There's also, per Harris, a (1)(a) -- do the women have names?)

What's disturbing about the Bechdel Test is, indeed, how easy it should be to fulfill, and how rare that it is.