Female Characters Still Need to Be Better - Why The Bechdel Test Didn't Really Help

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Five years ago, cultural conversation around The Bechdel Test reached a peak, as numerous voices called for a reckoning in the overwhelmingly inadequate way women were portrayed onscreen. But it became the focus of so much debate because, even in the 2010s, a shocking number of films were failing it. So what about now? Did the Me-Too era resurgence of interest and attention around the Bechdel Test and female representation make a difference in what we’ve seen since?

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00:00 Is the Bechdel Test even a good measure?
01:51 How does the Bechdel Test really work?
05:00 MUBI
06:07 How the test has and hasn't helped
10:57 Characterization and BTS is what truly counts
14:27 Where do we go from here?

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