The Bechdel Movie Test

I don’t entirely buy the argument being made here, but the questions it asks are interesting. More after the clip.

So—the question is, how many movies fail when men are subjected to the same test? Then what percentages are to be hand when an entire swath of movies is analyzed, as opposed to the montage in the video? Show me those comparisons, and I think you have the basis for demonstrating a trend. The absence of these numbers tells me that either the video’s authors didn’t compile them, or didn’t feel they were damning enough to share.

But the premise is valid, and worth asking regardless of all of our media.