[Warning: here be spoilers.] 24, the TV saga of implausible counterterrorist superhero Jack Bauer, has a whole lot of issues. But there is one thing that Season 8 of the show 24 is getting right, and that’s the Bechdel test… Read More ›
Bechdel-Wallace Test
It’s machismo time!
Regular readers know that I have a weakness for escapist action flicks, and the more absurdly preposterous the martial arts combat scenes the better. (I like to see them make an effort towards stylistic authenticity, but bring on those flywires and hidden tramps, yeah!)
Two potentially great ones are coming up very soon (released in the US in May):
Friday Hoyden – The cracking Ruth Jones
She recently popped up on my radar again as one of the principal characters in the British hit comedy Gavin & Stacey (playing Stacey’s best friend Nessa), but it wasn’t until I researched her for this post that I realised she’s actually a co-writer/creator of the show.
The Bland Perfection of Token Women
Why the glamorous hair and make-up? Why not a more realistic neat/tidy small town look? All I will be thinking is “why is she working in that laundromat instead of trying to be a Hollywood actress?” when of course the answer is that the real woman is indeed trying to be a Hollywood actress, and the director/producers have, for some reason, chosen to highlight this Tinseltown glamour instead of costuming their female characters as typical inhabitants of a small town.
Quick Hit: Won’t someone think of the physics?
And here I was thinking that movies needed pass the Bechdel Test to be better. But apparently I was wrong. What movies really need to do is stick to proper physics. Well I’m glad we got that sorted, aren’t you?
Quote of the Day: How the Bechdel Test could save the Oscars
If I can tell what role someone is going to play in a plot by their race or gender, you f**d up as a filmmaker.
Tropes and jargon in the femmogeekosphere
I’m putting together a reference page for some of the handy dandy jargon phrases we know and love on these tubal internets, but which we also have to explain fairly often to people who haven’t heard them before. So far… Read More ›
10 minutes of Bechdel-Wallace fail
My pointing out that every film in this 10-minute film montage fails the BWT is however meant to call Hollywood’s institutional taste and judgement into question – why are very nearly all these films written around an all-male or mostly-male cast, and why are nearly all these memorable moments in these films written for the male actors, especially those involving “buddy flick” moments?
Monsters vs Aliens – Feminist Win, Feminist Fail?
I had read that Monsters vs Aliens, the latest Dreamworks animated feature and homage to Attack of the 50 Foot Woman, is a feminist flick. And so it is, in a way; the central storyline has a definite feminist bent… Read More ›
Femmostroppo Reader – September 2, 2009
Items of interest found recently in my RSS feed. What did I miss? Please share what you've been reading (and writing!) in the comments. As a parent, where does your story end and theirs begin? – “so, who owns the… Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 