![]() ![]() UNIDENTIFIED PROTESTER: When do we want it?īECHDEL: I grew up in a small town in Pennsylvania in the 1960s, so my childhood is very aligned with that decade. RAMTIN ARABLOUEI, BYLINE: The monster is a punch line, but for Alison, the fact that the women in her comic could only watch "Alien" captured a bigger truth about the American culture she'd grown up in. ![]() UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR #2: (As character) Last movie I was able to see was "Alien." The two women in it talk to each other about the monster. One, it has to have at least two women in it. UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR #2: (As character) I only go to the movie if it satisfies three basic requirements. UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR #1: (As character) Want to see a movie and get popcorn?īECHDEL: As they talk, they're trying to decide what movie to go see. Cartoonist Alison Bechdel is living in New York in a shoebox-size apartment, working on her comic strip Dykes To Watch Out For.ĪBDELFATAH: One day, she sits down and starts to draw.ĪLISON BECHDEL: Two dykey-looking (ph) women, a Black woman and a white woman walking down the street together. Here are Rund Abdelfatah and Ramtin Arablouei. The hosts of NPR's history podcast Throughline talked to the Bechdel creator about its value and its limits. ![]() One test has become a convenient shorthand for measuring representation in movies - the Bechdel Test. After this year's Oscars, some are still celebrating historic victories for inclusion, as well as critiquing what and who are still missing from the silver screen. ![]()
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