Listen now | Intro notes: Why Bride and Prejudice and Fire Island? 30-second summary Amazon Prime and Hulu Literary terms of the week (plus historical context): Adaptation (in comparison to perspective shift) Media tests for diversity and representation BECHDEL TEST -
Interesting stuff, although I do wonder about how to apply the Bechdel test to a story involving LGBT characters. My understanding of it is that it also involves not talking about relationships or wanting to find love with a man. So in a film or TV show about a lesbian couple where one of them is talking with another woman about their girlfriend, would it pass?
Well, I partly wonder because some of my own fiction writing involves two women in love.
But also one of my favourite movies, Lost and Delirious, is a Juliet and Juliet style love story. The main characters are often talking about their relationship and wanting to be happy. But obviously they aren’t talking about a man in most of the conversations, which would technically pass.
Interesting stuff, although I do wonder about how to apply the Bechdel test to a story involving LGBT characters. My understanding of it is that it also involves not talking about relationships or wanting to find love with a man. So in a film or TV show about a lesbian couple where one of them is talking with another woman about their girlfriend, would it pass?
It's an interesting question. I guess, if it was focused on finding happiness in a relationship instead of self-fulfillment, it wouldn't pass?
Well, I partly wonder because some of my own fiction writing involves two women in love.
But also one of my favourite movies, Lost and Delirious, is a Juliet and Juliet style love story. The main characters are often talking about their relationship and wanting to be happy. But obviously they aren’t talking about a man in most of the conversations, which would technically pass.