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So there’s this thing called the Bechdel test for movies (a link to that is under the image below). What it does is rate movies based on qualifications.A movie passes the Bechdel test if:1) It has two or more female characters …2) … who talk to each other …3) … about something other than a…

Brandon Weber

Mar 9, 2014

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