This movie passed 3 of 3 tests (although dubious). It was entered by Thejoshuastreet on 2021-02-07 18:23:27.
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Thejoshuastreet said:
In the beginning of the film, Penny (Porcupine) asks Stella (Skunk) when is she going to get a man to which Stella says "why do I need a man" (tell them again Stella). *
Later on in the film, there are two unnamed girl scouts that talk about selling cookies and how Hammy (Red Squirrel ) has rabies but they are not main characters and their names aren't clear. Shortly after Gladys (the Overzealous President of the Homeowners Association) and Janice (the two girl Scout's mother) talk about the "animal infestation" which drives the narrative and arrival of the exterminator.
Whilst I love the film and it (just barely) passes the Bechdel test (but not the DuVernay test) is it not perfect as apart from that initial interaction with Stella and Penny, the female main characters actually don't talk directly to one another and there are a few eye-rolling stereotype jokes but apart from that the film is pretty great.
* = SPOILER! By the end of the film Stella gets a man (a stereotypical Persian cat) and she finds happiness in him as he has lost his ability to smell, shame that films make a womans independence a bad factor that can only be resolved through a hetronomative relationship.
PS: This was written by a man and not an "angry feminist" (smh), also guys if you don't believe in the Bechdel test then WHY ARE YOU HERE??? (Again smh & facepalm)
![[[3]]](/static/pass.png "[There are two or more women in this movie and they talk to each other about something other than a man, although dubious]")
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Later on in the film, there are two unnamed girl scouts that talk about selling cookies and how Hammy (Red Squirrel ) has rabies but they are not main characters and their names aren't clear. Shortly after Gladys (the Overzealous President of the Homeowners Association) and Janice (the two girl Scout's mother) talk about the "animal infestation" which drives the narrative and arrival of the exterminator.
Whilst I love the film and it (just barely) passes the Bechdel test (but not the DuVernay test) is it not perfect as apart from that initial interaction with Stella and Penny, the female main characters actually don't talk directly to one another and there are a few eye-rolling stereotype jokes but apart from that the film is pretty great.
* = SPOILER! By the end of the film Stella gets a man (a stereotypical Persian cat) and she finds happiness in him as he has lost his ability to smell, shame that films make a womans independence a bad factor that can only be resolved through a hetronomative relationship.
PS: This was written by a man and not an "angry feminist" (smh), also guys if you don't believe in the Bechdel test then WHY ARE YOU HERE??? (Again smh & facepalm)