CollegeHumor Passes The Bechdel Test (All-Nighter)
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Actually, they passed the Bechdel test in the beginning, when they were talking about the Bechdel test and how to pass it.
Right? That's what I was thinking when they said "Alright let's do it." I was thinking, uh, you just did. Shows how easy it is.
raelonewolf Which I guess is the point of the Bechdel test. It's super easy to pass without thinking about it, and there's NOTHING wrong with an individual thing not passing it, but if you need to actively think and struggle to pass it, or if much less passes it than the Ledhceb test (which is exactly what you think), then it indicates a more general problem, which CH may be acknowledging that it struggles from occasionally.
Or maybe I'm reading too much into this and they just stretched logic for the sake of a joke.
I think that was the point of the joke. they passed the test without even trying
Pablo360able nope, the test requires that both woman are named. So they couldn't have passed even by accident
They don't need to be named within the bounds of the conversation itself though
adam does ruin everything
XD
Adam wasn't even carrying grapes... those were carrots.
yumi mori i noticed and laughed out loud
KatKimorah already done
He ruined the grapes
Are we gonna ignore the fact that Adam called carrots "grapes"?
+Leah Katchur Thinking that grapes aren't carrots is just a huge myth pushed in the media by corporate lobbyists.
+Leah Katchur Have you seen his ruining everything videos? I'm sure he's too crazy to care what they really are.
i think he knew that they were trying to pass the test. if he would of said carrots, then they could of easily passed the test by saying no. Adam is just a scheming son of a bitch.
+Conner Fuchs no. all of the show is about searching the truth and eliminate misconceptions. so if you would believe he is the same exact person as the character in the show (of course not. he's an actor) then he in fact would definitely care.
Noam Tashma OR! It doesn't matter and it's just another fun video of College Humor
I like that they pass the bechdel test at the very beginning of the video when they talk about the bechdel test.
Doesn't it have to be for over 5 minutes to count?
The test can't have a time requirement because it has to apply to all forms of media including written media where the speed at which time passes depends almost entirely upon how long it takes to reader to read, unless it's explicitly written how long each conversation takes.
Plus, when they explain the rules, they said they can’t talk about men.
Does mentioning mentioning men mention men?
@@trimmien2350 Talking about men does not invalidate the test. The test is not about not talking about men is about talking about something else.
The only thing that would make it not pass the test is that both girls did not say their names in this video, meaning that they do not have a name. Maybe I didn't hear them but I didnt hear them introduce themselves
Everyone misconstrues the point of the Bechdel test. It's not about whether a particular movies passes or fails it (Gravity is a good example here), it's that the test sets the bar SO LOW and yet the vast majority of films, even the vast majority of good films, fail it.
See, that's the thing. I think this video may have gotten it wrong. It seems very sexist and irrational that they can't talk about or mention a man at all. the way they show it, a conversation about how tasty Adam's grapes are would not pass the test, which seems flawed. I can understand if it's in a romantic or gratifying light, for example, it makes sense that the phrase "oh, I love Adam. he's so generous" wouldn't pass the test, so long if that's all they talked about.
I now think this test is stupid. Imagine a reverse one where two men wouldn't talk about women at all. To me ignoring a large portion of the population is silly - chanting the frickin' Pokérap is enough for characters to pass this.
@@xrossplayxinoyeah I can imagine what would happen if there was a test where two men have to not talk about women, it would have almost every film pass. Imagine if a film didn't have a single peice of dialogue between two men that wasn't entirely centered on a female? That's why the Bechdel test exists, because it's such an easy thing to do and the fact that non-romantic movies can't pass it is kinda shitty.
@@ccox7198 I agree
@@ccox7198 the bechdel test doesnt say that you cant mention men in a movie. Just that there are almost always conversations between men that dont have to do with women, but rarely conversations between women that arent about men. You just need one conversation to pass. It doesnt have to span the whole movie. This skit passes the bechdale test btw.
Ironically, Emily and Siobhan would have a higher chance of passing the Bechdel Test if they hadn't brought up the Bechdel Test.
"The first rule of the Bechdel Test is: you do not talk about the Bechdel test"
They literally passed it in the first 30 seconds
@@Sir_TophamHatt is being silent counts?
@@HMNNO no wat u is mean?
HOW TO PASS THE BECHDEL TEST
girl1: i like pizza
girl2: me too
a test surprisingly easy to pass for a man, as long as they arnt vain.
Isn't one rule of the bechdel test to have those characters be given a name ?
David Mad fine.
sarah: i like pizza
sandra: me too
Actually, no, although some modern-day Bechdel test monitors have added that caveat to make for a stricter standard. No, you could have Girl A and Girl B discussing floor-cleaning techniques and it would technically pass the Bechdel test, even though that is sexist as hell.
oh I just remembered that clasue somewhere my bad
Evan in the background just walking into a chair and instantly dying. The fact that it's so unrelated is the icing on top of the slapstick cake.
And the fact that the camera instantly focused on him, even though Emily was talking.
Anyone want some grapes? *Brings in carrots*
I loved that one lol maybe he should eat some of them to help his eyes he clearly needs help in that department lol
trexdrew, it seems only appropriate to point out that the notion of carrots improving your eyesight is a myth spread by the British government during World War 2 to explain the apparent skill of their pilots in spotting things, which in fact was down to radar, something which was still a secret military technology at the time. I've just ruined carrots, you're welcome!
it just went over my head, I just didn't register the joke xD
Emily's face after she gets the buzzer for oh my God is the reason I keep coming back to this video
finally somebody said it
fist me daddy Jev name?
Chas M thats raicist
Adam: "Anybody want some grapes?"
*platter of baby carrots*
Lmao
DefNotMania sure is...
kaza12345678 I don't remember them talking to each other, though...
I miss Emily, the new vids just don't seem the same without her.
Or without murph, patrick, and adam
when did she leave?
+Alice somerville she and adam went to work for adam ruins everything
Chris Harrington why did she leave?!
Cool, thanks.
I like how everyone is ranting about the Bechdel test being an inadequate way to judge movies, but that's precisely the point. It is ridiculously easy to pass (as from my understanding it needs just two named female characters talking about something besides men/their relationship with a man) but most movies seem to fail it. Regardless of a movies quality, genre, box office rating, whatever, this test doesn't ask a lot. Just those few qualifications. It was created to highlight how often woman are used in film for romantic interest and such. Take Black Widow for example, she's an epic spy and all but has mainly been used for romantic interest in the Marvel movies. That's just one example, but I hope it kind of illustrates my point.
That's not the point, the point is that it's an arbitrary test that has no purpose. It actually inserts the implication that women shouldn't be allowed to discuss men, as if it's somehow demeaning to the concept of femininity. Character dialogue should be dependent on scene and characters involved, not some imaginary rubric of gender, otherwise it's forced and that's lazy. Nobody tells men they fail a test for talking about women, so why is it that the conversation of two or more women has to fall under a stringent guideline to be determined "acceptable feminine interpersonal interactions"; it's sexist, because it forces women to exist in a category that men are not required to adhere to.
A subject and turn up the video has nothing to do with whether or not it passes the bechdel test
@@TanisAnnicchiarico "Nobody tells men they fail a test for talking about women"
You don't fail the Bechdel test just by talking about men, though - you fail it by never talking about anything *other* than men.
So essentially, failing the "reverse Bechdel test" would mean that the male characters in the film never had *any* conversations about anything other than women.
What? Black Widow has had 1 romantic subplot in the MCU, and it wasn't even a major deal. That's just an awful example to use.
Right, the test is a bit arbitrary, but it just needs to happen like once. If that’s hard, either it’s a very specific type of movie, or there is a under representing of inteegent women. Sure, what it tests for is a symptom, not a cause, but it’s better than nothing. I once asked a little girl (to test this) what roles there are for women in movies. She came up with girlfriend, wife, teen girl who likes guy, Secretary and girl people fight over. Sure it’s a small sample size, but the fact that it happens even once shows that there needs to be more represention or women being independent and doing a thing, anything, that doesn’t have to do with the fact that she’s female.
That moment when Adam called carrots grapes. LOL!
adam is a beautiful person.
DarkScarlettVixen i thought they were wotsits
micah danforth yes yes he is
I thought they were mini hotdogs... then again I got an eye infection so everything's kind of blurry so I have an excuse lol
crwydryny hope get well soon!
"The first woman president."
About that....
"Suck it, misogyny."
About that....
Betta66 misogyny still lives :c (not that it would have ended with Hillary, just like how racism didn’t end with Obama)
It would have been funny if they got buzzed out on president
We have the first woman Vice President now! That’s something! That’s progress!
@@maximillion322 I’m so happy for y’all. Hope you have a great day, and a great year.
Wouldn't talking about passing the Bechdel test automatically pass the Bechdel test because test cannot be male?
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yevrah66 But they are playing themselves. They aren't characters so they do have names. Also the bechdel test is a huge pile of bullshit.
Christopher Winstanley only when it's misapplied. Saying "this film is good because it passes the bechdel test" is indeed bullshit, but where it is useful is highlighting systematic problems (i.e. how many more hollywood films pass the reverse bechdel test than the normal one).
ThatRabbitGuy Wut? What if you happen to speak a language with engendered nouns and the noun "test" is male?
Achilles8472 The Bechdel test was designed for females to whine about their imaginary oppression, unless the test has a dong it doesn't count.
At 2:45 Adam ruined everything.
I really expected them to say "Adam, don't ruin it!"
didn't even think of that. lol
That awkward moment when your name is Evan, and most conversations your apart of sound like that...
Yeah... My name's Adam and my conversations sound like that too
Sup, I'm an Evan too #evansquad
e gio
Fuckin' A, man...
Too many Evans. >.
Evan Lindsay
...that's not a bad band name, actually!
I find that a good way to get rid of people is to throw carrots at them.
fact
Also I never think about megan sometimes
excuse me those are grapes
Blackfish but what if they are centaurs?
Why did Evan fall?
Lucy Hunt Looking back at the women, he stumbled over a chair in the hallway.
Did he fall or did he let go?
Dear Evan hansen
Haley Breslin, that's the first thing I thought of
Sounds like the beginning of a really cheesy joke
"why did Evan fall?"
"why"
"He had to EVANtually"
im watching this instead of writing 2 essays that are due tomorrow im so tired
I have the same question as Frank.
I agree with Satan.
Lucifer i got them done
***** i got them done
steven hafemeister how long was each essay?
Anybody want some grapes
*hands out carrots*
huh i genuinely thought those were wotsits
"oh my GOD" BUZZZZZ
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
I didnt think it was that funny, but the look she gave right away was. Ive seen that look before
I lost it at that scene 😂😂
Love the guy who asked "Who Wants Grapes!?!" and then pointed to carrots
Personally I use the term dude with complete disregard for gender. In my opinion, women can be considered dudes too, it doesn't need to be masculine.
Jacquerel27 I'm a dude. He's a dude. She's a dude. We're all dudes, hey!
Jacquerel27 Wasn't man suppose to be for both men and women and boy was meant for a slave?
Yep the same way bitch isn't a gender insult
"Dude" to me is gender nuteral. If I'm trying to get a friends attention, i'll say "dude, check this out": it doesnt matter gender because why should it? I call other guys "cunts" when they piss me off. It's just impulse.
ducky likestrains Bitch means 'female dog', so it doesn't really work the same with males.
their first conversation about the bechdel test passes the bechdel test
omer shaik, on the other hand the Bechdel test is in a big sense about men. I think the Bechdel test may fail the Bechdel test.
I love Emily's face when the buzzer buzzes after she mentions God xD Best all-nighter video imo
THEY PASS THE BECHDEL TEST IN THE BEGINNING WHEN THEY TALK ABOUT THE BECHDEL TEST!!
darcy fischer nah, the bechdel test is ultimately about men, so it's a fail.
Yeah, but I'm pretty sure bechdel was a dude, so...
CoalDiamond- TheMagicRogue uh no, she's a lesbian cartoonist.
Eter Puralis oh, my bad
Eter Puralis oh, and that makes sense.
Not to defend the Bechdel test, but I'm pretty sure you fail it if you talk about men, not if you merely mention them. There's difference between being the subject of the conversation and just being mentioned.
That's the joke
Why not defend Bechdel? It's a really useful tool. And yes, as Erika states, that's the joke.
@@Mistform
it's a silly ideological thing.
it shouldnt be defended by any rational person.
like someone else mentioned in comments. it really is a test of nothing of value. it tells you absolutely nothing about anything that matters about a video/play/movie/whateverform of media....
@@sabin97 it's a simple test and objective test to apply to all sorts of media that tells a lot about the representation of women. Obviously there are nuances missed and it's not perfect for every situation but it is still a very valuable tool. For an example try applying a reverse Bechdel for men and see the differences in results.
@@Mistform
sure.
which specific things can the test tell you about a work of media?
without telling you which media i'm going to be analyzing, which specific things can the test tell me?
please be as specific and explicit as you can.
"Scorpions. Female scorpions. They're attacking outside."
I guess Morty doesn't know the difference between 'talking about men' and 'briefly mentioning men'
A movie that passes the Bechtel Test with flying colors: Disney's "Sleeping Beauty".
You mean maleficent?
octoberboiy The three Good Fairies.
No prince in it?
Ethan Davidson
The Bechtel test says nothing about a prince. It refers to girls and women, period. The discussion/behavior/antics of the Three Good Fairies satisfy the Bechtel test.
Lol. "Flying colors".
The look on Emily's face when she said "Oh my God" and the buzzer went off.
Is this all-morninger because it is 8am here.
That comments was definitely better joke then video.
Tor did you just reply to yourself?
Yeah /s
Tor Someone hasnt had his coffee yet lol
Tor You do realize that the world has different time zones right? And that there is upload times for videos so the videos that they uploaded on youtube wouldn't go on right when they were made right?
I'm on an old collegehumor binge and I keep seeing comments that I want to interact with but then I realise they're 4 or 5 years old and all those people are long dead. It be like trying to start a conversation with a war memorial
The female characters need to be named
That's a newer addition. The original Bechdel test didn't have this criterion.
Adam: runs in with a plate of carrots
Also Adam: “anyone want some grapes?”
what is that accent she has and why does it come and go
Sam Sproul It's because she's trying to mask it
She's English and she's masking it. Her RUclips channel was Anglophenia before she left by the way
h
definitely Australian.
She's British.. And she used to be the host of anglaphinaia
"When someone says don't think about Pandas so you think of men," is the best part
Video made entirely by women? No wonder it's not funny
Dubstep From God No, it's because it's College Humor.
7410n0 well you know there comes a point in every MAN's live when HE outgrows such BOYHOOD TOMfoolery as college human...am i right GUYS?
Dubstep From God trollllllll
More importantly they want hillary as president... Just what da heck are they thinking? Shes awful.. And its not because shes a woman.. Its because she doesn't learn from others mistakes and how to be a decent president.
storrer nor even a decent human being
The only sure fire way to pass the Bechdel Test is to talk about math. If you're doing it right, it's utterly removed from male discourse.
Sambou Jaiteh "hey what's Pythagoras's theorem" *buzzer noise*
FatherTime89 Technically you're right, but I've yet to meet anyone who would call it that instead if the "Pythagorean Theorem."
everyone in britan does. wtf does pythagorean even mean
7 Tales It's what we call it in America. Pythagorean roughly means "pertaining to the works and attributes of Pythagoras". It's an Americism.
But, they already passed it by talking about the test itself?
They weren't named tho
+WeiYinChan They do not need to, it's enough, that they do have names, which are known.
Alresu | LP no they have to be named, I mean we know the name of the actor and they were playing themselves but their name is still not known for people who don't actively look it up
WeiYinChan Nopes, they just need to have names. Since it's College-Humor, we know, their names. It's said in many other productions.
It's like saying, Boba Fett does not have a name in the OT Star Wars films, just because it is not mentioned them...
+Alresu | LP but with that logic bypasser A or waitress D would have a name as well... They are just not mentioned in the film
2:52 buzzer now accepts that God might be a woman
It would have been funny if one was like "do you have any pets" and the other was like "yeah his name is" "buzzzzzzzzzzz"
The bechdel test doesn't require that there are ONLY women, and that they NEVER talk about men. It just requires that at some point in the video/movie, two women have a conversation about anything besides a man. Adam can talk about his grapes all he wants.
Adam may have TV powers, but he cannot disobey mysterious buzzing sounds.
The talk at the beginning about how they want to beat the test beat the test...
they passed it right at the start
Not to mention the several other times they passed it throughout the video.
The test is still incredibly stupid.
The Best
Well, it's not so much the concept so much as how poorly understood it is and how people try to twist it into things it isn't. It's merely a theoretical metric to show how few movies pass what should be a simple metric. People frequently change the rules on it to try to either make it sound artificially harder to meet than it is or even to inflate the numbers of failures.
Not even every movie should be passing the test, nor is it an actual metric for how well the film represents a female viewpoint properly. It's a thought experiment that people try to make sure complicated to force the data to fit their viewpoint.
In essence, the powerful simplicity of the concept made too many people aware of it, and it got twisted. It's actually pretty similar to how few people get the ACTUAL point of Schroedinger's Cat, because the effectiveness of the imagery almost made it TOO accessible.
yeah it is stupid, it's an incredibly low bar
lmao ok
It's an incredibly low bar, because the fact that such a low percentage passes at that low bar makes an interesting point. When people try to artificially raise said bar, they completely ruin the thought experiment.
It's like someone making a bet with you and completely changing the rules when it looks like they're losing.
2 girls saying "Do you have any pets" "No" passes the Bechdel Test. You don't need to have a full length conversation.
They kinda have to be named as well tho
3:21 Siobhan turns to Emily and they kiss...
This video made me laugh really hard. "What's that buzzer?" "It means you need to LEAVE!"
Actually the reason this didn't pass the Bechdel test was because you didn't give us the two women's name. The Bechdel test doesn't say the women can't talk about men at all they just have to talk about something other then men, so for example when they talked about Hillary Clinton they passed, they were then totally free to move on to talking about Bernie Sanders.
I'm a huge feminist but personally I believe that passing the Bechdel test is not completely indicative of a movie or TV show's inclusivity. It is easy to continue to perpetuate gender stereotypes while passing the Bechdel test, and there are movies and TV shows that do not pass the Bechdel test while being very progressive. For example, Stranger Things contains a cast of very progressive actors, has multiple strong female characters, and shows a character with a speech impediment as well as being an incredibly done show in other aspects as well, while not passing the Bechdel test. This is primarily because the female characters in the show do not interact very often and many of the main characters are male. They do get very close.
"You guys want some grapes?" *Shows carrots*
1:08 the remnants of a hopeful, more innocent time 😢
The video didn't tell us either woman's name; therefore, it couldn't pass the Bechdel test if they came up with a topic.
Anybody realize she says oh my god and thank god even though she doesn't believe in God
Adam Schreiber that's a great comback, I should use it.
I think the difficulty of this increases or decreases depending on the women and what they have in common, sexual orientation, coworker/work environment, hobbies or shared interactions and social interactions up to and including the point of them performing test.
Holy shit they're gonna piss a lot of people off for that God statement lol
Yup
+NOS482 Music so being offended makes me a troll and but hurt. Google "tolerance"and "respect for other human beings".
I forgot gravity was a movie for a second, so I thought they were talking about the force of attraction between objects with mass.
You guys passed the test like a hundred times it doesn't have to be a lengthy discussion also it doesn't matter if a man is in the conversation.
According to the Bechdel test it's sexist for two women to talk about the scientific advances of Albert Einstein.
Flawless.
+Zex Eios You've misunderstood the point of the Bechdel test. It's about representation; it doesn't state that it's sexist for women to talk about a man - because it isn't. Also, they could talk about his contributions to science and technology, just not about the man himself.
+Zex Eios When the Bechdel test says not talking about men, it's referring to not talking about men for being men. Discussing a male figure in politics would not be a violation of the Bechdel test unless they were specifically talking about the man being a man. Same with Einstein, as long as they were discussing his contributions to science, or even about his life, it wouldn't violate the test. The only discussion of men that would violate it would be something like "Ooohhhhhh, he's so hot" or "I wish I was dating one of those guys" not "I think that Donald Trump/Ted Cruz/John Kasich/Bernie Sanders would be an awful president." I apologize for my long winded explanation, I wasn't attempting to refine my language in the way I would in more formal situations.
JP Paulson except the bechdel test is literally the punchline of a cartoon, so there isn't really a point to it so much as a joke...
Congrats, you've missed the point
Did you know The peacock Mantis shrimp has the fastest and most powerful punch in the world. It also can see the most colors.
They passed the test like every other sentence. Literally any sentence where they weren't mentioning a guy they passed. They passed RIGHT AT THE START OF THE VIDEO its super simple.
"Two women talking about the bechdel test does not pass the bechdel test" -Sam Reich, 2024, during the Newleyweb Game episode of Game Changer
holy shit where do you find those chips i ate two bags at the airport at midnight they were amazing
+anyyoingorange This is the best comment in this comments section. Thank you providing an oasis.
+TuningAnApple Now, let us start a flame war. Shall I be the one to bash religion, or the anti-feminist?
+anyyoingorange there called popchips XD SOO GOOD
*+The Mayo Boy* Not all discussions about religion become flame wars.
And, besides, we have a moral obligation to talk about ways of further redistribution of privilege among the sexes.
Gootman Boats Oh, the internets favourite move, The Strawman! Moral obligations are social constructs, and very subjective, thus it doesn't make sense to talk about how "we" have a moral obligation. Being anti-feminist doesn't make you pro-privilege.
the females also have to be named, and its really only one conversation.
Lirk Ravnsgaard lol, where did you get the name bit from?
I thought they just had to be real characters.
Alex Turlais it's pretty hard to be a real character without a name
I don't get why feminist insist they don't hate men when multiple aspects of their movement contribute to anti-male rhetoric. The fact that women can't talk about men without it violating some feminist "test"is proof enough that it isn't a movement for equality. The irony too is that feminism arguably talks about men more then any other group I can think of.
I'll have to disagree with you there, as with any movement there are various beliefs between its followers, to most people, feminism is about equality for all genders and not in fact about female supremacy. If any movement would want to evoke change in society it is very important to be talking about the main opposition, which in the case of feminism, is often men. Look at other examples, for equality for the LGBT community, we address the homophobic, the biphobic and the transphobic, it makes sense really.
I'm not out to antagonise, just to offer my opinion, have a good day -T
HT ARCADE Talking about men doesn't fail the test. Talking exclusively about men does.
HT ARCADE Tom said it. Besides, nobody really mentioned feminism in the vid. The purpose of the test can fall within that area, but also about something completely different, like what they mentioned in the beginning.
HT ARCADE The Bechdel test was a webcomic joke about movies. The point is to try and think of a movie that passes and get depressed at what and how much fails. Applying it to stuff like games or series is just passing the joke on. Doesn't have to be feminist either, HuniePop passes the Bechdel test. It's only ranted about for argument's sake, because there's not nearly enough movies or whatever that fail the reverse. There's plenty of male characters that have a conversation at some point about something other than women.
tom bonfield
The fact that feminism views men as the opposition is exactly the problem.
2:43 funniest joke in the episode
If God self-identifies as a male, why do people who say they support gender fluidity ignore His chosen gender identity?
He even has a custom pronoun just for Him, which is "He" with a capital H.
Lynn Davis I think she meant god in a more deitist (sp?) way than a religious way. Meaning the concept of God independent of scripture that identifies him as male.
Well God never refers to "Himself" in the third person, but everyone else does. While God references more masculine figures to compare to (like Father, Abba, etc.) They also refer to Themself as feminine figures: like a mother to her children, like a woman experiencing birthing pangs, etc. So I think God self-identifies as God and uses some gendered imagery to help convey the ways They express Their love/grace/etc.
2:43 Anybody want some grapes? *Looks at plate of CARROTS* ;-;
This video shows quite well why the The Bechdel Test is pointless. Funny to point and laugh at but still pointless.
N3rdSci3nc3 Not really, it was never supposed to be taken as some kind of hard rule for cinema, just to point out 'hey, women are not really represented here' since many movies don't even pass the have two female characters part.
Silverkestrel Still it is pointless, it shows nothing about the films quality, the type of story telling, art direction. it serves no purpose but to stroke Alison Bechdel ego. It does not help or even criticizes that artform in any useful form. So, like i said, its pointless.
N3rdSci3nc3 You're pointless.
Silverkestrel Wow, that's an amazing counterargument there. Well, im convinced. Thanks for enlightening me. I can just feel the ignorance just melt away from me.
N3rdSci3nc3 You're missing the point. It isn't meant to point out the quality of the film. Quality films fail the test all the time. It isn't even meant to be applied to single films. It doesn't matter that Lord of the Rings or Star Wars or The Godfather individually didn't pass the test. What the test is supposed to do is show the overarching number of films that don't pass the test to show a trend of misrepresentation. I think the fact that so many quality films don't pass actually attests to its usefulness.
If storytelling is a point of quality in art, then a point of quality in story telling is portraying a world in a realistic and believable way. If a concept as basic as two women talking to each other about anything besides a man for a single conversation is too much for your story-or having two women talk to each other at all-is too much for a writer to handle, they're missing a huge opportunity to build on their world and their characters.
How about "How are you doing today?" "I'm doing great." Done. The whole video has now passed the Bechdel test. Or more relevantly, "Do you have any hobbies?" "No; I have no hobbies. I also have no opinions or concerns. I am both a Stoicist and a nihilist, for no reason."
John Smith you do realize they passed the test though 😅
I really love Siobhan's fashion sense. Like from video to video, I'm always falling in love with what she's wearing.
Love Axford's face when the God buzzer goes off
*Bechdel Test requirements*
1. it has to have at least two women in it,
2.who talk to each other,
3. about something besides a man
The bechdel test is not hard to pass... I do it everyday of my life.
Yeah. Maybe these two can't manage it themselves.
Good God why did I think it was a good idea to look at the comments on this video
Michael Puterbaugh Maybe these comments will be more to your liking?
Here are some quotes from famous feminists. *Like the kind who teach
"women's studies" in college and write the books they study:*
“I feel that ‘man-hating’ is an honorable and viable political act, that
the oppressed have a right to class-hatred against the class that is
oppressing them.” - Robin Morgan, Ms. Magazine Editor
“To call a man an animal is to flatter him;
he’s a machine, a walking dildo.” -- Valerie Solanas
“I want to see a man beaten to a bloody pulp with a high-heel shoved in
his mouth, like an apple in the mouth of a pig.” - Andrea Dworkin
“Rape is nothing more or less than a conscious process of intimidation
by which all men keep all women in a state of fear” -Susan Brownmiller
“The more famous and powerful I get the more power I have to hurt men.” -
Sharon Stone
“Men who are unjustly accused of rape can sometimes gain from the
experience.” - Catherine Comins
“Probably the only place where a man can feel really secure is in a
maximum security prison, except for the imminent threat of release.”
- Germaine Greer.
"The nuclear family must be destroyed… Whatever its ultimate meaning,
the break-up of families now is an objectively revolutionary process."
- Linda Gordon
"We can’t destroy the inequities between men and women until we destroy
marriage." - Robin Morgan
"I claim that rape exists any time sexual intercourse occurs when it has
not been initiated by the woman, out of her own genuine affection and
desire."- Robin Morgan
"The male is a domestic animal which, if treated with firmness…can be
trained to do most things." - Jilly Cooper, SCUM (Society For Cutting Up
Men, started by Valerie Solanas)
"We are, as a sex, infinitely superior to men." - Elizabeth Cady Stanton
"Marriage as an institution developed from rape as a practice." - Andrea
Dworkin
"Heterosexual intercourse is the pure, formalized expression of contempt
for women’s bodies." - Andrea Dworkin
"To be rapeable, a position that is social, not biological, defines what
a woman is." - Andrea Dworkin
"The institution of sexual intercourse is anti-feminist"
- Ti-Grace Atkinson
"Feminism is the theory, lesbianism is the practice." - Ti-Grace
Atkinson
"When a woman reaches orgasm with a man she is only collaborating with
the patriarchal system, eroticizing her own oppression." - Sheila
Jeffreys
"All sex, even consensual sex between a married couple, is an act of
violence perpetrated against a woman." - Catherine MacKinnon (Prominent
legal feminist scholar; University of Michigan, & Yale.)
"You grow up with your father holding you down and covering your mouth
so another man can make a horrible searing pain between your legs."
- Catherine MacKinnon
"In a patriarchal society, all heterosexual intercourse is rape because
women, as a group, are not strong enough to give meaningful consent." -
Catherine MacKinnon, quoted in Professing Feminism: Cautionary Tales
from the Strange World of Women’s Studies.
"The proportion of men must be reduced to and maintained at
approximately 10% of the human race." - Sally Miller Gearhart, in The
Future - If There Is One - Is Female.
"And if the professional rapist is to be separated from the average
dominant heterosexual (male), it may be mainly a quantitative
difference." - Susan Griffin, in Rape: The All-American Crime.
"If life is to survive on this planet, there must be a decontamination
of the Earth. I think this will be accompanied by an evolutionary
process that will result in a drastic reduction of the population of
males." -Mary Daly,
former Professor at Boston College, 2001.
"All men are rapists and that’s all they are" - Marilyn French,
Authoress; (later, advisoress to Al Gore’s Presidential Campaign.)
"I believe that women have a capacity for understanding and compassion
which man structurally does not have, does not have it because he cannot
have it. He’s just incapable of it." - Barbara Jordan; Former
Congresswoman.
"I feel what they feel: man-hating, that volatile admixture of pity,
contempt, disgust, envy, alienation, fear, and rage at men. It is hatred
not only for the anonymous man who makes sucking noises on the street, not only for the rapist or the judge who acquits him, but for what the Greeks called
philo-aphilos, ‘hate in love,’ for the men women share their lives with-husbands, lovers, friends, fathers, brothers, sons, coworkers."
- Judith Levine, Authoress of My Enemy, My love
"All men are good for is fucking, and running over with a truck".
Statement made by A University of Maine Feminist Administrator, quoted
by Richard Dinsmore, who brought a successful civil suit against the
University in the amount of $600,000.
"Since marriage constitutes slavery for women, it is clear that the
women’s movement must concentrate on attacking this institution. Freedom
for women cannot be won without the abolition of marriage." --feminist
leader Sheila Cronan
"Overthrowing capitalism is too small for us. We must overthrow the
whole…patriarch!" --Gloria Steinem, radical feminist leader, editor of
MS magazine and communist whore.
+Slurpon Muhdick We can only hope that their hatred of half the human race will stop these people from breeding
@@SlurponMuhdickKillTheState Oh no the incels
The "Oh my God" part HAHAHAHAHAHA that's the first time in a while where I didn't have to force a laugh
When she said oh my god and it buzzed I laughed so hard that my neighbors yelled shut up
I really don't see the point of the test. It's not like failing the test makes a movie in any way worse unless you have some arbitrary moral standards that there needs to be extra women in something.
The Exile Because OMG Patriarchy!
The Exile Yh it's kind of defunct. Look at Run Lola Run arguably one of the strongest female characters in a film but it doesn't pass the test because she's the only woman.
The Exile The Test makes no sense it just reaffirms existing bias, you could probably flip the genders and the result would be the same. you know which movie passes the bechdel ? suckerpunch.
The Exile The point of the test- which most anti feminists on youtube seem not to understand- is NOT to say a movie is objectively bad or sexist. In fact, whether an individual movie passes or not has no bearing on the quality of that movie. The point of test has always been to show an overarching problem with how female characters are written in movies by providing an incredibly easy set of criteria for it to meet and then showing how they fail. The fact that great and popular movies like Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, etc. DONT pass the test is supposed to make you think about why we don't see these criteria met, NOT to make you go "eeew feminists need to stop complaining"
yeah its a way to confirm ones biases for feminists. there are alot of tropes about men i.e. "stupid dad" "evil guy = rapist" "awkward horny teenage boy" etc. dont act like there are problems that only concern women, if we'd analyze romance novels and pointed out the unrealistic standarts and sexist sentiments youd probably blush
The Bechdel test is a pointless exercise anyway as they don't indicate anything in regards to a positive female role-model, some of the most badass female characters from film franchises such as Star Wars, Alien and Hunger Games fail this test throughout.
Terry Wood i mean, the fact that there are no TWO female characters in a movie that talk about something other than men is a lil troubling.
Terry Wood i mean, the fact that there are no TWO female characters in a movie that talk about something other than men is a lil troubling.
vazqueze234 In some movies the characters generally talk less, I think it should be seen in relation. Maybe compare it to the amount of time men spend in the movie talking about anything but women.
vazqueze234 why is it troubling ?
***** well personally, like the fella above stated, when you compare it to the amount of men who talk about something other than women, its pretty sexist. a majority of movies have male protagonists, and the males usually outnumber the females in the cast.
The funny thing about this video is that they immediately pass the becdel test at the start talking about the becdel test.
But they fail the reverse-becdel test not having two males talking about anything other than females
Why does God have to be bashed in like every video just because you don't believe doesn't mean I can't
Mike Garland Who is bashing God? Who is saying you can't believe in God? Definitely not the video ... if that's what you're implying.
Danny come on. Saying something doesn't exist is a bash. If I said love in relation to you doesn't exist. It be a insult. If I told people you didn't exist it be a (very strange) insult. It's bashing
Mike Garland And just because you believe why can't they not believe?
+Mike Garland So, Christians can say "God is real!" all the time, but Atheists can't say "God isn't real!"? Wow, double standards, much.
"i came to tell you guys to stop that buzzing noise... Sam's napping"
oh god i love sam so much
I thought the Bechdel test was just have 2 women talk to each other about something other than men. Why can they not talk about men at all? That's just limiting a writers freedom and making this test completely pointless.
+Samuel Lacey That's a misconception about the Test.
*"Why can they not talk about men at all?"*
Yes, they can. But they have to, at least once in the whole movie, talk about something else. Just once.
They can talk about men in every other single line of dialogue if once they talk about the weather, or each other, or another female villain or hero, about a machine or process, if they blurt out technobabble, etc.
Samuel Lacey The Test is purposefully easy to pass. That's the point.
The fact that so many movies fail to do it is what's troubling.
+Malcom Chase Bu Gravity failed it because it had like two characters at all, one of them died early on, and then for entire movie it was just a woman. It can't pass the test because there is no other female characters, even though the entire movie is solely about a woman trying to save her life. So the test doesn't make sense because Gravity is not men centered at all and still fails the test.
iNezumi A lot of movies fail the Test and are still excellent, non-sexists movies. Also, a movie can have a reason to fail the test (like Gravity that only has a single character, or a movie set in a male prison, for example).
Failing the Test doesn't make a movie sexist or bad. The Test is used to see trends in movies. It should be applied to a few movies at a time.
If (I'm making this up) you take the top ten movies of the year and 7 fail the Test while only 1 the Reversed Bechdel Test, that's a problem.
This video failed cuse in the test they have to be named
man... Adam ruins everything
I hope they were joking about being excited for Hilary Clinton
Yeah that and the god being a myth part
+CuboidBird's Gaming I agree God is a myth
I don't
+CuboidBird's Gaming to each their own
Finally someone who can except differences without causing a big fight
Still supporting your all-nighter! Go CH!
Adam: you want some grapes?
He says as he holds carrots
God would have to be a man because he made Adam like him
F*** yes Bernie Sanders for president!!! Please this country needs it!!!
lol this was so funny and those are carrots not grapes
I too noticed that.
when they said that they made me believe they were grapes.. I feel mindraped
ChristopherBDLS1 uh yeah humor is subjective. i was smilling the whole time and it made me laugh alot to tell u at which specific points i laughed id have to watch it again and document my opinion on each point... im kinda busy so no.
BlueHypothermicReality lol i was looking through the comments to see if anyone commented about the carrots being grapes
Rick and morty brought me here
Ok, i love collegehumor, but it annoys me (I hope I'm interpreting this correctly) that they're trying to say the bechdel test is hard to be pass. Not true. Try testing it out but reversing the rules for men. So many movies pass! The point of the bechdel test is to see if a movie represents women as something other than a love interest- a human being living their own life. Many movies that don't pass the test don't represent women like that and only propagate the idea that we're here to be mindless love interests. However, some movies that don't pass the test actually do an amazing job of portraying women as people, something that shouldn't be hard. The bechdel test isn't perfect, however it does give us a pretty accurate view on a lot of things.
I know the solution: Anime!
College Humor: Be tolerant of all people don't throw your opinions against other people
College Humor: God isn't real
Was that really necessary?
Yes
Yes cause God isn't real
No, other people opinions count. ( I am a Christian go God)
Mobish God isn't real. It's a concept, an idea. That many people believe in. And there's no problem with that.
Mobish Kinda hate how if you say anything that makes you look like an Atheist people in the comment section automatically attack you, but if you do anything that makes you seem religious (not super religious, just to where it's obvious you're theistic) then very few people care. Maybe i'm bias and just look for it more when it's atheism, but I honestly don't think so.
Tbh the bechdel test is pointless and stupid
Kayla Fox great, you just stated what the video was about
it is a bit one sided. unless there is a reverse Bechtel test for RomComs and musicals
that i don't know about
Here Siobhans' comedic reaction is pretentious; she must explore herself and find her own thing, b mo genuine. Love Emily. That look 2:35 killed me.
"omg the first woman presideeeeent" hindsight is a bitch, pun intended.
I get it, you guys are deliberately misrepresenting the Bechdel Test for a joke, but there are probably tons of people watching this thinking that's really what the Bechdel test is, and "OMG can you believe how sensitive women are? Feminism is stupid."
Anyway, you guys actually passed the Bechdel test quite a few times throughout the video, simply by having two women talking as friends about something other than a love interest, presumably a man. But you failed the intent of the test by having two women pretending to be too vapid to understand the full scope of the test.
The test is pointless. Fifty Shades of Grey passes the test. Mulan doesn't pass the test. Which movie do you think empowers women more?
It's not a test to see whether a movie is good or not but rather point out the general lack of female characters and representation in movies. So assuming you are looking at a broad range of movies, you see how many pass the bechdel test. Even Romcoms often don't pass this test.