Guru Coyote
Archmage
This is a fun (an also important) metric to apply to any work of fiction (movie, book, and our own writings)
The Bechdel Test:
1. Is there more than one character in the movie that is female who has lines?
2. And do these women talk to each other at any point in the movie?
3. And is their conversation about something other than the guy that they both like?
For some background and further thought provocation, watch this TED talk:
Colin Stokes: How movies teach manhood | Video on TED.com
Maybe it's time to renew the good old Hero's Journey... The above test can be passed by a story that follows it, I am sure.
The Bechdel Test:
1. Is there more than one character in the movie that is female who has lines?
2. And do these women talk to each other at any point in the movie?
3. And is their conversation about something other than the guy that they both like?
For some background and further thought provocation, watch this TED talk:
Colin Stokes: How movies teach manhood | Video on TED.com
Maybe it's time to renew the good old Hero's Journey... The above test can be passed by a story that follows it, I am sure.