Bechdal Test- Pitch Perfect

For this assignment I chose the movie Pitch Perfect. The main character in this movie is Becca. The movie begins when Becca arrives at college. Her father, who is a professor at the school, tells Becca that she needs to be involved in activities in the school. She finds out about the Barden Bellas, who are a female acapella group on campus who were in dire need of new members. After some convincing from one of the members, Becca decides to join the Bellas. There she meets Aubrey, Chloe, Fat Amy, Lilly, Stacie, and Cynthia-Rose. The new members have difficult learning choreography and matching pitch. The movie goes through the training of the Bellas in order to compete against multiple schools around the country. Their main goal is to take 1^st place at nationals and beat their rivals, who are the male acapella group on their campus, the treblemakers.

This movie definitely passed the bechdal test. The movie focused on many women in the acapella group, but specifically Becca and Aubrey. Aubrey is the leader of the Bellas, so there was constant tension between them. Since most of the movie surrounded the Bellas, the women were always talking to each other. They would discuss choreography, singing and competition. This movie was only slightly feminist because female acapella groups had a harder time winning because they couldn’t hit the lower sounds. I don’t think that the movie was really that feminist because the women in the movie had an equal opportunity at winning the title and if they didn’t win it was because they either messed up, or a person in the group got sick while performing.

When I first started watching the movie I wondered if there would be multiple conversations that didn’t involve talking about a man because they introduced Jesse, who was very fascinated with Becca. I began to realize as I was watching, that Becca did not want to be involved with guys. She was involved in the acapella group and was committed to help lead the group to nationals.