Saturday, January 31, 2015

Michaela Jensen 
Bechdel Test 

  1. There must be two women characters? Yes.
  2. The two women must talk to each other? Yes.
  3. Who talk to each other about something other than a man? Yes.

Bridesmaids is a movie with 6 women in it as the main characters. One of them being the bride and the rest the bridesmaids. They go through many different experiences through out the movie and journey of being the bride or bridesmaid. These experiences being about men, kids, marriage, and friendship. It is a comedy movie with women as the main characters.
In the film Bridesmaids, yes the movie did pass the test. There was two women characters. The two main women characters are Annie and Lillian. They are best friends and the friend group grows as there is more bridesmaids that become into the group. The two best friends talked to each other a lot about many different things. Food, clothing, men, trips, driving, they talk about everything. They also talk about many different things within the bridesmaids group. 
I think the film has feminist perspectives in it. It shows the women being powerful and more dominant than the men. Even the picture of the film shows how women are dominant and powerful. The way they are positioned on the picture presents the idea of women being strong. They are not only shown powerful but the movie is meant to be funny and make the audience laugh. Throughout the movie they show the women being powerful and each character brings a different personality to the movie. It is very easy to see the different personalities each bridesmaid has in the film. One is the best friend, one is very successful, one has kids, one thats struggling for money. They come from all different backgrounds and have different feelings and personalities. 
The women seemed to just do humorous things that men would do. They did it in a way that was comical and many people found funny. This was one way of making the movie funny for the audiences. 
I see the movie being a feminist movie. It shows the women being the strong people and being powerful. The group brings many different perspectives and personalities to the movie which makes it a great comedy movie. 

No comments:

Post a Comment