“Tammy” Bechdel Test

The movie Tammy is about a women who works at a fast food restaurant Topper Jack’s, she was on the way to work when she hit a deer and for this reason she got fired by her boss and then she made a scene. When she got home Tammy found her husband with the neighbor Missi at a romantic dinner setting. Tammy leaves the house and then walks to her mom’s house and from there it all started about the road trip with her grandma.

            Pearl and Tammy do talk a lot about men about Tammy’s husband and how he cheated on her, and how Pearl and Tammy’s father, grandma tried to sleep with her father and that is why Pearl left when Tammy was younger. Also talked about Bobby and Earl the two guys who they met at the bar, and also the ice cream guy who both Tammy and Pearl had something to do with him.

            On the other hand there was also other talks between grandma and granddaughter their relationships between each other during the years, the dreams they had and still have. Talked about the fails both of them have had and committed in the past. For instance in the movie when Tammy when to rob that fast food, the grandma found out on the news. They talk about money and grandma’s drinking, personal stuff. Tammy also talked on the phone with Deb her mom, most of the conversations are basically about how Tammy has to come back home and to watch out for the grandma. In my opinion the most touching conversation was between Lenore and Tammy had a very personal talk, Lenore gave Tammy a lecture about life. How she has always been complaining but has had done nothing to change her life. It was really touching and there was no talk about men in the whole conversation.

            I do think the movie past the Bechdel Test and that the movie is feminist. To start with the whole movie there was majority women in it, and focus on women’s lives, also had lesbians in the movie which I think made it more feminist. Even though there was part of the movies that were men included at the end movie was about ladies and how there is so much to life and to achieve it, it just depends on the women.