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It was said that this movie fails the Bechdel Test, even though its lead is a strong female character and the movie itself is considered feminist.
So Jackie Brown has Pam Greer in it as the lead, Jackie Brown and the whole movie.
— Episode: What is the Bechdel Test?
Episode: What is the Bechdel Test?
It was said that this movie fails the Bechdel Test, even though its lead is a strong female character and the movie itself is considered feminist.
So Jackie Brown has Pam Greer in it as the lead, Jackie Brown and the whole movie.
Or Greer-Payne. Right. Greer comma Pam. Don't forget the comma.
She plays Jackie Brown and Jackie Brown, the whole movie is about Jackie Brown just being this BA who, I can't remember. She's like setting up this whole, I think an arms deal or something to help somebody get out of something.
Is that right? I haven't seen it in years.
Let's just say she's always one step ahead of the men in the movie.
So she's like. Outsmarting them at every turn.
To use a very tired phrase, she's a feminist icon in this movie.
And yet throughout this whole movie, she never once has a conversation with another woman.
So technically it fails the Bechdel test.
Although anybody who has any kind of feminist tendencies and watched Jackie Brown probably is very happy with that movie, including Alison Bechdel as well, who said like, I love that movie, but it definitely fails the Bechdel test, but it's still a really great movie.