Bechdel Test

 - Create a google form to ask people about gender balance/ how women would cope without men etc.
 - Aim at a student demographic
 - Send to both genders to see the difference in answers
 
- Use what we find from this as Verbatim dialogue within the script.

To present the differences between the internal and external voice of the modern-day woman.

 Creating a show 

 Combined sources 

​​Bechdel,A. 1985. The Rule. [Online] [Accessed 15 February 2022] available from: https://www.bechdeltheatre.com/about

This comic strip came from Bechdel’s collection Dykes to Watch Out For and is the basis for what became known as the Bechdel test which we will be analysing and using extensively in our piece. The aforementioned rule states this “I only go to a movie if it satisfies three basic requirements. One, it has to have at least two women in it who, two, talk to each other about, three, something besides a man.” (1985)

A two-hander musical about one woman navigating love and grief, the script comprising the dialogue intended to be performed by one individual that is interspersed with original music, performed by another. This communicating the more internal, expressive feelings of the protagonist. This piece is what inspired us to go down this route of narration, with two individuals performing the internal and external dialogue of the same individual. 

Woolf’s metaphor of a fish bowl explains her most essential point “A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction” (1935: 5). This essay observes about the literature of her time what the Bechdel test highlights in more recent fiction, “It was strange to think that all the great women of fiction were, until Jane Austen’s, not only seen by the other sex, but seen only in relation to the other sex”.  

‘The Female Eunuch’ Germaine Greer

‘The Whole Woman’ Germaine Greer 

An article on how emerging content can use the Bechdel Test to test the gender imbalance in their work to rise to the ongoing challenge of inclusivity and equal representation

This journal article discusses the purpose of men and whether it is fully down to their reproductive capacity, and in a world that now has the ability to artificially create sperm - do we need men? And are women better off without them? This we will fully explore in our piece. 

An article of Tanya Gold’s misanthropic fantasy that outlines men versus women in different sections of society, particularly favourably discussing women as she imagines if the world would be better without men. This could be a comical avenue to use in our development of narrative. 

​​This is a news article explaining that scientifically the world could, in the distant future, end up as a world without men. This will be important to our narrative as it looks at the focus that we could physically have to survive without men, so one day it will be possible not to think about them.

This further explores the Bechdel test and gives examples of how to go about each of the tests whilst also giving examples to popular television and film. This surprisingly shows us how many of our favourite shows and films contain so little focus on women without the mention of a man, a key point we are exploring throughout our piece.

The five core emotions are explored within this popular film, from an internal dialogue within the brain. These emotions battle each other to come to the external conclusion of the character. Despite all characters/emotions being a part of the same person, they all have different characteristics and emotions to distinguish themselves from one another.

EXPLANATION OF BECHDEL TEST (3 FACTORS)

Link to form:https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdfottZoT2Vnxlz6xoWIByY8emA2-0aYnZnxAAHClWaieqTbA/viewform?usp=sf_link

 - Yes definitely. Like when you make eye contact with someone across the room because you know they’ll be thinking what you’re thinking about a situation and you can communicate that without any words. I can do that a lot with particular people. Generally people I know very well and talk to frequently so understand their values and thought processes and knowing how they align with my own. 

Current situation with Angela Rayner  

Another woman 

Fleabag reference 

Irony 

Tampons, how to use them 

Visceral reactions good and bad 
Adapt script to suit the audience being our peers but be aware that not all reactions to the things we are saying could be positive

We have permission to say what we want, however horrible
Weren't sure what the limits were
Liv is the honest truth, the internal in the head
The unfiltered truth
Want to explore this more, potentially even beyond this assessment

Elaborate on the hitchhiker boyfriend section 

Make sure uber bit isn't a throw away remark as it is a real issue for many people 

Do something/make a decision that makes it real 
This will come from stronger formation of the start 

"You have a penis you’ll be okay"

"He’s the perfect boyfriend because he’s not a dick"

"When the bar's on the floor you’ve got to lie on the floor"

Maybe include how I got patted on the stomach at work 

Overheard someone saying "I bet he never deigned a petition in his life"
Quite funny, maybe include that somehow?