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chicafrom3Because I am random...I don't know why I suddenly felt like doing this, but whatever, it's done.
The Bechdel test as it applies to stage musicals:
Chess fails -- Florence and Svetlana have "I Know Him So Well", but as the title suggests it's a song all about the guy in their lives.
RENT passes -- because of Maureen and Joanne.
Wicked passes -- obviously. Most of the show is a conversation between two women about things other than guys.
tick tick...BOOM! fails -- although to be fair it's a cast of three, only one of whom is female, so how exactly would a girl-on-girl conversation happen?
[title of show] passes -- because of "Secondary Characters". The guys get mentioned in the song, but Heidi and Susan aren't really talking *about* them.
Zanna, Don't! passes -- because of Roberta/Kate, pre-Steve.
bare fails -- I think. Ivy and Nadia have several just-them conversations, but they're usually Nadia sniping about Ivy's boyfriends.
Brooklyn -- um. I know Brooklyn and Paradice have a couple conversations, and Brooklyn talks to her mother early on, but I can't remember if all those conversations center on Brooklyn's father or not.
Company fails -- understandably. It is a show about the relationships between men and women, and pretty much Every Conversation In The Show is about relationships between men and women.
Evil Dead: The Musical fails -- in the best tradition of B-rated horror flicks everywhere.
Altar Boyz fails -- but then, it has no female characters. At all.
Chicago passes -- "I Can't Do It Alone", "Class", probably others.
The Drowsy Chaperone fails -- while there are strictly-female conversations, they tend to revolve around relationships with male characters.
Any others?
The Bechdel test as it applies to stage musicals:
Chess fails -- Florence and Svetlana have "I Know Him So Well", but as the title suggests it's a song all about the guy in their lives.
RENT passes -- because of Maureen and Joanne.
Wicked passes -- obviously. Most of the show is a conversation between two women about things other than guys.
tick tick...BOOM! fails -- although to be fair it's a cast of three, only one of whom is female, so how exactly would a girl-on-girl conversation happen?
[title of show] passes -- because of "Secondary Characters". The guys get mentioned in the song, but Heidi and Susan aren't really talking *about* them.
Zanna, Don't! passes -- because of Roberta/Kate, pre-Steve.
bare fails -- I think. Ivy and Nadia have several just-them conversations, but they're usually Nadia sniping about Ivy's boyfriends.
Brooklyn -- um. I know Brooklyn and Paradice have a couple conversations, and Brooklyn talks to her mother early on, but I can't remember if all those conversations center on Brooklyn's father or not.
Company fails -- understandably. It is a show about the relationships between men and women, and pretty much Every Conversation In The Show is about relationships between men and women.
Evil Dead: The Musical fails -- in the best tradition of B-rated horror flicks everywhere.
Altar Boyz fails -- but then, it has no female characters. At all.
Chicago passes -- "I Can't Do It Alone", "Class", probably others.
The Drowsy Chaperone fails -- while there are strictly-female conversations, they tend to revolve around relationships with male characters.
Any others?
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Grease - Fails
Sound of Music - Passes
Brigadoon - Fails
But can you tell me why? :D
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Do the Rocky Horror girls *ever* talk to each other? I don't remember them doing so.
Every time the Pink Ladies talk to each other it's about the boys, so, yes.
There's all the bits in the abbey before Maria leaves -- lots of women talking about things that Aren't Men. I can't recall if she has any specific conversations with the daughters, aside from talking to Liesl about Rolf which doesn't count...but regardless it passes.
...I am somewhat ashamed to admit that I know next to nothing about Brigadoon. *hides*