What’s the Mo Movie Measure, you ask? It’s an idea from Alison Bechdel’s brilliant comic strip, Dykes to Watch Out For. The character “Mo” (actually, not Mo – see below) explains that she only watches movies in which
1) there are at least two named female characters, who
2) talk to each other about
3) something other than a man.
It’s appalling how few movies can pass the Mo Movie Measure.
I tried it, too, and was really surprised. I don’t have many movies – about 20 perhaps – but after thinking about each of them for 30 or so seconds, the only ones I could honestly say passed the test were Dogma (though narrowly), the Buffy series and Persepolis while Matrix (I recall Trinity and Switch but do they ever speak?), Lord of the rings (3 films, 3 women) the Snake-Plissken movies, Hunchback of Notre Dame (I won’t say which version ;)), Don Juan, Immortal Beloved (many women but they only speak with men) and Addams Family II (or does the blonde girl at the camp have a name?), among others, got a clear no. Some others I’d have to watch again to answer the question.
I mean, I knew the film indutry was fucked up but I hadn’t expected this.
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