Well, the trouble with the Bechdel test is that there's almost no Shakespeare that passes it, and I don't care if it makes me a horrible feminist, I'm not tossing out Shakespeare!
...Although I suppose that technically Isabel's conversation with her ladies in RII 3.4 and the scene between Katherine and Alice in HV 3.4 pass, since they are not explicitly talking about Richard and Henry respectively, but I don't suppose they pass under the spirit of the test...
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Date: 2009-05-28 10:57 pm (UTC)...Although I suppose that technically Isabel's conversation with her ladies in RII 3.4 and the scene between Katherine and Alice in HV 3.4 pass, since they are not explicitly talking about Richard and Henry respectively, but I don't suppose they pass under the spirit of the test...