The Bechdel Test and Race in Popular Fiction
1. It has to have two POC in it.
2. Who talk to each other.
3. About something other than a white person.
No Joss Whedon show passes, neither does Supernatural, or Being Human.
Veronica Mars passes, but doesn’t pass the original Bechdel Test.
Check out a few more here.
Dexter passes, as I remember.
…aaaand nothing else comes to mind
Good thing to keep in mind.
Sherlock does in one episode, but they talk to each other about killing people and running illegal gang activity. I’m thinking this doesn’t count.
Sherlock definitely doesn’t pass.
hmmm…Doctor Who doesn’t quite make it from what I can recall.
There is at least one scene in Firefly in which Inara and the Shepherd talk about something other than a white person, but it’s pretty insignificant.
Hmm… A:TLA passes, I’m pretty sure CM passes, Misfits passes.
