I think the Bechdel Test is important for the reason @FilmCritHULK highlights, but passing it does not make the film inherently feminist.
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Like, a brief conversation between two women about bread isn't exactly advancing female characters in film.
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The purpose of Bechdel isn't to show feminist values, but to demonstrate misogyny.
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I'm taking a minute to savor two dudes mansplaining the Bechdel test to a woman. Delicious irony.
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