- THE LTP TEST -

HEARD OF "THE BECHDEL TEST?" WE ASK JUST....A FEW MORE QUESTIONS.....

"THE BECHDEL TEST" - INSPIRED BY CARTOONIST ALISON BECHDEL & HER 1985 COMIC STRIP, "THE RULE" - MEASURES FEMALE REPRESENTATION IN FICTION WITH THREE SIMPLE, ALBEIT POIGNANT QUESTIONS: 

1. ARE THERE AT LEAST TWO FEMALE LEAD CHARACTERS IN A PIECE OF FICTION.

2. DO THEY HAVE NAMES.

3.. DO THEY HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT ANYTHING OTHER THAN A MAN.

THE LTP TEST TAKES THE BECHDEL TEST FURTHER BY CHALLENGING ALL OF US TO EXAMINE DIVERSITY REPRESENTATION IN HOLLYWOOD OR THE LACK THEREOF....

THE LTP TEST ASSIGNS 10 POINTS PER CATEGORY.  THE VALUE OF THE POINTS THEMSELVES  - THE NUMBER '10' - IS ARBITRARY AND EXTRANEOUS.  WE COULD HAVE ASSIGNED EACH CATEGORY A STAR OR A UNICORN OR JOHN OLIVER'S SILHOUETTE.  THAT IS TO SAY - THE TOTAL NUMBER OF POINTS WILL NOT REVEAL HOW CLOSE A PIECE OF WORK IS TO REACHING '100' - MORE OFTEN THAN NOT IT WILL SHOW HOW FAR AWAY THE WORK IS FROM '0'. YOU'LL SEE WHAT WE MEAN...