Fails the Bechdel test
Blankman
1994. Directed by Mike Binder, written by Damon Wayans and J.F. Lawton.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
0 / 3
Fails
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No
1. At least two women
Fewer than two women characters. -
No
2. Who talk to each other
Our parser found no scene where two women talk to each other. -
No
3. About something besides a man
Not reached: the film fails an earlier rule.
Second opinion
Not rated bechdeltest.com readers haven't rated this film.
The film
Darryl is a childlike man with a genius for inventing various gadgets out of junk. When he stumbles on a method to make his clothes bulletproof, he decides to use his skills to be the lowest budgeted superhero of all.
- Released
- 19 Aug 1994
- Genres
- Action, Comedy, Crime
- Rated
- PG-13
- IMDb
- 5.2 / 10
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Kevin 196 lines, man
- Darryl 194 lines, man
- Kimberly 76 lines, woman
- Minelli 71 lines, man
- Harris 27 lines, man
- Stone 20 lines, man
- Grandma 18 lines, woman
- Tony 14 lines, man
- Joe 11 lines, man
- Blankman 10 lines, man
Full cast, 20 people
- Damon Wayans as Darryl Walker
- David Alan Grier as Kevin Walker
- Robin Givens as Kimberly Jonz
- Christopher Lawford as Mayor Marvin Harris
- Jason Alexander as Mr. Stone
- Michael Wayans as Young Darryl
- Damon Wayans Jr. as Young Kevin
- Lynne Thigpen as Grandma Walker
- Nick Corello as Sammy the Blade
- Joseph Vassallo as Tony the Match
- John Moschitta Jr. as Mr. Crudd
- Jon Polito as Michael "The Suit" Minelli
- Gwen E. Davis as Lady
- Robert Schimmel as Officer
- Greg Kinnear as Talk Show Host
- Tony Cox as Midget Man
- Kevin West as Gay Man
- Arsenio Hall as Self
- Yvette Wilson as Fat Girl
- Gordon McClure as Man of God
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 2 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 17% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 49
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 2 | 4 | 14 |
| 3 to 4 | 10 | 23 |
| 5 to 6 | 7 | 37 |
| 7 to 8 | 8 | 51 |
| 9 to 10 | 6 | 33 |
| 11 to 12 | 0 | 4 |
| 13 to 14 | 4 | 42 |
| 15 to 16 | 4 | 12 |
| 17 to 18 | 0 | 7 |
| 19 to 20 | 0 | 38 |
| 21 to 22 | 2 | 24 |
| 23 to 24 | 10 | 13 |
| 25 to 26 | 2 | 20 |
| 27 to 28 | 0 | 9 |
| 29 to 30 | 25 | 21 |
| 31 to 32 | 3 | 9 |
| 33 to 34 | 1 | 35 |
| 35 to 36 | 4 | 24 |
| 37 to 38 | 0 | 24 |
| 39 to 40 | 9 | 59 |
| 41 to 42 | 1 | 24 |
| 43 to 44 | 1 | 22 |
| 45 to 46 | 1 | 1 |
| 47 to 48 | 4 | 30 |
| 49 to 49 | 4 | 11 |
The evidence
- Straight from the script
- Counted from the script and the credits
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Exhibit A: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 16 are women's.
110 lines from women, 587 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit B: who's in it
4 women and 16 men in the cast. 2 women and 16 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 18 of 841.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 80 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 18% of the words (1,520), men 82% (6,823). Women have 16% of the lines, so their lines run longer than men's.
Exhibit D: the test the other way
Two named men talk to each other about something besides a woman. It passes the reverse test.
Conversations between two named characters
Two women
0
Two men
62
Exhibit E: behind the camera
2 of the 12 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 10% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Mike Binder (man)
- Written by
- Damon Wayans (man), J.F. Lawton (man)
- Story by
- Damon Wayans (man)
- Produced by
- Eric L. Gold (man), C.O. Erickson (man)
- Shot by
- Newton Thomas Sigel (man)
- Edited by
- Adam Weiss (man)
- Music by
- Miles Goodman (man)
- Production design by
- James H. Spencer (man)
- Costumes by
- Michelle Cole (woman)
- Cast by
- Aleta Chappelle (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Other crew
2 women, 24 men, 1 not listed
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Production
1 women, 4 men
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Directing
0 women, 3 men, 1 not listed
-
Art
0 women, 1 men, 2 not listed
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Writing
0 women, 3 men
-
Costume & Make-Up
1 women, 0 men, 1 not listed
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Camera
0 women, 1 men
-
Editing
0 women, 1 men
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit F: how old the stars were
Women: 37 on average. Men: 28 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Robin Givens 29, Lynne Thigpen 45
Men
Michael Wayans 9, Damon Wayans Jr. 11, Joseph Vassallo 30, Damon Wayans 33, Jason Alexander 34, David Alan Grier 38, Christopher Lawford 39
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 49 scenes and 841 lines of dialogue. How the test works
