Passes the Bechdel test
Dazed and Confused
1993. Directed by Richard Linklater, written by Richard Linklater.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
17 women characters. 11 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 5 scenes out of 81. -
Yes
3. About something besides a man
In those scenes, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.
Second opinion
Agree bechdeltest.com readers give it 3 out of 3.
The film
It's the last day of school at a high school in a small town in Texas in 1976. The upperclassmen are hazing the incoming freshmen, and everyone is trying to get stoned, drunk, or laid, even the football players that signed a pledge not to.
- Released
- 24 Sep 1993
- Genres
- Comedy
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 7.6 / 10
- Metascore
- 82 / 100
- Awards
- 1 win & 4 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Pink 90 lines, man
- Don 72 lines, man
- Mike 61 lines, man
- Pickford 57 lines, man
- Mitch 54 lines, man
- Tony 54 lines, man
- Jodi 49 lines, woman
- Benny 37 lines, man
- Sabrina 29 lines, woman
- Cynthia 22 lines, woman
Full cast, 66 people
- Jason London as Pink
- Matthew McConaughey as Wooderson
- Joey Lauren Adams as Simone
- Rory Cochrane as Slater
- Wiley Wiggins as Mitch
- Adam Goldberg as Mike
- Anthony Rapp as Tony
- Sasha Jenson as Don
- Shawn Andrews as Pickford
- Milla Jovovich as Michelle
- Ben Affleck as O'Bannion
- Marissa Ribisi as Cynthia
- Michelle Burke as Jodi
- Deena Martin as Shavonne
- Cole Hauser as Benny
- Christine Harnos as Kaye
- Mark Vandermeulen as Tommy
- Esteban Powell as Carl
- Jeremy Fox as Hirschfelder
- Jason O. Smith as Melvin
- Christin Hinojosa as Sabrina
- Parker Posey as Darla
- Catherine Morris as Julie
- Nicky Katt as Clint
- Parker Brooks as Stoner
- Zach Taylor as Freshman Smartass
- Jacob Jones as Freshman Smartass
- Rick Moser as Assistant Coach
- Terry Mross as Coach Conrad
- Kim Krizan as Ms. Stroud
- Zooey Greif as Pentico
- Julius Tennon as Mr. Payne
- Priscilla Kinser as Freshman Girl
- Erika Geminder as Freshman Girl
- Heidi Van Horne as Freshman Girl
- Katherine Asher as Carl's Mom
- Kathleen Cunningham as Pickford's Mom
- Richard Dillard as Pickford's Dad
- John Swasey as Beer Delivery Guy
- Zeke Mills as Old Timer
- Michael Gillespie as Party Guy
- Tom Hoeck as Chaperone
- Fred Lerner as Guy with Pistol
- David Blackwell as Liquor Store Clerk
- Autumn Barr as Stacy
- Doug Taylor as Cop
- Bob Moser as Cop
- Mona Lee Fultz as Mitch's Mother
- Chris M. Allport as Student (uncredited)
- Rose Barrett as Pink's Sister (uncredited)
- Tara Battani as Party Girl (uncredited)
- Adam Boster as Booger (uncredited)
- Josh Caldwell as Guy at Party (uncredited)
- Nicole Emmons as Girl in Pool Hall (uncredited)
- Mike Enright as Guy at Party (uncredited)
- Chris Green as O'Bannion's Pool Partner (uncredited)
- Karey Green as Senior Girl (uncredited)
- KaiCarra as Girl in Bikini (uncredited)
- Jessica Looney as Senior Girl (uncredited)
- Renée Zellweger as Girl in Blue Truck (uncredited)
- Anthony Pedone as Parking Lot Kid (uncredited)
- Ted Perez as Guy at School / Guy at Party (uncredited)
- Damian Tamburro as Student (uncredited)
- Chris Western as Smoking Hippie (uncredited)
- James 'Kimo' Wills as Guy at Party (uncredited)
- Heath Young as Student (uncredited)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 2 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 14% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 81
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 3 to 4 | 4 | 37 |
| 5 to 6 | 13 | 10 |
| 7 to 8 | 5 | 13 |
| 9 to 10 | 0 | 10 |
| 11 to 12 | 4 | 17 |
| 13 to 14 | 0 | 7 |
| 15 to 16 | 4 | 0 |
| 17 to 18 | 0 | 3 |
| 19 to 20 | 2 | 2 |
| 21 to 22 | 2 | 6 |
| 23 to 24 | 27 | 48 |
| 25 to 26 | 4 | 36 |
| 27 to 28 | 0 | 14 |
| 29 to 30 | 0 | 25 |
| 31 to 32 | 2 | 24 |
| 33 to 34 | 0 | 7 |
| 35 to 36 | 0 | 13 |
| 37 to 38 | 4 | 11 |
| 39 to 40 | 22 | 14 |
| 41 to 42 | 0 | 43 |
| 43 to 44 | 0 | 23 |
| 45 to 46 | 7 | 14 |
| 47 to 48 | 0 | 11 |
| 49 to 50 | 0 | 12 |
| 51 to 52 | 0 | 6 |
| 53 to 54 | 1 | 9 |
| 55 to 56 | 2 | 12 |
| 57 to 58 | 5 | 21 |
| 59 to 60 | 6 | 10 |
| 61 to 62 | 3 | 20 |
| 63 to 64 | 8 | 11 |
| 65 to 66 | 27 | 33 |
| 67 to 68 | 0 | 1 |
| 69 to 70 | 0 | 1 |
| 71 to 72 | 0 | 7 |
| 73 to 74 | 1 | 0 |
| 75 to 76 | 17 | 1 |
| 77 to 78 | 0 | 17 |
| 79 to 80 | 6 | 9 |
| 81 to 81 | 2 | 0 |
The evidence
- Straight from the script
- Counted from the script and the credits
Tap an exhibit to open it.
Exhibit A: the passing scenes
The scene our parser counted as passing, word for word.
JODI: No... That's 27... SHAVONNE: What about the time that rock group, "The Mosquitos" visits the island and Ginger and Mari Ann form their own group.
JODI: Who are you? SABRINA: Uh, nobody... I mean I wasn't on the list. ,1 I JODI i Get in. I Sabrina looks a little hesitant at first but soon gets in the ' back of one…
KAYE: ...It's like all our decisions have been made for us. what are our true opeions? We can ride around, stand here and talk. There's gotta be s… JODI: And it's all so generic. I wish I was like Italian or Black or something... anything to not «^. feel like I stepped out of the Brady Bunch.
SABRINA: Okay. So I'll either see you later or catch a ride with Tony. JODI: Okay, cool. SABRINA: Bye. Yeah, I know what you're talking about. Certain things stick wich you forever. Like when I was in second grade, in order Co gee words r… SABRINA: I'll probably be seventy years old and when I go to write one of those words, one of chose scupid sencences will still go through my head ev…
KAYE: I can't scop chinking about this tombstone I saw back there. This girl was only 19 when she died. 1948 to 1967. It's jusc sad. JODI: Sucks... Buc you can't let stuff like that bother you. KAYE: But it's like who's even thinking about her right now? JODI: I don't know. People that knew her. You're thinking of her.
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 24 are women's.
180 lines from women, 566 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
17 women and 25 men in the cast. 11 women and 17 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 2 of 865.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 72 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 24% of the words (3,249), men 76% (10,218).
Exhibit E: 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
12
Two men
74
Exhibit F: behind the camera
2 of the 10 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 41% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Richard Linklater (man)
- Written by
- Richard Linklater (man)
- Produced by
- Richard Linklater (man), Sean Daniel (man), James Jacks (man)
- Shot by
- Lee Daniel (man)
- Edited by
- Sandra Adair (woman)
- Production design by
- John Frick (man)
- Costumes by
- Katherine Dover (woman)
- Cast by
- Don Phillips (man)
The crew, department by department
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Sound
3 women, 4 men, 5 not listed
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Other crew
0 women, 4 men, 4 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
4 women, 0 men, 3 not listed
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Production
1 women, 4 men
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Art
2 women, 1 men, 1 not listed
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Camera
0 women, 1 men, 2 not listed
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Directing
1 women, 2 men
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Editing
1 women, 0 men
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 21 on average. Men: 22 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Milla Jovovich 17, Joey Lauren Adams 25
Men
Wiley Wiggins 16, Jason London 20, Rory Cochrane 21, Anthony Rapp 21, Shawn Andrews 21, Adam Goldberg 22, Matthew McConaughey 23, Sasha Jenson 28
Exhibit H: the money
It made 1.2 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $6.9 million
- Box office
- $8.3 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 81 scenes and 865 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
