Fails the Bechdel test
Porky's Revenge
1985. Directed by James Komack, written by Bob Clark and Ziggy Steinberg.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
2 / 3
Fails
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Yes
1. At least two women
8 women characters. 10 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
Women do talk to each other. -
No
3. About something besides a man
Every conversation between women that our parser found mentions a man.
Second opinion
Not rated bechdeltest.com readers haven't rated this film.
The film
Still chasing women after the events of Porky's II: The Next Day (1983), Pee Wee and his hormone-addled friends of Angel Beach High find themselves having a lot on their plate. Years after the demolition of their lewd arch-nemesis' roadhouse in Porky's (1981), the band's sleazy old adversary now tries to force the basketball coach to fix the high-school basketball tournament, unbeknownst to him, however, that his oversexed daughter, Blossom, has a crush on one of the boys. Once more, Wendy and the team are on a collision course with Porky, and this time, he means business. Can the guys save the championship, be the school's heroes, and above all, rescue a young lover from a shotgun wedding?
- Released
- 22 Mar 1985
- Genres
- Comedy
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 4.8 / 10
- Metascore
- 24 / 100
- Awards
- 1 nomination total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Meat 93 lines, man
- Pee Wee 88 lines, man
- Billy 82 lines, man
- Brian 60 lines, man
- Tommy 44 lines, man
- Wendy 43 lines, woman
- Porky 40 lines, man
- Miss Webster 30 lines, woman
- Coach 28 lines
- Blossom 26 lines, woman
Full cast, 19 people
- Dan Monahan as Pee Wee Morris
- Wyatt Knight as Tommy Turner
- Tony Ganios as Meat Tuperello
- Mark Herrier as Billy
- Kaki Hunter as Wendy Williams
- Scott Colomby as Brian Schwartz
- Nancy Parsons as Beulah Balbricker
- Fred Buch as Mr. Dobish
- Eric Christmas as Mr. Carter
- Dan Hewitt Owens as Actor
- Ilse Earl as Mrs. Morris
- Kim Evenson as Inga
- Nancy Valen as Ginger
- Heidi Helmer as Connie
- Donna Rosae as Lana
- Rose McVeigh as Miss Webster
- Wendy Feign as Blossom
- Matt Johnston as Thug #1
- Chuck Mitchell as Porky
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 2 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 12% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 80
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 to 4 | 5 | 17 |
| 5 to 6 | 2 | 7 |
| 7 to 8 | 32 | 47 |
| 9 to 10 | 0 | 6 |
| 11 to 12 | 11 | 20 |
| 13 to 14 | 5 | 8 |
| 15 to 16 | 0 | 15 |
| 17 to 18 | 1 | 17 |
| 19 to 20 | 6 | 19 |
| 21 to 22 | 7 | 21 |
| 23 to 24 | 3 | 13 |
| 25 to 26 | 6 | 30 |
| 27 to 28 | 0 | 12 |
| 29 to 30 | 0 | 22 |
| 31 to 32 | 11 | 23 |
| 33 to 34 | 6 | 25 |
| 35 to 36 | 7 | 20 |
| 37 to 38 | 1 | 2 |
| 39 to 40 | 1 | 4 |
| 41 to 42 | 1 | 1 |
| 43 to 44 | 7 | 15 |
| 45 to 46 | 2 | 7 |
| 47 to 48 | 2 | 2 |
| 49 to 50 | 3 | 7 |
| 51 to 52 | 10 | 23 |
| 53 to 54 | 4 | 10 |
| 55 to 56 | 6 | 6 |
| 57 to 58 | 3 | 13 |
| 59 to 60 | 0 | 1 |
| 61 to 62 | 0 | 6 |
| 63 to 64 | 1 | 1 |
| 65 to 66 | 1 | 8 |
| 67 to 68 | 0 | 1 |
| 69 to 70 | 0 | 3 |
| 71 to 72 | 0 | 0 |
| 73 to 74 | 0 | 2 |
| 75 to 76 | 0 | 7 |
| 77 to 78 | 0 | 2 |
| 79 to 80 | 12 | 22 |
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, 25 are women's.
158 lines from women, 471 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit B: who's in it
8 women and 10 men in the cast. 10 women and 17 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 5 of 712.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 45 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 26% of the words (2,050), men 74% (5,915). Women have 25% 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
2
Two men
64
Exhibit E: behind the camera
None of the 3 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 0% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- James Komack (man)
- Written by
- Bob Clark (man), Ziggy Steinberg (gender not listed)
The crew, department by department
-
Other crew
0 women, 2 men
-
Writing
0 women, 1 men, 1 not listed
-
Directing
0 women, 1 men
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit F: how old the stars were
Women: 36 on average. Men: 38 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Kaki Hunter 29, Nancy Parsons 43
Men
Tony Ganios 25, Dan Monahan 29, Wyatt Knight 30, Mark Herrier 30, Scott Colomby 32, Dan Hewitt Owens 37, Fred Buch 50, Eric Christmas 69
Exhibit G: the money
It made 2.3 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $9 million
- Box office
- $20.5 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 80 scenes and 712 lines of dialogue. How the test works
