Passes the Bechdel test

Quiz Lady

Name: Quiz Lady
Released: 2023

2023. Directed by Jessica Yu, written by Jen D'Angelo.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

3 / 3

Passes

Yes 1. At least two women
20 women characters. 14 of them speak.
Yes 2. Who talk to each other
In 26 scenes out of 132.
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

Tightly-wound, game-show-obsessed Anne must team up with her chaotic sister Jenny to help pay off their mother's gambling debts. When Anne's beloved dog is kidnapped, they set off on a cross-country journey to get the money they need. To do so, they must tap into Anne's skill set by turning her into the game-show champion she was always meant to be.

Released: 03 Nov 2023
Genres: Comedy
Rated: R
IMDb: 6.7 / 10
Metascore: 59 / 100
Awards: Won 1 Primetime Emmy. 5 wins & 9 nominations total
Elsewhere: View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

Women
Men
Not in the cast list
Bigger name, more lines

Jenny 301 lines, woman
Anne 271 lines, woman
Terry 85 lines, man
Francine 38 lines, woman
Ron Heacock 35 lines, man
Ken 29 lines, man
Mercedes 26 lines, woman
Ben Franklin 20 lines, man
Glenn 13 lines, man
Bart 11 lines, man

Full cast, 57 people

Awkwafina as Anne Yum
Sandra Oh as Jenny Yum
Will Ferrell as Terry McTeer
Jason Schwartzman as Ron Heacock
Holland Taylor as Francine
Angela Trimbur as Marge
Tawny Newsome as Mercedes
Tony Hale as Ben Franklin
Jonnie Park as Ken
Justiin Davis as Darryl (Drunk Bro at Bar)
Camrus Johnson as Trav
Paul Reubens as Francine's Crush
Jodi Hou as Young Anne (6-9 yrs old)
Shirley Chen as Young Jenny (16-22 yrs old)
Davina Reid as Intense Woman (Janine at Bar)
Christine Lin as Crystal
Eddy Lee as Anne & Jenny's Dad
Alan Heitz as Glenn
Betsy Holt as Wendy
Matt Cordova as Bart
Jane Yubin Kim as So-Yung
Luke Kim as Cousin Jin
Sarah Grace Welbourn as Shannon
Hailey Perng as Young Anne (12 yrs old)
Daniel Chung as Tae, Ken's Associate
Dave Beaudrie as Marty the Security Guard
Amy Tolsky as Leah
Charles Green as Charles Von Kampf
Ammie Masterson as Angela Jackson
Randall D. Cunningham as Bellman
Derek Roberts as Doctor
Ned Yousef as Bartender
Joe Chrest as Mr. Walters
Maria Bamford as Marybeth Windlemore
Annie Karstens as Linda
Al Bayan as Danton
Atul Singh as AJ
Nicole Marie Appleby as Denise
Esme Salzman as Tina
Larry Weissman as Chuck
Eddie Davies as Steven
Blake Rosier as Streaker
Jophielle Love as Young Daughter #1
Julia G. James as Young Daughter #2
Rosha Washington as Confused Manager
Choppy Guillotte as Jenny's Lawyer
Mary Claire Smythe as Cindy (Birthday Girl)
Shane LeCocq as Nice Man - Tavern
Claire Frederiksen as Nodding Female (Audition)
Charlie Talbert as Businessman
Martin Yu as Pickup Truck Driver
Summer Selby as Woman at Heinz Museum
Sengphet Sengphachanh as Sam Dog Massage Therapist
Crosby Cookie as 'Mr. Linguini'
Phil LaMarr as The Brain (voice)
Patrick McDonald as Phone Guy (voice)
Justin William Davis as Darryl (uncredited)

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 3 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 3% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.

Women

Men

Scene 1 Scene 132

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Show the numbers

Scenes	Women's lines	Men's lines
1 to 3	14	10
4 to 6	2	5
7 to 9	10	3
10 to 12	4	10
13 to 15	18	8
16 to 18	33	0
19 to 21	33	9
22 to 24	11	0
25 to 27	31	0
28 to 30	10	1
31 to 33	7	1
34 to 36	11	15
37 to 39	6	0
40 to 42	47	0
43 to 45	23	1
46 to 48	12	0
49 to 51	26	15
52 to 54	18	8
55 to 57	19	0
58 to 60	18	0
61 to 63	33	4
64 to 66	14	0
67 to 69	10	0
70 to 72	32	1
73 to 75	27	4
76 to 78	13	0
79 to 81	40	6
82 to 84	8	5
85 to 87	32	2
88 to 90	11	0
91 to 93	2	0
94 to 96	8	9
97 to 99	7	17
100 to 102	0	3
103 to 105	18	39
106 to 108	2	5
109 to 111	3	14
112 to 114	31	32
115 to 117	2	11
118 to 120	32	0
121 to 123	0	0
124 to 126	0	0
127 to 129	0	0
130 to 132	0	0

The evidence

Straight from the script
Counted from the script and the credits

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Exhibit A: the passing scenes

The scene our parser counted as passing, word for word.

THEIR MOM: Stop with the Korean! How would you like it if I yelled in Chinese?! YOUNG JENNY: No they're still hooking up! They went to third base YESTERDAY!

MARGE: I'm still confused. Start over. ANNE: Hi Mom.

ANNE: Jenny! Jenny! ANNE: Through the entrance. Blue 13. ANNE: There IS a sign-- just, come in! JENNY: Oh, Annie. Annie, Annie, Annie. It finally happened. But don't worry. I'm here.

ANNE: Ugh, the stupid coin. JENNY: I love the coin! It's so big! Yellow 22.

JENNY: And I realized I'm tired of chasing my destiny. Because I've always known what I want. I want to be rich and famous and loved by everybody, … JENNY: It's hard to stay optimistic, you know? And you start to wonder, maybe it's me. But then you have to remind yourself: sometimes things don't… JENNY: You're right. I can't let that stuff drag me down. Because we can't spend all our energy just wishing the obstacles weren't there, you know?… WENDY: But how do you know what's an obstacle and what's a dead end? Like I've always wanted to open my own bakery, you know. But it's so hard, so …

Exhibit B: every 100 lines

Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 74 are women's.

678 lines from women, 238 from men.

Women
Men

Exhibit C: who's in it

20 women and 29 men in the cast. 14 women and 16 men from it get lines.

Characters

With lines

Women
Men

Exhibit D: who gets heard

The first woman speaks at line 4 of 944. The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 15 lines.

Every line of dialogue, first to last

First line by a woman
Longest stretch with no woman speaking

Words spoken

Women speak 72% of the words (7,162), men 28% (2,817). Women have 74% of the lines, so their lines run shorter than men's.

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

Two men

Exhibit F: behind the camera

11 of the 17 people in these jobs are women. Across the whole crew, 48% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by: Jessica Yu (woman)
Written by: Jen D'Angelo (woman)
Produced by: Awkwafina (woman), Jen D'Angelo (woman), Jessica Elbaum (woman), Will Ferrell (man), Maggie Haskins (woman), Sandra Oh (woman) and 1 more
Shot by: Adrian Peng Correia (man)
Edited by: Nat Sanders (man), Susan Vaill (woman)
Music by: Nick Urata (man)
Production design by: Jeff Mann (man)
Costumes by: Brenda Abbandandolo (woman)
Cast by: Nicole Abellera Hallman (woman), Jeanne McCarthy (woman)