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Talkin' Dirty After Dark

1991. Directed by Topper Carew, written by Topper Carew.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

3 / 3

Passes

  1. Yes 1. At least two women
    11 women characters. 10 of them speak.
  2. Yes 2. Who talk to each other
    In 1 scene out of 93.
  3. Yes 3. About something besides a man
    In that scene, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.

Second opinion

Not rated bechdeltest.com readers haven't rated this film.

Poster for Talkin' Dirty After Dark

The film

This comedy showcases the laughs and overlapping love lives of a handful of raunchy stand-up comics at a late-night L.A. comedy club. Dukie's is an L.A. hot-spot featuring a lineup of both novice and notorious comedians who get big laughs with dirty jokes.

Released
16 Aug 1991
Genres
Comedy
Rated
R
IMDb
5.1 / 10
Elsewhere
View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

  • Women
  • Men
  • Not in the cast list
  • Bigger name, more lines
  1. Dukie 98 lines, man
  2. Jackie 95 lines, man
  3. Ruby Lin 93 lines, woman
  4. Terry 92 lines, man
  5. Aretha 61 lines, woman
  6. Percy 52 lines, man
  7. Kimmie 44 lines, woman
  8. Bigg 32 lines, man
  9. Roach 30 lines, man
  10. Rudy Rae 19 lines
Full cast, 41 people
  • Martin Lawrence as Terry
  • John Witherspoon as Dukie
  • Phyllis Yvonne Stickney as Aretha
  • Jedda Jones as Rubie Lin
  • Renée Jones as Kimmie
  • Marvin Wright-Bey as Jackie
  • Darryl Sivad as Percy
  • Lance Crouther as Brother Kwame
  • Vanessa Hampton as Bad Girl #1
  • Robin Montague as Bad Girl #2
  • Dwayne Kennedy as Brother Roach
  • Tommy Lister Jr. as Bigg
  • Rodney Winfield as Rudy Rae
  • Barry Diamond as White Man
  • Myra J. as Woman #1
  • Misa as Annie Mae
  • Joe Torry as Audience Member
  • Reynaldo Rey as Person #2
  • James Stephens III as Person #3
  • Mark Curry as Antonio
  • Def Jef as Announcer
  • LaWanda Page as Angel / Devil
  • Homeselle Joy as Dorothy
  • Rory D. Flynn as Busby
  • Betty Carvalho as Old Woman
  • Christopher Chloupek as Gas Station Attendant
  • Kevin Jordan as Gas Station Attendant #2
  • Ken Davitian as Seat Mate
  • Ignacio Woolfolk as Cabbie
  • Charles Cozart as Guy #1
  • Rocco Turso as Guy #2
  • Nhan D. Duong as Korean
  • RaSheryl L. McCreary as Fan #1
  • Inez Edwards as Fan #2
  • Yolanda King as Mother
  • Carlos Lacámara as Hispanic Worker
  • Cici Lau as Chinese Waitress
  • Toukie Smith as Waitress #1
  • Simply Marvalous as Waitress #2
  • Chino 'Fats' Williams as Barry White Double
  • Robert Gatewood as Club Patron (uncredited)

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 2 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 7% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.

Women

Men

Scene 1 Scene 93

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Show the numbers
ScenesWomen's linesMen's lines
1 to 200
3 to 404
5 to 632
7 to 844
9 to 1043
11 to 1275
13 to 1448
15 to 1601
17 to 1800
19 to 201021
21 to 2242
23 to 241222
25 to 2602
27 to 2800
29 to 30430
31 to 32146
33 to 3421
35 to 3606
37 to 3800
39 to 4007
41 to 4202
43 to 443325
45 to 46420
47 to 4854
49 to 5037
51 to 5239
53 to 541516
55 to 561027
57 to 5822
59 to 6096
61 to 62110
63 to 6400
65 to 66012
67 to 68138
69 to 701111
71 to 7269
73 to 7435
75 to 76921
77 to 78631
79 to 8007
81 to 821420
83 to 8446
85 to 861626
87 to 8854
89 to 90913
91 to 9201
93 to 9334

The evidence

  • Straight from the script
  • Counted from the script and the credits

Tap an exhibit to open it.

Exhibit A: the passing scene

The scene our parser counted as passing, word for word.
RUBY LIN: You only got two. The two on your feet. ARETHA: Om Umm. The food sure is better since Rudy Rae got here.

Exhibit B: every 100 lines

Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 37 are women's.

252 lines from women, 430 from men.

  • Women
  • Men

Exhibit C: who's in it

11 women and 16 men in the cast. 10 women and 11 men from it get lines.

Characters

With lines

  • Women
  • Men

Exhibit D: who gets heard

The first woman speaks at line 8 of 735. The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 33 lines.

Every line of dialogue, first to last

  • First line by a woman
  • Longest stretch with no woman speaking

Words spoken

Women speak 39% of the words (3,470), men 61% (5,324). Women have 37% of the lines, so their lines run longer 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

Exhibit F: behind the camera

2 of the 8 people in these jobs are women. Across the whole crew, 33% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by
Topper Carew (man)
Written by
Topper Carew (man)
Produced by
Patricia A. Stallone (gender not listed), Kevin Moreton (man)
Shot by
Mikhail Suslov (man)
Edited by
Claudia Finkle (woman)
Music by
Matthew Ender (gender not listed)
Production design by
Naomi Shohan (woman)

The crew, department by department

  • Production

    0 women, 1 men, 1 not listed

  • Art

    1 women, 0 men

  • Camera

    0 women, 1 men

  • Directing

    0 women, 1 men

  • Editing

    1 women, 0 men

  • Sound

    0 women, 0 men, 1 not listed

  • Writing

    0 women, 1 men

  • Women
  • Men
  • Gender not listed on TMDB

Exhibit G: how old the stars were

Women: 36 on average. Men: 35 on average. The top-billed cast, at the film's release.

Women

Renée Jones 32, Jedda Jones 39

Men

Martin Lawrence 26, Lance Crouther 29, Darryl Sivad 37, John Witherspoon 49

Exhibit H: the money

What it cost and made, where TMDB lists it.

Budget
Not listed
Box office
$978,000

From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.

About this analysis

Our parser read the script: 93 scenes and 735 lines of dialogue. How the test works

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