Passes the Bechdel test
Wicked
2024. Directed by Jon M. Chu, written by Winnie Holzman and Dana Fox and Gregory Maguire.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
72 women characters. 29 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 22 scenes out of 90. -
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
Elphaba, a young woman with green skin, navigates life at Shiz University and forms an unlikely friendship with the popular Galinda. Their bond deepens as they encounter the Wizard of Oz, leading to a series of events that ultimately shape their destinies and transform them into the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good.
- Released
- 22 Nov 2024
- Genres
- Fantasy, Musical, Romance
- Rated
- PG
- IMDb
- 7.3 / 10
- Metascore
- 73 / 100
- Awards
- Won 2 Oscars. 127 wins & 326 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Elphaba 211 lines, woman
- Galinda 137 lines, woman
- Morrible 77 lines, woman
- Glinda 61 lines, woman
- Fiyero 56 lines, man
- Wizard 38 lines, man
- Dillamond 36 lines, man
- Nessa 31 lines, woman
- Boq 28 lines, man
- Governor Thropp 23 lines, man
Full cast, 396 people
- Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba
- Ariana Grande as Galinda / Glinda
- Michelle Yeoh as Madame Morrible
- Jonathan Bailey as Fiyero
- Ethan Slater as Boq
- Marissa Bode as Nessarose
- Jeff Goldblum as The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
- Peter Dinklage as Dr. Dillamond (voice)
- Andy Nyman as Governor Thropp
- Courtney-Mae Briggs as Mrs. Thropp
- Bowen Yang as Pfannee
- Bronwyn James as Shenshen
- Aaron Teoh as Avaric
- Shaun Prendergast as Shiz President
- Keala Settle as Miss Coddle
- Sharon D. Clarke as Dulcibear (voice)
- Jenna Boyd as Wolf Doctor (voice)
- Colin Michael Carmichael as Professor Nikidik
- Lexi Lancaster as Munchkinland Kid
- Arlo Turner as Munchkinland Kid
- Joey Unitt as Munchkinland Kid
- Bea Ward as Munchkinland Kid
- Dereke Oladele as Munchkinland Kid
- Sienna-Rose Amer as Munchkinland Kid
- Tarik Frimpong as Munchkinland Crier
- James Dryden as No One Mourns Munchkin
- Malinda Parris as No One Cries Munchkin / Chorus
- Noah Prempeh as The Good Man Munchkin / Dancer
- Vicki Noon as Winkie Mother
- Debbie Kurup as Winkie Mother
- Jasmine McIvor as Winkie Mother
- Hattie Ryan as Curious Munchkin
- Kirsty Anne Shaw as Skeptical Munchkin
- Karis Musongole as Young Elphaba
- Cesily Collette Taylor as Young Nessarose
- Jarlan Bogolubov as Munchkin Bully
- Isaac Bishop as Munchkin Bully
- Adam James as Galinda's Popsicle
- Alice Fearn as Galinda's Momsie
- Clive Kneller as Emerald City Train Conductor
- Michael McCorry Rose as Wiz-O-Mania Narrator
- Idina Menzel as Wiz-O-Mania Super Star
- Kristin Chenoweth as Wiz-O-Mania Super Star
- Robin Berry as Palace Guard
- Bobby Windebank as Shiz Security
- Cherida Strallen as Shiz Librarian
- Tom Kitely as Snow Leopard (voice)
- Elizabeth Dulau as Piebald Deer (voice)
- Kim Durham as Tamarin / Owl (voice)
- Jennifer Woodward as Birds (voice)
- Stephen Stanton as Fiyero’s Horse (voice)
- Aaliyah Baker as Dancer
- Aaron Bryan as Dancer
- Aaron Witter as Dancer
- Abbie Brown as Dancer
- Adam Crossley as Dancer
- Ainsley Ricketts as Dancer
- Aleshia Williams as Dancer
- Alex Hatt as Dancer
- Alexander Thompson as Dancer
- Ama Rouge as Dancer
- Amber Doyle as Dancer
- Anders Deeno as Dancer
- Andi Vega as Dancer
- Andrew Kyrzyk as Dancer
- Andrew Parfitt as Dancer
- Angela Andrew as Dancer
- Angelica Gayle as Dancer
- Anna-Kay Gayle as Dancer
- Anthony James Bartlett as Dancer
- Antoinette Harrison as Dancer
- Arben GiGa Kapidani as Dancer
- Aristide Lyons as Dancer
- Armando Cruz as Dancer
- Ashleigh Honeyghan as Dancer
- Ashley Young as Dancer
- Aysia Trinity Ianiero as Dancer
- Becky Wong as Dancer
- Benjamin Williams as Dancer
- Beth Hinton as Dancer
- Beth John as Dancer
- Bianca Melchior as Dancer
- Billy Sawyer as Dancer
- Bismark Anobah as Dancer
- Blue Makwana as Dancer
- Bogdan Pascal as Dancer
- Bradley Salter as Dancer
- Bradley Charles as Dancer
- Brittani Ferneyhough as Dancer
- Brooke Milliner as Dancer
- Busola Peters as Dancer
- Callum Clack as Dancer
- Camone Bleu Gordon as Dancer
- Carl Parris as Dancer
- Cece Nama as Dancer
- Chanelle Anthony as Dancer
- Charlie Goddard as Dancer
- Charlie Waddell as Dancer
- Charlotte Dickinson as Dancer
- Charlotte Wildrianne as Dancer
- Charlotte Wilmott as Dancer
- Che Barrett-Davis as Dancer
- Chima Akenzua as Dancer
- Chloe Kibble as Dancer
- Chris Arias as Dancer
- Christie Lee Manning as Dancer
- Christopher Donnelly as Dancer
- Christopher Matthews as Dancer
- Christopher Scott as Dancer
- Clarissa Hagan as Dancer
- Cleve September as Dancer
- Colleen Joseph as Dancer
- Collette Guitart as Dancer
- Comfort Fedoke as Dancer
- Connor Tidman as Dancer
- Corrinne Bougaard as Dancer
- Craig Stein as Dancer
- Cruze Philip as Dancer
- Crystal Jones as Dancer
- Daisy Reynolds as Dancer
- Dalvin Sollberger as Dancer
- Daniel Rae as Dancer
- Daniela Monteiro as Dancer
- Daniella Beltrami as Dancer
- Darron Gifty as Dancer
- David Cottle as Dancer
- Dean Street as Dancer
- Demitri Lampra as Dancer
- Denzil Sampson as Dancer
- Dollie Henry as Dancer
- Ed Munro as Dancer
- Eddie Saleem as Dancer
- Ediz Ibrahim as Dancer
- Edward Scott as Dancer
- Elise Bickley as Dancer
- Eliza Hart as Dancer
- Ella Goodwin as Dancer
- Ella Nonini as Dancer
- Emer Walsh as Dancer
- Emi Ichikawa as Dancer
- Emilio Dosal as Dancer
- Emily Haygarth as Dancer
- Emily Kenwright as Dancer
- Emily Plews as Dancer
- Emma Leigh-Rose as Dancer
- Erica Stubbs as Dancer
- Fabiane Leame as Dancer
- Fatou Bah as Dancer
- Faye Stoeser as Dancer
- Federica Somma as Dancer
- Fortune Jordan as Dancer
- Frankie Johnson as Dancer
- Fred Folkes as Dancer
- Frederike Gerstner as Dancer
- Fumy Opeyemi as Dancer
- Garry Lee as Dancer
- Genevieve Heron as Dancer
- Glenn Hudson as Dancer
- Grace Hooper as Dancer
- Grace Hope as Dancer
- Gustave Die as Dancer
- Hannah Arbury as Dancer
- Hannah Bodenham as Dancer
- Hannah Kenna-Thomas as Dancer
- Hannah Levitt-Collins as Dancer
- Hannah Millott as Dancer
- Hannah Raynor as Dancer
- Hannah Veerapen as Dancer
- Harry Barnes as Dancer
- Hayley Jones as Dancer
- Helen Siveter as Dancer
- Hollie Dorman as Dancer
- Honey Makwana as Dancer
- Ian Harris as Dancer
- Ian Oswald as Dancer
- Idney De'Almeida as Dancer
- Irene Salvi as Dancer
- Issac Baptiste as Dancer
- Jack Horner as Dancer
- Jack Whitehead as Dancer
- Jacqui Jameson as Dancer
- Jade Joan as Dancer
- Jaih Betote as Dancer
- Jakub Franasowicz as Dancer
- Jal Joshua as Dancer
- James Collins as Dancer
- James Davies-Williams as Dancer
- James Lambert as Dancer
- Jane Fowler as Dancer
- Janine Somcio as Dancer
- Jasmin Saulo as Dancer
- Jasmine Eccles as Dancer
- Jason Gilkison as Dancer
- Thanh Jason Nguyen as Dancer
- Jaye Marshall as Dancer
- Jennifer Mitchell as Dancer
- Jevan Howard-Jones as Dancer
- Joanna Goodwin as Dancer
- Joel Gooding as Dancer
- Johnny Bishop as Dancer
- Johnny White as Dancer
- Johnny White as Dancer
- Jon-Scott Clark as Dancer
- Jordan Franklin as Dancer
- Jordan Melchor as Dancer
- Jorge Antonio Fujizaki as Dancer
- Josh Lamb as Dancer
- Joshua Gadget as Dancer
- Kabuki Johnson as Dancer
- Kaela Owusu as Dancer
- Kailum Richardson as Dancer
- Kamila Zalewska as Dancer
- Kamira Samuel as Dancer
- Kanah Flex as Dancer
- Kane Horn as Dancer
- Kane Silver as Dancer
- Karen Hauer as Dancer
- Kate Ivory Jordan as Dancer
- Kaylor Lomas-Kirton as Dancer
- Kenji Matsunaga as Dancer
- Kenn Oldfield as Dancer
- Kenrick Sandy as Dancer
- Keron Proverbs as Dancer
- Kiera Brunton as Dancer
- Kieran Daley Ward as Dancer
- Kieran Lai as Dancer
- Kikz Katika as Dancer
- Kimberley Taylor as Dancer
- Kofi Mingo as Dancer
- LaShay Harvey as Dancer
- Laura Buckley as Dancer
- Laura Dougan as Dancer
- Lauren Fidget Haywood as Dancer
- Leah Hill as Dancer
- Lee Bridgman as Dancer
- Lillianna Clifton as Dancer
- Lily Louisa Field as Dancer
- Lily Wang as Dancer
- Lisa Spencer as Dancer
- Lukas McFarlane as Dancer
- Luke Jackson as Dancer
- Luke Randall as Dancer
- Lukus Alexander as Dancer
- Lynn Jung as Dancer
- Madison Davis as Dancer
- Martha Gimson as Dancer
- Mary Weah as Dancer
- Matthew Eudu as Dancer
- Matthew Koon as Dancer
- Matthew Miller as Dancer
- Matthew Rich as Dancer
- Maya King as Dancer
- Megan Charles as Dancer
- Megan Westpfel as Dancer
- Melody McAvoy as Dancer
- Mette Linturi as Dancer
- Michael John Burgess as Dancer
- Michael Naylor as Dancer
- Michele Zanette as Dancer
- Mike Fellows as Dancer
- Mikey Ureta as Dancer
- Mina Neighbour as Dancer
- Mira Jebari as Dancer
- Miranda Chambers as Dancer
- Misa Koide as Dancer
- Moe Sakan as Dancer
- Myron Birch as Dancer
- Nadia Sohawon as Dancer
- Naia Bautista as Dancer
- Naomi Patterson as Dancer
- Naomi Weijand as Dancer
- Natasha May-Thomas as Dancer
- Natasha Trigg as Dancer
- Neal Piron as Dancer
- Neave Harvey as Dancer
- Navaeh Morgan Alidjah as Dancer
- Nevin Cheung as Dancer
- Nicey Belgrave as Dancer
- Nicholas Stephen as Dancer
- Nicole Hastings as Dancer
- Nicole Valverde as Dancer
- Nimmz Riaz as Dancer
- Oliver Metzler as Dancer
- Oliver Wheeler as Dancer
- Olivia Beckford as Dancer
- Olu Alatise as Dancer
- Onyemachi Ejimofor as Dancer
- Page Barrington Bob as Dancer
- Paola Nyembo as Dancer
- Patience J as Dancer
- Paul N. Samuels as Dancer
- Peter Francis as Dancer
- Petra Hajduk as Dancer
- Philip Birchall as Dancer
- Prabhleen Oberoi as Dancer
- Rachel Gough as Dancer
- Ralitsa Chepisheva as Dancer
- Ramzan Miah as Dancer
- Reagen Masterson as Dancer
- Rebecca Giacopazzi as Dancer
- Reece Daniels as Dancer
- Remi Black as Dancer
- Renae Hughes as Dancer
- Renako McDonald as Dancer
- Ricardo Walker as Dancer
- Ricky Jinks as Dancer
- Robbie Griffith as Dancer
- Robia Milliner as Dancer
- Robyn Anne Wilson as Dancer
- Roxanne Milliner as Dancer
- Rufus Lacey as Dancer
- Ryan Lee Seager as Dancer
- Saffron Fisher as Dancer
- Sam Parry as Dancer
- Sam Salter as Dancer
- Samantha Shuma as Dancer
- Samuel Baxter as Dancer
- Samuel Constanti as Dancer
- Samuel Lawson as Dancer
- Samuel Newby as Dancer
- Sarah Seville as Dancer
- Sasha Shadid as Dancer
- Sasha Woodward as Dancer
- Sebastian Skov Andersen as Dancer
- Sera Maehara as Dancer
- Serena McCall as Dancer
- Shakirudeen Adewale Alade as Dancer
- Shanelle Clemenson as Dancer
- Shani Ross as Dancer
- Shanie Blais as Dancer
- Shawarah Battles as Dancer
- Shawn Aimey as Dancer
- Sophia McAvoy as Dancer
- Stephanie Powell as Dancer
- Stephen Dieyepiri Atemie as Dancer
- Stephen Quildan as Dancer
- Steven Pascua as Dancer
- Steven Thompson as Dancer
- Summer Strallen as Dancer
- Tamsier Joof Aviance as Dancer
- Tania Dimbelolo as Dancer
- Taylor Goodridge as Dancer
- Tegan Browne-Winter as Dancer
- Victory Ebinum as Dancer
- Marvel Ebinum as Dancer
- Theo Maddix as Dancer
- Theo Simpson as Dancer
- Tia Denton as Dancer
- Tia Holden as Dancer
- Tia J. Gribben as Dancer
- Tina Smallwood as Dancer
- Todd Holdsworth as Dancer
- Todd Talbot as Dancer
- Tom Mather as Dancer
- Tom Norman as Dancer
- Tonyé Scott-Obené as Dancer
- Tori Bew as Dancer
- Tyson Simon as Dancer
- Valeria Jauregui as Dancer
- Vanessa Vince-Pang as Dancer
- Vasilis Karayiannis as Dancer
- Vicky Leung as Dancer
- Will Loftis as Dancer
- Will West as Dancer
- Yasmin Cogan de Abreu as Dancer
- Yasmin Ogbu as Dancer
- Yves Cueni as Dancer
- Yvonne Evans as Dancer
- Zhanè Samuels as Dancer
- Zion Battles as Dancer
- Aisha Jawando as Chorus
- Caoimhe Fisher as Chorus
- Ellis Sutherland as Chorus
- Gabriel Mokake as Chorus
- Geoffrey Aymer as Chorus
- Jack Butterworth as Chorus
- Jarneia Richard-Noel as Chorus
- Jennifer Saayeng as Chorus
- Jonathan Bourne as Chorus
- Leah St Luce as Chorus
- Marilyn Cutts as Chorus
- Meesha Garbett as Chorus
- Melissa Jacques as Chorus
- Minal Patel as Chorus
- Paul Isles as Chorus
- Shem Omari James as Chorus
- Skylar Blu Copeland as Chorus
- Soophia Foroughi as Chorus
- Tafari Cazembe Edwards as Chorus
- Vishal Soni as Chorus
- Winnie Holzman as Wiz-O-Mania Audience Member (uncredited)
- Stephen Schwartz as Emerald City Guard (uncredited)
- Alfredo Tavares as Teacher (uncredited)
- Poppy Townsend White as Girls Brigade (uncredited)
- Shelby Young as Shiz Student (voice) (uncredited)
- Alice Bennett as Munchkin / Bully to Young Elphaba (uncredited)
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 90
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 to 4 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 to 6 | 8 | 3 |
| 7 to 8 | 6 | 3 |
| 9 to 10 | 5 | 7 |
| 11 to 12 | 14 | 3 |
| 13 to 14 | 40 | 11 |
| 15 to 16 | 66 | 8 |
| 17 to 18 | 9 | 3 |
| 19 to 20 | 14 | 0 |
| 21 to 22 | 21 | 0 |
| 23 to 24 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 to 26 | 4 | 0 |
| 27 to 28 | 2 | 0 |
| 29 to 30 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 to 32 | 22 | 14 |
| 33 to 34 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 to 36 | 11 | 30 |
| 37 to 38 | 5 | 3 |
| 39 to 40 | 29 | 27 |
| 41 to 42 | 13 | 3 |
| 43 to 44 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 to 46 | 0 | 1 |
| 47 to 48 | 7 | 11 |
| 49 to 50 | 76 | 2 |
| 51 to 52 | 18 | 20 |
| 53 to 54 | 2 | 0 |
| 55 to 56 | 21 | 19 |
| 57 to 58 | 23 | 0 |
| 59 to 60 | 17 | 6 |
| 61 to 62 | 36 | 12 |
| 63 to 64 | 0 | 2 |
| 65 to 66 | 6 | 1 |
| 67 to 68 | 15 | 8 |
| 69 to 70 | 4 | 1 |
| 71 to 72 | 45 | 32 |
| 73 to 74 | 20 | 8 |
| 75 to 76 | 3 | 1 |
| 77 to 78 | 6 | 2 |
| 79 to 80 | 12 | 0 |
| 81 to 82 | 22 | 1 |
| 83 to 84 | 1 | 0 |
| 85 to 86 | 1 | 0 |
| 87 to 88 | 1 | 0 |
| 89 to 90 | 5 | 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.
VARIOUS OZIANS: It's her!/It's Glinda!/The Witch of the North!/It's Glinda the Good! GLINDA: It's good to see me, isn't it? No need to respond-- that was rhetorical. Fellow Ozians...
MRS. THROPP: What is it, what's wrong? DULCIBEAR: HOW CAN IT BE?
GALINDA: Remember, it's not goodbye, it's farewell. GALINDA: Now it's goodbye. GALINDA'S PARENTS: Goodbye, precious!/We love you! GALINDA: They're going to miss me so much.
SHENSHEN: Do you remember us? GALINDA: Of course! STUDENT CHOIR: O HALLOWED HALLS AND VINE-DRAPED WALLS... STUDENT CHOIR: THE PROUDLIEST SIGHT TH ERE IS
GALINDA: Well, I for one am so sorry that you're forced to live with-- This-- ELPHABA: Is that so? GALINDA: Yes, and it's my intention to major in sorcery, so-- if at some future time you wanted to-- address the problem? Perhaps I could-- help. ELPHABA: Offering to help someone you don't know with a skill you don't have. I'm sure everyone's duly impressed.
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 72 are women's.
615 lines from women, 244 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
72 women and 72 men in the cast. 29 women and 28 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 2 of 972.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 14 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 70% of the words (5,626), men 30% (2,372). Women have 72% 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
71
Two men
13
Exhibit F: behind the camera
4 of the 15 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 40% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Jon M. Chu (man)
- Written by
- Winnie Holzman (woman), Dana Fox (woman)
- From the novel by
- Gregory Maguire (man)
- Produced by
- Marc Platt (man), David Stone (man)
- Shot by
- Alice Brooks (woman)
- Edited by
- Myron Kerstein (man), James Finlan (gender not listed)
- Music by
- Stephen Schwartz (man), John Powell (man)
- Production design by
- Nathan Crowley (man)
- Costumes by
- Paul Tazewell (man)
- Cast by
- Tiffany Little Canfield (woman), Bernard Telsey (man)
The crew, department by department
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Sound
13 women, 29 men, 13 not listed
-
Art
9 women, 16 men, 14 not listed
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Other crew
14 women, 13 men, 3 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
14 women, 4 men, 11 not listed
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Camera
3 women, 8 men, 11 not listed
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Production
6 women, 8 men, 4 not listed
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Visual Effects
2 women, 8 men, 7 not listed
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Writing
3 women, 5 men
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 39 on average. Men: 50 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Marissa Bode 24, Ariana Grande 31, Cynthia Erivo 37, Michelle Yeoh 62
Men
Ethan Slater 32, Jonathan Bailey 36, Peter Dinklage 55, Andy Nyman 58, Jeff Goldblum 71
Exhibit H: the money
It made 5.1 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $150 million
- Box office
- $764 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 90 scenes and 972 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
