Passes the Bechdel test
Work It
2020. Directed by Laura Terruso, written by Alison Peck.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
9 women characters. 4 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 39 scenes out of 120. -
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
When Quinn Ackerman's admission to the college of her dreams depends on her performance at a dance competition, she forms a ragtag group of dancers to take on the best squad in school...now she just needs to learn how to dance.
- Released
- 07 Aug 2020
- Genres
- Comedy, Music
- Rated
- TV-14
- IMDb
- 6.1 / 10
- Metascore
- 58 / 100
- Awards
- 1 win total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Quinn 342 lines, woman
- Drake 108 lines, man
- Jas 106 lines, woman
- Foster 63 lines, woman
- Maria 61 lines, woman
- Ms. Ashleigh 49 lines, woman
- Reese 41 lines
- Veronica Rosenberg 29 lines, woman
- Leo 28 lines, man
- Trinity 24 lines, woman
Full cast, 16 people
- Sabrina Carpenter as Quinn Ackerman
- Liza Koshy as Jasmine Hale
- Keiynan Lonsdale as Isaiah "Juiliard"
- Michelle Buteau as Ms. Ramirez
- Jordan Fisher as Jake Taylor
- Drew Ray Tanner as Charlie
- Jayne Eastwood as Ruthie (Nursing Home)
- Naomi Snieckus as Maria
- Briana Andrade-Gomes as Trinity
- Kalliane Brémault as Brit Turner
- Bianca Asilo as Raven
- Neil Robles as Chris Royo
- Nathaniel Scarlette as DJ Tapes
- Tyler Hutchings as Robby G.
- Indiana Mehta as Priya Singh
- Austin Wayne Spacy as Dancer
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 3 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 120
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 3 | 4 | 1 |
| 4 to 6 | 12 | 0 |
| 7 to 9 | 33 | 2 |
| 10 to 12 | 55 | 0 |
| 13 to 15 | 28 | 5 |
| 16 to 18 | 25 | 1 |
| 19 to 21 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 to 24 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 to 27 | 13 | 5 |
| 28 to 30 | 51 | 0 |
| 31 to 33 | 21 | 8 |
| 34 to 36 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 to 39 | 13 | 0 |
| 40 to 42 | 23 | 2 |
| 43 to 45 | 66 | 36 |
| 46 to 48 | 24 | 5 |
| 49 to 51 | 1 | 0 |
| 52 to 54 | 48 | 1 |
| 55 to 57 | 32 | 15 |
| 58 to 60 | 4 | 0 |
| 61 to 63 | 6 | 0 |
| 64 to 66 | 0 | 0 |
| 67 to 69 | 26 | 5 |
| 70 to 72 | 25 | 3 |
| 73 to 75 | 43 | 4 |
| 76 to 78 | 19 | 6 |
| 79 to 81 | 22 | 4 |
| 82 to 84 | 19 | 22 |
| 85 to 87 | 16 | 0 |
| 88 to 90 | 11 | 5 |
| 91 to 93 | 0 | 0 |
| 94 to 96 | 0 | 0 |
| 97 to 99 | 8 | 9 |
| 100 to 102 | 5 | 0 |
| 103 to 105 | 13 | 6 |
| 106 to 108 | 1 | 0 |
| 109 to 111 | 4 | 0 |
| 112 to 114 | 6 | 0 |
| 115 to 117 | 15 | 0 |
| 118 to 120 | 45 | 14 |
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.
FOSTER: Hon, you’re wrong, it’s toner, essence, then serum. Trust me. K- beauty’s the shit. QUINN: I’m Quinn Ackerman. And I bet you’re wondering how I got here.
MS. ASHLEIGH: Jesus Christ, in my day body rolls were about freakin’ precision. I can practically see vadge. MS. ASHLEIGH: Now, when I competed, you couldn’t even show butt cheek. Can you imagine?! QUINN: ...I don’t want to. MS. ASHLEIGH: Exactly. I mean, that’s not dance. Who wants to be a part of that?
ADMISSIONS WOMAN: Yeah, I got it. QUINN: Dream Slaughterhouse.
QUINN: Boring. QUINN: Already failed. ADMISSIONS WOMAN: Jewelry making? QUINN: What have you always wanted to do?
QUINN: Dance!! VERONICA ROSENBERG: What? QUINN: I’m going to become a dancer. I’ve always wanted to dance. I never told anyone. VERONICA ROSENBERG: And you just remembered this? This can’t be another box to check.
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 82 are women's.
737 lines from women, 159 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
9 women and 7 men in the cast. 4 women and 1 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 3 of 967.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 10 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 86% of the words (7,398), men 14% (1,236). Women have 82% 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
Two women
85
Two men
2
Exhibit F: behind the camera
6 of the 10 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 55% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Laura Terruso (woman)
- Written by
- Alison Peck (gender not listed)
- Produced by
- Alicia Keys (woman), Elysa Koplovitz Dutton (woman), Leslie Morgenstein (man)
- Shot by
- Rogier Stoffers (man)
- Edited by
- Andrew Marcus (man)
- Music by
- Germaine Franco (woman)
- Production design by
- Nazgol Goshtasbpour (woman)
- Costumes by
- Georgina Yarhi (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Production
3 women, 3 men
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Costume & Make-Up
2 women, 1 men, 2 not listed
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Sound
3 women, 2 men
-
Art
1 women, 1 men, 1 not listed
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Camera
0 women, 1 men
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Other crew
1 women, 0 men
-
Directing
1 women, 0 men
-
Editing
0 women, 1 men
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 41 on average. Men: 27 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Sabrina Carpenter 21, Liza Koshy 24, Michelle Buteau 43, Naomi Snieckus 46, Jayne Eastwood 73
Men
Jordan Fisher 26, Keiynan Lonsdale 28, Drew Ray Tanner 28
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 120 scenes and 967 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
