![]() I just thought it was a really interesting concept. I didn’t have a good answer, because I agreed that sometimes the constraints of writing in a sexist world might accidentally perpetuate sexism, but I felt that dismissing sexism totally because the future and let’s not deal with it wasn’t always the answer, either. I was having a really interesting chat with someone yesterday about the way that fictional worlds have different gender role constructs (say, the way that Kara Thrace and Brienne of Tarth have very different lives based on the sexism they have to face in their respective universes) and whether it’s more feminist to create more equal fictional worlds or to use fictional worlds to examine sexism. The movie has one great female character, but in terms of characters with actual development and plot, there were… 7 dudes? Raleigh, Idris Elba, science bros, both Australians, maybe bowtie guy? Maybe a percentage marker is better? Most of those characters weren’t so heavily gendered that they all needed to be men- they were men because men are default in movies about giant robots. The Mako Mori test was created because many people felt that it shouldn’t be automatically disqualified as a feminist film. For a movie to pass the Mako Mori test, it must have: a) at least one female character b) who gets her own narrative arc c) that is not about supporting a. Her role isn t based off of a mans story and she is presented with not a lot of bias since she has masculinity. This test came from the movie Pacific Rim, and and she is a women of color with a leading role. ![]() ….I don’t think the Bechdel test is perfect, but I think “one female character with an independent arc” isn’t really quite enough, either. A feminist test for evaluating works of fiction by whether they have (i) at least one female character (ii) who has her own narrative arc (iii) which does not exist to support the narrative arc of a male character. Mako Mori Test is when there has to be a female character that has her own narrative and is not about supporting a mans story. With a multicultural cast, Tokyo used as the main setting instead of New York or L.A., the only real star being a Black Brit many Americans had never heard of, and a storyline full of borrowed tropes that many anime fans felt were ripoffs rather than homages, the sci-fi action flick has fought an uphill battle to draw attention.īut despite what seems to be an infatuated, deeply loyal fanbase-last weekend saw an entire online fan convention, JaegerCon, complete with an appearance from del Toro himself -Pacific Rim has encountered trouble from an unexpected source: the Bechdel Test. To pass the Mako Mori test, a movie must answer yes to the following questions: Does the film have at least one female character Does this female character. It’s no secret that Pacific Rim, Guillermo del Toro’s $200 million love song to Japanese pop culture, was a risky venture from the start. A tumblr user, spider-xan, whose real name remains unknown, made the test to honor Rinko Kikuchi’s character in the film (the eponymous Mako Mori). ![]() It came to life in 2013 following the release of Pacific Rim. The Bechdel Test has long been the barometer of women-friendly films, but Pacific Rim fans say it doesn’t give the movie’s female lead enough credit. The Mako Mori test is relatively new compared to the Bechdel Test. ![]()
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