Season 1, Episode 10, BoJack Horseman: “One Trick Pony”
Bechdel Test: Pass or Fail?
- Are there at least TWO women?
- Princess Carolyn
- Diane
- Crodocile Crew Lady
- Naomi Watts
- Do they talk to each other?
- Yes!
- Do they talk about something other than a man?
- Yes!
Why did it Pass/Fail?
- This episode PASSES with flying colors. Diane and Naomi Watts talk to each other for a pretty long time about the character “Diane” that Naomi is portraying. Naomi practices impersonating Diane’s voice, and the two of them talk about their dreams and wishes they have. They also talk about being Zoës and Zeldas (a reference from the previous episode.
- There are multiple instances where the two women talk to each other about everything BUT men! We’re talking MINUTES of conversation! It’s pretty cool to see these episodes every now and then.
Other themes noticed:
- Naomi Watts said, “The only reason why i got into this business was so I can play in rom coms” and other movies in genres that we discussed in class earlier this week.
- If only the Crocodile 3 minutes and 30 seconds in had a name, this episode would have passed so quickly in the episode. Diane talks to this crocodile about the event that was being held; you can tell the crocodile was a woman by the sound of her voice, but she didn’t have a name!!!
- The first scene in the episode was BoJack talking to an unnamed girl, and the only noise that came out of this character’s voice was a moan (when BoJack was making out with her). I don’t know, I just thought it was weird that the show hired someone JUST to moan and that’s it.
Shared by: Will Kepes
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