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The Bechdel, Russo, and Race Test: Reign, “Abandoned” – Season 2, Episode 19

In Reign, “Abandoned,” French boys were taken hostage by a group of Protestants and Condé was implicated as a co-conspirator to their kidnapping.

Francis was infuriated by the kidnapping and Condé was convinced that Francis would have him killed, so in an attempt to save his life, Condé made a foolish decision and secretly married Queen Elizabeth.

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The Bechdel, Russo, and Race Test: Reign, “Fugitive” – Season 2, Episode 20

In Reign, “Fugitive,” Leith worked on securing an annulment for Greer, and he received help from a very unlikely source, namely, Claude.

Claude caught Leith trying to steal from the French crown and she used this information to blackmail him into taking her to a visit a man whom her mother had prohibited her from seeing. Turns out, her mom had banned her from seeing this man for a good reason.…

The Bechdel, Russo, and Race Test: Reign, “The Siege” – Season 2, Episode 21

The fate of Francis and Mary looked bleak in Reign, “The Siege.” The two, alongside their court, had to take shelter and barricade themselves within the castle walls as Condé had staged a coup against Francis and had stationed 900 men outside of his castle. And the question is, who will survive next week’s finale?

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 “The Siege” did not pass the Bechdel, Russo or…

The Bechdel, Russo, and Race Test: Reign, “Burn” – Season 2, Episode 22

In the finale of Reign, season 2, Mary singlehandedly toppled Condé’s rebellion. She accomplished this by first tricking Condé into believing that she was pregnant with his child and was in need of his protection, and once he believed that she was siding with him, she poisoned his soldiers’ wine, spread a rumor that the plague was in his encampment, and she stabbed Condé. Mary’s actions caused…

The Bechdel, Russo and Race Test: Whale Rider

Whale Rider just barely passed the Bechdel test. There were several women, and they did talk to each other, but the few times they spoke to each other their conversations almost always revolved around men (either directly or indirectly). However, there were a few sentences that did not relate to men such as at the beginning of the movie when some Maori women were playing cards and Pai scolded…

The Bechdel, Russo, and Race Test: Fish Tank

Fish Tank easily passed the Bechdel test. The film had a large female cast with a White teenage woman as the protagonist, and while a male played a substantial part in the plot, the women’s world did not revolve around him. In fact, when the female cast spoke to each other they hardly ever mentioned him or any other male. However, while the film did pass the Bechdel test, it did not pass…

The Bechdel, Russo and Race Test: Wadjda

Wadjda tells the story of a 10 year old girl in Saudi Arabia who wants a bike.  The Bechdel, Russo, and Race Test Wadjda passes the Bechdel and race test but does not pass the Russo test. Wadjda passes the Bechdel test because most of the cast is female and there are several occasions where named women have conversations with each other without ever mentioning men. The film also passes the race…

The Bechdel, Russo, and Race Test: The Invisible Woman

The Invisible Woman failed to pass the Russo and race test, but passed the Bechdel test. There was one non-White character in The Invisible Woman who spoke a single line to a White woman and there were absolutely no LGBT characters in the film so The Invisible Woman obviously failed to pass the race and Russo test. Then, when it came to the representation of women, there were several female…