mako mori test
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Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.74 in modern English
20
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12
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2
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9
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Meaning
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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.
Example Sentences
- "But what stood out most to me was how the film [Gravity] proves we need The Mako Mori Test."
- "It [Run Lola Run] does pass the Mako Mori test though, because Lola is motivated by her boyfriend's safety, her actions do not always impact his story arc."
- "Below is just one take, and uses the established Bechdel and Mako Mori tests to assess whether a work is feminist/representative."
Etymology
Named after the character Mako Mori from the film Pacific Rim (2013) by a Tumblr user known as "Chaila", who thought that the older Bechdel test was sometimes insufficient for measuring the representation of women in films.