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** One '87 strip leading up to the group participating in a Pride March has them greeted by two cowboys, who they mistake for anti-queer bigots but discover are a couple, several years before ''Film/BrokebackMountain'' popularized the image of gay cowboys in the mainstream.
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** One '87 strip leading up to the group participating in a Pride March has them greeted by two cowboys, who they mistake for anti-queer bigots homophobes but discover are a couple, several years before ''Film/BrokebackMountain'' popularized the image of gay cowboys in the mainstream.
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** Adding to that, the intention of it was also to highlight how difficult it is for lesbians to connect with film characters, since, if a film fails the test, then it shows that a film either has no women in it, or that the only women there are - explicitly or implicitly - heterosexual. A lot of people, assuming that the test was about how feminist a film was, started criticising the test because "lmao does this mean that lesbian porn can pass the test??", ignoring that, if a function of the test is to see if there's the potential for lesbian characters in a film, then lesbian porn would obviously pass.
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** Adding to that, the intention of it was also to highlight how difficult it is for lesbians to connect with film characters, since, if a film fails the test, then it shows that a film either has no women in it, or that the only women there are - explicitly (as in, the female characters talk to each other, but ONLY about men) or implicitly (the women never speak to each other) - heterosexual. A lot of people, assuming that the test was about how feminist a film was, started criticising the test because "lmao does this mean that lesbian porn can pass the test??", ignoring that, if a function of the test is to see if there's the potential for lesbian characters in a film, then lesbian porn would obviously pass.
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* MisaimedFandom: People will sometimes say a movie is good and feminist because it passes UsefulNotes/TheBechdelTest or bad and sexist because it does not. However, Bechdel herself never intended it to be used that way. The point of the test was to attack Hollywood for not making very many films that would pass the test, rather than condemn individual movies for failing or praise individual movies for passing.
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* MisaimedFandom: People will sometimes say a movie is good and feminist because it passes UsefulNotes/TheBechdelTest or bad and sexist because it does not. However, Bechdel herself never intended it to be used that way. The point of the test was to attack Hollywood for not making very many films that would pass the test, rather than condemn individual movies for failing or praise individual movies for passing.passing.
** Adding to that, the intention of it was also to highlight how difficult it is for lesbians to connect with film characters, since, if a film fails the test, then it shows that a film either has no women in it, or that the only women there are - explicitly or implicitly - heterosexual. A lot of people, assuming that the test was about how feminist a film was, started criticising the test because "lmao does this mean that lesbian porn can pass the test??", ignoring that, if a function of the test is to see if there's the potential for lesbian characters in a film, then lesbian porn would obviously pass.
** Adding to that, the intention of it was also to highlight how difficult it is for lesbians to connect with film characters, since, if a film fails the test, then it shows that a film either has no women in it, or that the only women there are - explicitly or implicitly - heterosexual. A lot of people, assuming that the test was about how feminist a film was, started criticising the test because "lmao does this mean that lesbian porn can pass the test??", ignoring that, if a function of the test is to see if there's the potential for lesbian characters in a film, then lesbian porn would obviously pass.
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** James nicknames his sister's girlfriend, Sheila, [[WesternAnimation/SheRaPrincessOfPower She-Ra]]. Nearly three decades later and [[WesternAnimation/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPower the reboot]] would make the actual She-Ra a lesbian. [[note]] Furthering that parralel, that reboot actually got the derisive nickname "Dyke-ra" amongst people who thought the amount of LGBT relationships was just ''too big''. [[/note]]
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** James nicknames his sister's girlfriend, Sheila, [[WesternAnimation/SheRaPrincessOfPower She-Ra]]. Nearly three decades later and [[WesternAnimation/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPower the reboot]] would make the actual She-Ra a lesbian. [[note]] Furthering that parralel, parallel, that reboot actually got the derisive nickname "Dyke-ra" amongst people who thought the amount of LGBT relationships was just ''too big''. [[/note]]
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* MisaimedFandom: People will sometimes say a movie is good and feminist because it passes UsefulNotes/TheBechdelTest or bad and sexist because it does not. However, Bechedel herself never intended it to be used that way. The point of the test was to attack Hollywood for not making very many films that would pass the test, rather than condemn individual movies for failing or praise individual movies for passing.
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* MisaimedFandom: People will sometimes say a movie is good and feminist because it passes UsefulNotes/TheBechdelTest or bad and sexist because it does not. However, Bechedel Bechdel herself never intended it to be used that way. The point of the test was to attack Hollywood for not making very many films that would pass the test, rather than condemn individual movies for failing or praise individual movies for passing.
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Citation needed that politics cannot be added, especially in a very political comic. Also the gay cowboys example says the film made their image mainstream, not invented them.
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* HilariousInHindsight: James nicknames his sister's girlfriend, Sheila, [[WesternAnimation/SheRaPrincessOfPower She-Ra]]. Nearly three decades later and [[WesternAnimation/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPower the reboot]] would make the actual She-Ra a lesbian. [[note]] Furthering that parralel, that reboot actually got the derisive nickname "Dyke-ra" amongst people who thought the amount of LGBT relationships was just ''too big''. [[/note]]
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* HilariousInHindsight: HarsherInHindsight:
** A 1988 strip has Mo refusing to get out of bed "until the Electoral College is abolished and George Bush is impeached!" Bush Sr's son George W. Bush would have an even closer run-in with the Electoral College.
** 1996: Some of the comments made by Sydney and Mo about Pat Buchanan (that he's a lunatic who has no chance of winning, that his unpredictability keeps the Republicans off-base, whether he's a populist or a racist, that he's riding a wave of white supremacist voters, that he'll sneak into the Presidency if he's not taken seriously and if Republican voters don't compromise and vote for [Bill] Clinton) sound eerily similar to future comments made about Donald Trump in 2016.
* HilariousInHindsight:
** James nicknames his sister's girlfriend, Sheila, [[WesternAnimation/SheRaPrincessOfPower She-Ra]]. Nearly three decades later and [[WesternAnimation/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPower the reboot]] would make the actual She-Ra a lesbian. [[note]] Furthering that parralel, that reboot actually got the derisive nickname "Dyke-ra" amongst people who thought the amount of LGBT relationships was just ''too big''.[[/note]] [[/note]]
** One '87 strip leading up to the group participating in a Pride March has them greeted by two cowboys, who they mistake for anti-queer bigots but discover are a couple, several years before ''Film/BrokebackMountain'' popularized the image of gay cowboys in the mainstream.
** A 1988 strip has Mo refusing to get out of bed "until the Electoral College is abolished and George Bush is impeached!" Bush Sr's son George W. Bush would have an even closer run-in with the Electoral College.
** 1996: Some of the comments made by Sydney and Mo about Pat Buchanan (that he's a lunatic who has no chance of winning, that his unpredictability keeps the Republicans off-base, whether he's a populist or a racist, that he's riding a wave of white supremacist voters, that he'll sneak into the Presidency if he's not taken seriously and if Republican voters don't compromise and vote for [Bill] Clinton) sound eerily similar to future comments made about Donald Trump in 2016.
* HilariousInHindsight:
** James nicknames his sister's girlfriend, Sheila, [[WesternAnimation/SheRaPrincessOfPower She-Ra]]. Nearly three decades later and [[WesternAnimation/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPower the reboot]] would make the actual She-Ra a lesbian. [[note]] Furthering that parralel, that reboot actually got the derisive nickname "Dyke-ra" amongst people who thought the amount of LGBT relationships was just ''too big''.
** One '87 strip leading up to the group participating in a Pride March has them greeted by two cowboys, who they mistake for anti-queer bigots but discover are a couple, several years before ''Film/BrokebackMountain'' popularized the image of gay cowboys in the mainstream.
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* HilariousInHindsight: James nicknames his sister's girlfriend, Sheila, [[WesternAnimation/SheRaPrincessOfPower She-Ra]]. Nearly three decades later and [[WesternAnimation/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPower the reboot]] would make the actual She-Ra a lesbian.
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* HilariousInHindsight: James nicknames his sister's girlfriend, Sheila, [[WesternAnimation/SheRaPrincessOfPower She-Ra]]. Nearly three decades later and [[WesternAnimation/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPower the reboot]] would make the actual She-Ra a lesbian. [[note]] Furthering that parralel, that reboot actually got the derisive nickname "Dyke-ra" amongst people who thought the amount of LGBT relationships was just ''too big''. [[/note]]
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* HilariousInHindsight: James nicknames his sister's girlfriend, Sheila, [[WesternAnimation/SheRaPrincessOfPower She-Ra]]. Nearly three decades later and [[WesternAnimation/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPower the reboot]] would make the actual She-Ra a lesbian.
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Politics cannot be harsher or hilarious in hindsight, and gay cowboys were a thing before Brokeback Mountain, so none of these are legitimate.
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* HarsherInHindsight / HilariousInHindsight: With the strip being very tied to the politics of the week, much of it can end up looking strange from future events.
** A 1988 strip has Mo refusing to get out of bed "until the Electoral College is abolished and George Bush is impeached!" Bush Sr's son George W. Bush would have an even closer run-in with the Electoral College.
** One '87 strip leading up to the group participating in a Pride March has them greeted by two cowboys, who they mistake for anti-queer bigots but discover are a couple, several years before ''Film/BrokebackMountain'' popularized the image of gay cowboys in the mainstream.
** 1996: Some of the comments made by Sydney and Mo about Pat Buchanan (that he's a lunatic who has no chance of winning, that his unpredictability keeps the Republicans off-base, whether he's a populist or a racist, that he's riding a wave of white supremacist voters, that he'll sneak into the Presidency if he's not taken seriously and if Republican voters don't compromise and vote for [Bill] Clinton) sound eerily similar to future comments made about Donald Trump in 2016.
** A 1988 strip has Mo refusing to get out of bed "until the Electoral College is abolished and George Bush is impeached!" Bush Sr's son George W. Bush would have an even closer run-in with the Electoral College.
** One '87 strip leading up to the group participating in a Pride March has them greeted by two cowboys, who they mistake for anti-queer bigots but discover are a couple, several years before ''Film/BrokebackMountain'' popularized the image of gay cowboys in the mainstream.
** 1996: Some of the comments made by Sydney and Mo about Pat Buchanan (that he's a lunatic who has no chance of winning, that his unpredictability keeps the Republicans off-base, whether he's a populist or a racist, that he's riding a wave of white supremacist voters, that he'll sneak into the Presidency if he's not taken seriously and if Republican voters don't compromise and vote for [Bill] Clinton) sound eerily similar to future comments made about Donald Trump in 2016.
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* MisaimedFandom: People will sometimes say a movie is good and feminist because it passes UsefulNotes/TheBechdelTest or bad and sexist because it does not. However, Bechedel herself never intended it to be used that way. The point of the test was to attack Hollywood for not making very many films that would pass the test, rather than condemn individual movies for failing or praise movies for passing.
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* MisaimedFandom: People will sometimes say a movie is good and feminist because it passes UsefulNotes/TheBechdelTest or bad and sexist because it does not. However, Bechedel herself never intended it to be used that way. The point of the test was to attack Hollywood for not making very many films that would pass the test, rather than condemn individual movies for failing or praise individual movies for passing.
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* MisaimedFandom: People will sometimes say a movie is good and feminist because it passes UsefulNotes/TheBechedelTest or bad and sexist because it does not. However, Bechedel herself never intended it to be used that way. The point of the test was to attack Hollywood for not making very many films that would pass the test, rather than condemn individual movies for failing or praise movies for passing.
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* MisaimedFandom: People will sometimes say a movie is good and feminist because it passes UsefulNotes/TheBechedelTest UsefulNotes/TheBechdelTest or bad and sexist because it does not. However, Bechedel herself never intended it to be used that way. The point of the test was to attack Hollywood for not making very many films that would pass the test, rather than condemn individual movies for failing or praise movies for passing.
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* MisaimedFandom: People will sometimes say a movie is good and feminist because it passes TheBechedelTest or bad and sexist because it does not. However, Bechedel herself never intended it to be used that way. The point of the test was to attack Hollywood for not making very many films that would pass the test, rather than condemn individual movies for failing or praise movies for passing.
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* MisaimedFandom: People will sometimes say a movie is good and feminist because it passes TheBechedelTest UsefulNotes/TheBechedelTest or bad and sexist because it does not. However, Bechedel herself never intended it to be used that way. The point of the test was to attack Hollywood for not making very many films that would pass the test, rather than condemn individual movies for failing or praise movies for passing.
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** 1996: Some of the comments made by Sydney and Mo about Pat Buchanan (that he's a lunatic who has no chance of winning, that his unpredictability keeps the Republicans off-base, whether he's a populist or a racist, that he's riding a wave of white supremacist voters, that he'll sneak into the Presidency if he's not taken seriously and if Republican voters don't compromise and vote for [Bill] Clinton) sound eerily similar to future comments made about Donald Trump in 2016.
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** 1996: Some of the comments made by Sydney and Mo about Pat Buchanan (that he's a lunatic who has no chance of winning, that his unpredictability keeps the Republicans off-base, whether he's a populist or a racist, that he's riding a wave of white supremacist voters, that he'll sneak into the Presidency if he's not taken seriously and if Republican voters don't compromise and vote for [Bill] Clinton) sound eerily similar to future comments made about Donald Trump in 2016.2016.
* MisaimedFandom: People will sometimes say a movie is good and feminist because it passes TheBechedelTest or bad and sexist because it does not. However, Bechedel herself never intended it to be used that way. The point of the test was to attack Hollywood for not making very many films that would pass the test, rather than condemn individual movies for failing or praise movies for passing.
* MisaimedFandom: People will sometimes say a movie is good and feminist because it passes TheBechedelTest or bad and sexist because it does not. However, Bechedel herself never intended it to be used that way. The point of the test was to attack Hollywood for not making very many films that would pass the test, rather than condemn individual movies for failing or praise movies for passing.
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** One '87 strip leading up to the group participating in a Pride March has them greeted by two cowboys, who they mistake for homophobes but discover are a couple, several years before ''Film/BrokebackMountain'' popularized the image of gay cowboys in the mainstream.
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** One '87 strip leading up to the group participating in a Pride March has them greeted by two cowboys, who they mistake for homophobes anti-queer bigots but discover are a couple, several years before ''Film/BrokebackMountain'' popularized the image of gay cowboys in the mainstream.
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** 1996: Some of the comments made by Sydney and Mo about Pat Buchanan (that he's a lunatic who has no chance of winning, that his unpredictability keeps the Republicans off-base, whether he's a populist or a racist, or that he's a fascist who will sneak into the Presidency by not being taken seriously) sound eerily similar to future comments made about Donald Trump in 2016.
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** 1996: Some of the comments made by Sydney and Mo about Pat Buchanan (that he's a lunatic who has no chance of winning, that his unpredictability keeps the Republicans off-base, whether he's a populist or a racist, or that he's riding a fascist who will wave of white supremacist voters, that he'll sneak into the Presidency by if he's not being taken seriously) seriously and if Republican voters don't compromise and vote for [Bill] Clinton) sound eerily similar to future comments made about Donald Trump in 2016.
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* HarsherInHindsight / HilariousInHindsight: With the strip being very tied to the politics of the week, much of it can end up looking strange from future events.
** A 1988 strip has Mo refusing to get out of bed "until the Electoral College is abolished and George Bush is impeached!" Bush Sr's son George W. Bush would have an even closer run-in with the Electoral College.
** One '87 strip leading up to the group participating in a Pride March has them greeted by two cowboys, who they mistake for homophobes but discover are a couple, several years before ''Film/BrokebackMountain'' popularized the image of gay cowboys in the mainstream.
** 1996: Some of the comments made by Sydney and Mo about Pat Buchanan (that he's a lunatic who has no chance of winning, that his unpredictability keeps the Republicans off-base, whether he's a populist or a racist, or that he's a fascist who will sneak into the Presidency by not being taken seriously) sound eerily similar to future comments made about Donald Trump in 2016.
** A 1988 strip has Mo refusing to get out of bed "until the Electoral College is abolished and George Bush is impeached!" Bush Sr's son George W. Bush would have an even closer run-in with the Electoral College.
** One '87 strip leading up to the group participating in a Pride March has them greeted by two cowboys, who they mistake for homophobes but discover are a couple, several years before ''Film/BrokebackMountain'' popularized the image of gay cowboys in the mainstream.
** 1996: Some of the comments made by Sydney and Mo about Pat Buchanan (that he's a lunatic who has no chance of winning, that his unpredictability keeps the Republicans off-base, whether he's a populist or a racist, or that he's a fascist who will sneak into the Presidency by not being taken seriously) sound eerily similar to future comments made about Donald Trump in 2016.
