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JEFFREY GRANT BARR from Central OR is reading Nothing but fucking Shakespeare, for the rest of my life November 19, 2012 - 2:11pm

I'd never heard of the Bechdel Test before this morning:

http://bechdeltest.com/

http://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/bechdel-test-passed

has anyone heard of any other algorithims that can be run against lit/movies? I know there are grade-level/reading level tests you can run text through, but I don't find those actionable.

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Seb from Thanet, Kent, UK November 19, 2012 - 2:15pm

I knew a guy once who got fed up at work, so the day he left he took a shit in the kettle. Does that help?

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JEFFREY GRANT BARR from Central OR is reading Nothing but fucking Shakespeare, for the rest of my life November 19, 2012 - 2:21pm

No. I already know you're a moron, so no new info there.

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Seb from Thanet, Kent, UK November 19, 2012 - 2:26pm

Touchy?

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avery of the dead from Kentucky is reading Cipher Sisters November 19, 2012 - 2:26pm

Hahahahahahahahahahah!

 

I'd not heard of that either, but it is sort of interesting.

 

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jyh from VA is reading whatever he feels like November 19, 2012 - 6:04pm

I've heard of that test, but no others come to mind.

That list shows that such activity is well-represented in contemporary cinema.

EDIT --- Not a test, but there's the xenotext. I did a thread on it and got zer0 comments.

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Mess_Jess from Sydney, Australia, living in Toronto, Canada is reading Perfect by Rachael Joyce November 19, 2012 - 5:55pm

Ha, Seb! trollolololol. 

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Korey November 20, 2012 - 2:48pm

Hey Jeffrey,

Are you in the History of Sexualities class at PSU with Professor Huchison? She posted a link to this today and it was the first I’d ever heard of it.

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JEFFREY GRANT BARR from Central OR is reading Nothing but fucking Shakespeare, for the rest of my life November 20, 2012 - 3:03pm

Korey,

  No, I am not. I wish... ah, college days. So much drinking and screwing.