First of all I want to say that this is nasty and icky. Nastassia was only 21 and now we know she was sexually abused by her father when she was a kid. She doesn't like being touched my Malcolm McDowell... So...I cannot possibly let this movie pass Maisy test. Yuck.
Also, there animal abuse. A LOT OF IT. So much so that I'm nauseous. I can't believe they kept animals in those tiny showcases still in the 80s. And that black panther is so scared. So fucking scared.
V Bechdel test
V Mako Mori Test
O Sexy Lamp Test
Frankly, I don't know... can she? I kind of think she could be just a sexy lamp, and it would still be the same.
X The Crystal Gems Test
There is basically four major characters, and half of them are females.
It passes Bechdel test, Mako Mori test, and... er... does it pass the sexy lamp test? How can it pass Mako Mori but not the sexy lamp?
So... Irena speaks with other women. Alice speaks with other women. Female speaks with other women.
Irena could be a sexy lamp. Alice... maybe. Female? No. Is it enough that Female passes the sexy lamp test for the movie to pass it? Because the main character might not...
Irena has a story, Alice... er... Female? Yeah... but... hmm...
"It has to be a clear pass". So I suppose it's a no.
X F-Rating
X Sphinx Test
Rotten Tomatoes 61% - IMDb 6.1
X The Feldman Score
I think it got 0 points. MAYBE 1, if I'm being nice.
X Furiosa Test
Also, there animal abuse. A LOT OF IT. So much so that I'm nauseous. I can't believe they kept animals in those tiny showcases still in the 80s. And that black panther is so scared. So fucking scared.
V Bechdel test
V Mako Mori Test
O Sexy Lamp Test
Frankly, I don't know... can she? I kind of think she could be just a sexy lamp, and it would still be the same.
X The Crystal Gems Test
There is basically four major characters, and half of them are females.
It passes Bechdel test, Mako Mori test, and... er... does it pass the sexy lamp test? How can it pass Mako Mori but not the sexy lamp?
So... Irena speaks with other women. Alice speaks with other women. Female speaks with other women.
Irena could be a sexy lamp. Alice... maybe. Female? No. Is it enough that Female passes the sexy lamp test for the movie to pass it? Because the main character might not...
Irena has a story, Alice... er... Female? Yeah... but... hmm...
"It has to be a clear pass". So I suppose it's a no.
X F-Rating
X Sphinx Test
Rotten Tomatoes 61% - IMDb 6.1
X The Feldman Score
I think it got 0 points. MAYBE 1, if I'm being nice.
X Furiosa Test
X The Uphold Test
X The Rees Davies Test
X The White Test
V The Hagen Test
X The Koeze-Dottle Test
X The Peirce Test
V The Villarreal Test
X The Landau Test
X The Tauriel Test
X The Willis Test
O the MacGyver Test
X the Raleigh Becket Test
V Kuku test
X Molly Haskell:
There's sacrifice. She gives up life as a human being to save Oliver, and he gets to fuck her, too!
There's affliction. She has this terrible curse, which condemns her to live her life alone as an animal, but luckily she has her moment, being fucked while tied up. Because he loves her. Yeah, sure.
There's the triangle drama. She and Alice want the same man.
There is the "born sexy yesterday" trope
She doesn't have any friends. I thought Alice would be her friend, but no, she's just jealous. I thought Female would be her friend, but she was Paul's friend.
She is set apart from other women, as this exceptional and special magical creature, who is even exceptional and special as a magical creature, because she is innocent and pure and good.
She is portrayed as romantic, frail, innocent and beautiful.
But she eats.
There is a woman who isn't romantically connected or related to a male character. Female. (No, that's her name. It's pronounced "Fay-muh-leh".) Frankly, she was the only "real" person in the whole movie. Her interaction with Malcolm McDonald was very nice. Best part of the whole movie.
X Gender Bias Without Borders
V Gender Freedom:
X Gender Safety:
Are body shapes healthy and realistic? No.
Is everyone safe? No.
Are boys and girls treated respectfully? No.
Is the show free from the sexualization of children, objectification, unrealistic body standards and misogyny?
Sexualization of children, yes. Because Nastassia Kinski was 21, and that's an adult. It doesn't much matter that her male coactors were almost twice as old.
lots of nudity. And one of the nude ones, the nudest of them all, was also the youngest, Nastassia - 21. Twenty-one.
The scene in the bus was icky, with the guy staring at her. Objectification.
And why is she wearing that top that's practically see-through?
sexual innuendos
unwanted attention, comments on her looks - now, it's noted that that's asshole-y behavior, but - unnecessary. And then Alice goes on asking these sex questions, when she's obviously not comfortable about it. (And later Alice says "her type will always be fine". Her type. So, she knows she is virgin and obviously uncomfortable about sex and such things, but men are attracted to her, so she's a whore.)
And what's with those supertiny highcut shorts and wading boots? And of course she has to bend down.
nudity of both sexes. Except that he is very carefully cut at the navel, she is shown fully naked.
We also have plenty of lingerie scenes and bare breasts.
"lacking autonomy"... she moves to live with her brother. Then they for some reason just have to "discover" that the brother is a serial killer using the leopard as a weapon. "Because the dog went wild". Yeah, sure... that will certainly give you a warrant. The dog went wild.
For some reason she is homeless. No, they can not give her protection to catch a serial killer, no, she has to find a new home. The guy "will fix it". Obviously she moves in with him.
She tries to leave and he stops her and basically forces her back.
She goes to beg the housekeeper to tell her what to do. She refuses.
Then she goes and buys a train ticket and he follows and gets her back.
Also, during their first date, he just grabs her coke and pours it into a glass as if she was a kid. (Also, she says she doesn't eat meat, so he takes her to an oyster bar. *sigh*)
She doesn't have any thoughts, feelings, opinions or voice either. She likes animals. She likes drawing. Frankly, I agree with Alice about he being interested in her just because she is sexy. Which seems to be her only quality. "This is Irena" "She's mighty pretty". Not even hello.
And in the end she becomes a panther at the fucking animal prison with the caravan sized cages and cattle prods. Silent, beautiful, owned...
And when he ties her up he's deliberately hurting her... and just think how tightly the leopard will be tied up. More animal abuse.
And absolutely no foreplay.
And what's with the pool scene? There just so we get to see Annette O'Toole's breasts?
X Social Justice and Equality:
Oh, yes, there's even a fat woman in the movie! Gets a scene with John Heard!
Can every kid see someone like them? No
Does this show support social justice and equality in other ways? No.
Are people of color represented or is the cast all-white? Yes.
Is there any representation of other marginalized groups: disabled people, LGBTQ+ folks, different class backgrounds? No. Oh, well... there's this whore and the hotel congierce, whom, I suppose, could be said to represent "other marginalized groups and different class backgrounds".
Are children encouraged by the plots and characters to critique power structures, consumerism, environmental and social exploitation? No. Even animal preservation is presented as a shitty business.
B The Representation Test
Which says that this Representation Test doesn't really say much about the movie... Yes, it has good roles (well... acceptably good) for black people, and the MC is a woman. YAY! Not.
X The Vito Russo test
Does the film contain a character that is identifiably LGBT, and is not solely or predominantly defined by their sexual orientation or gender identity, as well as tied into the plot in such a way that their removal would have a significant effect?
X Kent test
Well... There is a black woman in this movie, who isn't a walking stereotype/trope, who has her own narrative arc... or sort of... but... is she there to "hold down" some male character or to "prop up" the white female character? I'm not sure I understand the meaning of those terms. She isn't fetished. She doesn't interact with other black females. She interacts with a black male, though. But this male is a police who is there to question and arrest her and she goes to prison. And basically for the crimes of the white male. So - er... It doesn't much matter that she was a friend, a housekeeper and an accomplish, does it?
X Aila test
O The Waithe Test
V The Ko Test
X The Villalobos Test
X The Deggans Test
Not really, no... there is two black characters among the first 10 characters mentioned at IMDb; Female and Detective Brandt, but Detective Brandt isn't really a main character.
X The Shukla Test
They talk about crime - one is a detective questioning the other about a crime... but I don't think it lasts five minutes.
V The Latif Test
Except that I don't know if Female is a magic stock character... Maybe she is.
So... how could it be better?
In every possible way.
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