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submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 48 points 4 months ago (2 children)

The Lord of the Rings passes the Bechdel test!

[–] [email protected] 16 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I thought the characters had to be named in the work itself to pass

[–] [email protected] 28 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Actually the girl's name is Freda, her mother calls her name when she escapes the raided village

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago

Test passed then!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Lol is that legitimately the only time two female characters talk?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 months ago

Yep.
And since the scene wasn't even scripted in the books, it looks like something Peter Jackson added on purpose to pass the test in the most comical way