English Explanatory Dictionary

Mako Mori test

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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  1. 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.

Word forms

Mako Mori test

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.

Related words

Bechdel test Smurfette principle Vito Russo test
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