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James Nicholson

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Childish

Overall
3 out of 5 stars
Performance
3 out of 5 stars
Story
2 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 09-02-23

Only about 30 minutes in, but the characters and dialogue are too one dimensional for me to be willing to continue.

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Terrible

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1 out of 5 stars
Performance
1 out of 5 stars
Story
1 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 07-07-22

Unrealistic. Inane. I listened for about 10 minutes and could not bear the immaturity of the characters, who were supposedly adults and professionals.

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Outdated language

Overall
2 out of 5 stars
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2 out of 5 stars
Story
2 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 02-07-21

Consistently uses “men” when it (presumably) means “people”. Unless women didn’t think, act, or ever speak in Ancient Greece.

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Passes the Bechdel Test

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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
Story
4 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 09-07-20

Passes the Bechdel Test https://bechdeltest.com

I’m not sure this needed the star casting, but it was a decent story. It may have had a few too many different threads in it to be able to go deep with any of them.

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Does not pass the Bechdel Test

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4 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
Story
4 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 03-27-20

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Does not pass the Bechdel Test — whether a work features at least two women who talk to each other about something other than a man.

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Does not pass the Bechdel Test

Overall
4 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
Story
4 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 03-27-20

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Does not pass the Bechdel Test — whether a work features at least two women who talk to each other about something other than a man.

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Does not pass the Bechdel Test

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4 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
Story
4 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 03-27-20

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Does not pass the Bechdel Test — whether a work features at least two women who talk to each other about something other than a man.

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Passed the betchel test

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4 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
Story
4 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 02-05-20

Passes the betchel test. Not Connie Willis’s best, but still enjoyable.

Heteronormative and assumes binary gender

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Fails the Bechdel test

Overall
4 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
Story
4 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 12-11-19

Fails the Bechdel test, which is whether a work features at least two women who talk to each other about something other than a man.

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Fails the Bechdel test

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3 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars
Story
3 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 12-11-19

Fails the Bechdel test, which is whether a work features at least two women who talk to each other about something other than a man.

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