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If it's not super crucial to the story, I would leave it out. These are crazy times we live in, where people are sensitive about all kinds of minuscule and stupid stuff. Thus, I think it's better to avoid potential problems altogether, if possible.
I got a script request a couple of years ago from a company, and they told me that they liked my synopsis, but after receiving the script, they will have to see if it passes their test. Which was replacing all characters that appear in the first 10 pages from male to female. If the script works for the first 10 pages, they will read on, if not, then they will have to pass. This was a recent practice of theirs. If the script hinged too much on the masculinity of certain characters, then they don't want to be involved with such material. How wacky is that?
So keep your wedding, ordination, and circumcision scenes to page 11 or later. Got it.
I'm pretty sure the stuff I write would pass this particular test, but it does seem oddly one-sided. It's okay to be explicitly female (for example, giving birth) but not okay to be explicitly male (receiving a draft notice).
So keep your wedding, ordination, and circumcision scenes to page 11 or later. Got it.
I'm pretty sure the stuff I write would pass this particular test, but it does seem oddly one-sided. It's okay to be explicitly female (for example, giving birth) but not okay to be explicitly male (receiving a draft notice).
If it's not super crucial to the story, I would leave it out. These are crazy times we live in, where people are sensitive about all kinds of minuscule and stupid stuff. Thus, I think it's better to avoid potential problems altogether, if possible.
I got a script request a couple of years ago from a company, and they told me that they liked my synopsis, but after receiving the script, they will have to see if it passes their test. Which was replacing all characters that appear in the first 10 pages from male to female. If the script works for the first 10 pages, they will read on, if not, then they will have to pass. This was a recent practice of theirs. If the script hinged too much on the masculinity of certain characters, then they don't want to be involved with such material. How wacky is that?
That's the sort of company I have no interest in working with. Their "test" isn't worth the time it takes, which is barely any.
I'm fine with the Bechdel test. That actually helps identify a problem and address it. This watering down of gender doesn't achieve anything except let the company pat themselves on the back for "doing something" for equality.
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