'The Shawshank Redemption,' the Academy Award nominated 1994 prison drama is one of the best films ever made. It takes place largely in a men's prison from roughly 1947 to 1975, and -- therefore -- has a male-centric cast.
This seemed post-worthy to a stats account, for reasons that make no sense (unless they like getting ratioed into oblivion, that is).
In "The Shawshank Redemption" - there are only two female speaking roles, totaling about 10 seconds in a 2 hours and 22 min film pic.twitter.com/8jrOfTKd3D
— World of Statistics (@stats_feed) May 17, 2025
Oh no. Anyway.
Lefties like to use the Bechdel test to measure how diverse a movie is regarding female representation. In a major twist of irony, the 'creator' of the test—Alison Bechdel—says it was a joke, but the Left apparently doesn't listen to that woman.
The 14 Best Movies Ever Made That Have NO Female Characters:
— Byl Holte (@SirBylHolte) May 19, 2025
12 Angry Men (1957)
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
The Great Escape (1963)
The Thing (1982)
Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)
Das Boot (1981)
The Enemy Below (1957)
Lord of…
Quite the list.
I did notice there seemed to be way too much female dialog in that movie. Crazy it was that much I never realized it.
— Not the Bee (@Not_the_Bee) May 18, 2025
Heh.
One of them is his skank wife cheating on him
— Big Tom Callahan🇺🇸 (@CallahanAutoCo) May 18, 2025
Harsh, but accurate.
And why do you think that is? Might it be the location it takes place?
— DelilahM (@delilahmused) May 19, 2025
But a men's prison needs WOMEN!
About 93% of prison inhabitants are men, leaving 7% women. The Shawshank Redemption has about 68 roles with, conservatively, 25 speaking roles. 2 out of 25 is 8%. So women are actually overrepresented.
— Michael Chase Real (@MChaseReal) May 18, 2025
The greater crime is that if the women were written honestly, the two women…
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Oh look. Math.
A story in 2 parts pic.twitter.com/DSJiQUekNQ
— Jake (@DeRegul_8) May 17, 2025
BOOM.
It’s set in a men’s prison in the 1950’s… https://t.co/BSgLEeOKMY
— Arthur Boreman (yes, that Arthur Boreman) (@ArthurBoreman) May 18, 2025
They seemed to have glossed over that part.
A true testament to its greatness. https://t.co/jRmrprmgZS
— Jesse Kelly (@JesseKellyDC) May 18, 2025
EL. OH. EL.
Those are rookie numbers. https://t.co/ZTsHHZ3Ede pic.twitter.com/qazWRIbtO9
— Dan Minucci (@HouseofMourthia) May 18, 2025
'Master and Commander' is a great film. Take it from this woman.
Statistically, when you set a movie in a prison for housing male criminals, there are zero chicks. Do you have any other retarded opinions I can help you out with, stupid? https://t.co/0u9BgOSqgV
— Rex_Tudor_Coup (@iamgnurr) May 19, 2025
Oh, we're sure they do.
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