'Two men talking to each other about the female protagonist of an Alice Munro story in a screenplay structured on a Jane Austen novel = pass,' she said.Even Alison Bechdel, 61, joined in, tweeting the film passed because she ruled there was a new category.The backlash was immediate, with many pointing that the film was not about women, and gay Asian men are significantly underrepresented on screen.
'So #FireIslandMovie gets an F- on the Bechdel test in a whole new way,' she tweeted.She said that it failed the Bechdel Test - which requires at least two women, who talk to each other about something other than a man.Rosin on Monday tweeted criticism of the film Fire Island, which is loosely based on Pride and Prejudice, and tells the story of a group of gay Asian men.Queer author Hanna Rosin is forced to apologize for complaining that a new Hulu movie about gay Asian men vacationing on Fire Island doesn't feature enough women
