"This is intended as a joke"... but it sounds like you think it is based on truth somewhere, and it feels like you think Bechdel test is the joke here. Also, "it's a joke" doesn't mean it's not stupid or that it's funny. Nevertheless, there's a lot of guys out there who think this is important and should be taken seriously. Apparently there's a lot of people out there who think this is an accurate description of how things are.



Now, Bechdel test was really simple. "Two females talk about something other than men". In the original the females didn't even need to have a name. Your list is really complicated.



males in the film must not be treated as disposable or act for women's benefit

fathers must not be portrayed as stupid, useless or incompetent

the movie must not relate everything negative to males, and positive to females



Even so, most movies in existence pass your test. Like Shawshank Redemption, Field of Dreams, all Godfather movies, all superhero movies, LOTR, and so on and so forth. Movies that don't pass Kuku test are fewer than movies that don't pass Bechdel test.



Also, we already have "the reverse Bechdel test" (two males talk about something other than women). There are movies that don't pass, but those are very few.

Movies that won't pass "the reverse Kuku test" on the other hand...



"movies and tv shows continously portray men as stupid, assholes, unreliable, deadbeat dads, murderers, rapists, and outright disposable, while women are always inteligent, reliable, good and valuable"

I understand what you are saying. There definitely is a tendency to that, especially when it comes to fathers, and especially when it comes to ads. The portrayal of people is horrible in ads.

But it still is so that white males get 2/3 of all the roles in movies and television. When you only have the token females, and most of them are the hero's girlfriend, mother, sister, daughter or someone he needs to save, it's hard to make her bad one. I mean, why would he protect an a-hole? Or date one? And don't even think anything bad about his mother! You will find a good man in most movies and tv-series, someone male who is honorable and admirable.

I mean, I'm watching a tv series right now, where the hero is a male, a very good man. His father was just as good, and his adoptive father also. His father's friend - or fathers' friend - who is taking the role as the father figure, is also a good man. The villain is a man. There is another man with a large role, whom I haven't figured out if he's good or bad. I suspect he's the arch villain. There are two women there. One is the hero's "sister" and other the love interest. Now, all the bad guys are guys, most of them stupid or incompetent - as is the norm, how would the heroes otherwise beat them? Neither of these ladies is depicted as bad, though they are by no means depicted as perfect. Both have character flaws. But this series would pass your test. Competent, good, worthy father figures, admirable males, females are there to support the males in their endeavors, not the other way around. Some men are treated as disposable, but not all. Frankly, you could remove everyone except the hero and the villain. Both are men.



I just don't agree with you about that "all these things DO happen A LOT". Just as I don't agree with you that "bumbling dad trope" isn't sexist or misandric. Of course it is.



Is Bechdel test testing if a movie is sexist toward females? No. Is it a test to find out if the movie industry hates women or is trying to be sexist? No. Is it a test to see if a movie is feminist? Heavens no. :-D Bechdel test doesn't test the quality of female representation.

Is Bechdel test stupid? No. Why? Wouldn't you agree half the world population is female? Why isn't half the movie characters female? Why are most of the few female characters in movies someone's girlfriend, sister, mother, daughter? Why do you think it's normal, acceptable, OK, as it should be, if the only female characters in the movie only discuss the male characters?



IF YOU THINK IT'S OK, WHY ARE YOU CALLING GHOST BUSTERS MALE BASHING, WHEN IT PORTRAYS MEN AS MOST MOVIES PORTRAY WOMEN? if Ghostbusters is male bashing, most of the movies existing are female bashing.



No, Ghost busters doesn't portray every male character as stupid, a-hole or both. Actually, it portrays most characters as normal human beings. Yes, normal human beings can be a-holes, and usually are.

Yes, they have a blond stupid secretary. A lot of movies do. Is that sexist? Or is it sexist only when this secretary is male?



Yes, the villain is male. Is that sexist?

It doesn't portray all females as good guys.

No, Ghost busters isn't sexist.



Asking for two (2) women who talk about something not men is hardly "gynocentrism". Neither Bechdel nor feminism is asking for men to be discriminated against. Neither is asking for perfect female characters. On the contrary. Who wants to be perfect? I am asking for realistic portrayal of women in movies and tv-series. That is, half the characters. A female hero for every male hero. A female villain for every male villain. Let women be as diverse as men, as weak and worthless, as fallible and faulty. Let women be as much cannon fodder and disposable as men, just as long as you have the indispensable ones as well. The gender differences are very small, and in most areas these don't exist.