Mo Movie Measure--the Sequel
Way back in March I did a post about the Mo Movie Measure, which talks about movies where 1) there are at least two female characters with names, who 2) talk to each other sometime in the course of the movie, about 3) something other than a man.
Jaibe has posted in comments to that thread that the cartoon itself has now been posted on Alison Bechel's blog.
Love the web!
Though it turns out Mo isn't actually involved in Mo's Movie Measure at all:
Julie from Portland, OR, kindly emailed us to let us know that lefty blogs like Pandagon have been discussing the Mo Movie Measure a film-going concept that originated in an early DTWOF strip, circa 1985. We were excited to hear that someone still remembers this 20-year-old chestnut.But alas, the principle is misnamed. It appears in "The Rule," a strip found on page 22 of the original DTWOF collection. Mo actually doesn't appear in DTWOF until two years later. Her first strip can be found half-way through More DTWOF. Alison would also like to add that she can't claim credit for the actual "rule." She stole it from a friend, Liz Wallace, whose name is on the marquee in the comic strip, reprinted below.
And I just want you to know (because I'm like that) that my blog comes up as the number two hit in the Google search for Mo Movie Measure. Higher than Pandagon. So even though they clearly work harder, post more stuff, and have more readers, I have totally beaten them in this important area.