The Music Bechdel: Sia, This is Acting
This is Acting is Sia’s seventh studio album, released in January 2016. The second single, “Cheap Thrills” was Sia’s first number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart.
The Music Bechdel: Shania Twain, Up!
I don’t think I’ve ever listened to Up all the way through and I really enjoyed it. Give this album a listen if you haven’t, it’s a good one.
The Music Bechdel: Taylor Swift, Red
It is one of my favorite Taylor Swift albums and it is her next re-release coming in November, so the first album I’m putting through the Music Bechdel is Red by Taylor Swift.
Introducing The Music Bechdel
The world was introduced to the Bechdel Test in 1985. It was initially created as a way to measure films by three criteria. In 2021, I’m adapting it and applying it to another art form.
Musical Performance in Mainstream Television
Have you ever been watching a tv show and suddenly there is this random musical number (or even a whole musical episode) that doesn’t quite fit? I’ve noticed it a more than a few times and it is just the strangest thing. The reason for musical numbers may not be initially obvious, but it’s there if we look for it.
How Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist Translates Musical Theatre to Television
Created by Austin Winsberg and starring Jane Levy as Zoey, Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist is undoubtedly one my new favorite shows on television.
Women in Entertainment: “If I Was a Man, Then I’d Be the Man”
I constantly worry that someone will find out that I’m a fraud. Am I? Of course not.