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Thursday, November 7, 2013
Swedish cinemas launch feminist movie rating
Associated Press Writer
STOCKHOLM — You expect movie ratings to tell you whether a film contains nudity, sex, profanity or violence. Now movie theaters in equality-minded Sweden are introducing a new rating to highlight gender bias, or rather the absence of it. To get an “A’’ rating, a movie must pass the so-called Bechdel test, which means it must have at least two named female characters who talk to each other about something other than a man. “The entire ‘Lord of the Rings’ trilogy, all ‘Star Wars’ movies, ‘The Social Network,’ ‘Pulp Fiction’ and all but one of the ‘Harry Potter’ movies fail this test,” said Ellen Tejle, the director of Bio Rio, an arthouse movie theater in Stockholm’s trendy Sodermalm district. Bio Rio is one of four Swedish movie theaters that launched the new rating last month to draw attention to how few movies pass. Most visitors have reacted positively to the initiative “and for some people it has been an eye-opener,” said Tejle, reclining in one of Bio Rio’s cushy red seats. Beliefs about women’s roles in society are influenced by the fact that movie watchers rarely see “a female superhero or a female professor or person who makes it through exciting challenges and masters them,” Tejle said, noting that the rating doesn’t say anything about the quality of the film. “The goal is to see more female stories and perspectives on cinema screens.” The state-funded Swedish Film Institute supports the initiative, which is starting to
catch on. Scandinavian cable TV channel Viasat Film says it will start using the rat-
ings in its film reviews and has scheduled an “A’’ rated “Super Sunday” on Nov. 17, when it will show only films that pass the test, such as “The Hunger Games,” ‘’The Iron Lady” and “Savages.” The Bechdel test got its name from American cartoonist Alison Bechdel, who introduced the concept in her comic strip “Dykes to Watch Out For” in 1985. It has
been discussed among feminists and film critics since then, but Tejle hopes the “A’’ rating system will help spread awareness among moviegoers about how women are portrayed in films. In Bio Rio’s wood-paneled lobby, students Nikolaj Gula and Vincent Fremont acknowledged that most of their favorite films probably wouldn’t get an “A’’ rating. “I guess it does make sense, but to me it would not influence the way I watch films because I’m not so aware about these questions,” said Fremont, 29.
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The director of art-house movie theatre Bio Rio in Stockholm, Ellen Tejle holds a Bechdel test approval A certificate, in this photo dated Oct. 19, 2013.
Songwriter Dean Dillon honored as BMI Icon Associated Press Writer
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Dean Dillon arrives for the BMI Country Awards on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2013, in Nashville, Tenn. Dillion is being honored as a BMI Icon at the show.
NASHVILLE, Tennessee — Songwriter Dean Dillon penned hits for George Strait, George Jones, Kenny Chesney and other country music stars in his prolific career in Nashville and several of those artists honored him as the newest BMI Icon at Tuesday’s BMI Country Awards. Dillon has written more than 50 songs for Strait. The beloved singer paid homage with a medley of his Dillon-penned hits, including “The Chair,” ‘’Marina Del Ray,” and “Here For A Good
Time.” Chesney, Luke Bryan and Lee Ann Womack also performed some of Dillon’s songs at the annual event put on by Broadcast Music, Inc., a music rights management company. Rodney Clawson was named songwriter of the year for helping to write six of the year’s most performed country songs, including by Blake Shelton, Tim McGraw and Jason Aldean. Young country artist Hunter Hayes took home the song of the year award for his smash hit, “Wanted,” which was cowritten with Troy Verges.
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Balinese women performed traditional dance at Besakih Temple during a ritual ceremony that held in that temple. Besakih becomes one of national strategic tourism zone according to National Tourism Development Master Plan (Ripparnas).
Bali Post DENPASAR - Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy has been preparing the National Tourism Development Master Plan (Ripparnas) as the implementation of the mandate of the Law No.10/2009 on Tourism. Then, the national master plan should be resumed with the preparation of provincial and county master plan. As rationale, the development should be planned because a planned development is much better than sporadic development or the one without a plan. The Head of Tourism and Creative Economy Resources Development, Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy, I Gede Pitana, revealed it in the workshop entitled “Bali Tourism Development for the Future” in the Jaya Sabha Wantilan Hall, Official Residence of Governor of Bali, Tuesday (Nov 5).
Constitutionally, said Pitana, the National Tourism Master Plan played a very important role as an operational reference in tourism development. In the national master plan, we found the term National Tourist Destination (DPN), the National Tourism Development Zone (KPPN) and the National Tourism Strategic
Area (KSPN). It was said the national master plan effective from 2010 to 2025 contained six aspects that should be built in tourism, such as the national tourism destination zoning. “In the National Tourism Development Master Plan has been listed 50 National Tourist Destinations, where Bali is one of them. In the 50
National Tourist Destinations, there are 222 National Tourism Development Zones,” he explained. Of the 222 National Tourism Development Zones based on the particular criteria, it had been selected 88 National Tourism Development Zones considered strategic and then they were called the National Tourism Strategic Area. When preparing and selecting the National Tourism Strategic Area, he said, all provinces scrambled to get as many areas as possible because it would become the basis for further tourism development. “From the 88 National Tourism Strategic Area, Bali got the most,
namely 11 areas, because Bali is the main entrance, a window of tourism and a tourism powerhouse of Indonesia,” he said. Pitana added the National Tourism Strategic Area was the area having the primary function or potential for the development of national tourism where there were affected, influenced and influencing aspects. For example, it was considered good for the economic growth, cultural and natural resource preservation, carrying capacity improvement as well as in defense and security in the broadest sense. continued on page 6