tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12212380.post67400409172820849..comments2024-02-12T01:15:24.204-07:00Comments on Heimlich Maneuvers: TNG Flashback: Sub Rosa DrHeimlichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03262819990645011292noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12212380.post-85099301008628724582020-01-11T04:51:14.600-07:002020-01-11T04:51:14.600-07:00It's great that you're using the Bechdel t...It's great that you're using the Bechdel test retroactively, but the fact that it did not enter popular culture until 16 years after this episode aired in 1994, and at the time was still considered "a joke in a lesbian comic strip" (Alison Bechdel's own words), would be a valid context to mention. Not that it invalidates the test, but that the writers, producers and audience would not have had that yardstick to measure by.sambsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12644725117909948716noreply@blogger.com