How Many Movie Characters Have Your Name?

Posted on August 23, 2020 at 8:00 am

On Twitter I asked people to tell me their favorite movie character with their name. I got a lot of great answers and some surprising “none” answers, which led me to this study. Type in a name and see how many movies have a character by that name. The implications for gender and race and ethnicity of movie characters are illuminating.

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