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3 comments:
I was intrigued to find that Kerrilynn found Thelma and Louise to be empowering. I, myself, find it difficult to move past the ending: babes who push borders and boundaries frequently find themselves pushing the borders and boundaries of life. Smanatha Jones --> breast cancer. Thelma and Louise --> suicide. The message I receive is that babes who push borders and boundaries are punished. Step out of line, and you'll be disciplined.
But perhaps I've been reading too much Foucault.
I agree with the above comment. Although Thelma and Louise certainly pushed back boundaries, and paved the way for women to follow them - in the end they felt that they had no other way out than to end their lives....There's a common trend with the portrayal of bad girls in the media...they get cancer, they get raped, murdered, etc etc....coincidence? I think not. Though Thelma and Louise are amazingly strong and couragious women, their characters also show that the only options for women who step out of line is punishment or death.
well yeah... but one could say the same thing about butch cassidy and the sundance kid or any other of a range of 'men outlaws on the road' films (to say nothing of bonnie and clyde and other mixed gender couples)... and i think that reading pop culture isn't an either/or choice - and that the reading is quite different depending on what one emphasizes... so - emphasizing the refusal of gender roles as they've lived them till that point (Daryl and Jimmy, clothes and makeup - an astonishing change to watch throughout the film, the kiss at the end...) all lead this viewer to celebrate thelma and louise - the characters and the film :)
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