I found Thelma & Louise, an American crime drama, to be an interesting, positive movie. It seems to me, everything in the film has the intention to deliver a strong message to its female audience. Thelma & Louise is an excellent movie because it manages to show both the fun aspects of a road trip and its dark side, such as rape, trauma, getting robbed, and crimes against females. Watching this movie reminded me of Brian Tracy’s book “Eat that Frog!”. In this book, he asks, “How do you eat an elephant?” and he immediately answers,” One bite at a time!” (Tracy 14). The 1991 movie Thelma & Louise, directed by Ridley Scott, reminded me of a big elephant. I had to analyze this big elephant of the world of cinema, bite-by-bite, sequence-by-sequence, …show more content…
The screenwriter Callie Khouri, also won a Golden Globe in 1992 for best screenplay. Some people believe that this movie is an anti-men movie, I do not agree with them; instead, I believe its a women empowering movie; it encourages women to take action in their lives and not wait for anyone to rescue them. The movie encourages women to dream big and believe in themselves. Thelma & Louise is not based on a real story, but I am sure every woman can relate to a sequence that might resemble her life.
In this incredible movie, the major themes are freedom, women empowerment, and independency. I’m watching two friends who have nothing in common but their friendship. Thelma is a dependent immature housewife and her biggest challenge in life is keeping everything clean in her house. In addition, she is not able to make any decisions in life by herself. Her biggest accomplishment is planning to go on a trip with her close friend, Louise; this is very new to her as she does not go anywhere without her husband. On the other hand, Louise is an independent woman, who is bossy and does not need any help to survive in society. It appears that the reason behind this trip was to simply have fun, but to me that is not the real reason for leaving home. They want to go on that trip since their partner have been ignoring them and they are fed up with their life. They are both very lonely, maybe not physically since Thelma has a husband, Darryl
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One of the most influential philosophers, Immanuel Kant, introduced the term, Transcendental. According to Kent, "I call all knowledge transcendental if it is occupied, not with objects, but with the way that we can possibly know objects even before we experience them." (Critique of Pure Reason A12). Once Thelma and Louise experienced what it is to make their own choices and take responsibility for their own actions, they realized they have experienced something new that they never felt it before. They tasted freedom. Therefore, there is no reason to go back. In the last part of the movie, where the police cars and the helicopter were chancing their car, Thelma and Louise knew that the road had came to an end; the car goes over the cliff of Grand Canyon. They chose to be free. I believe Ridley Scott makes it easy for me to understand what these ladies are doing is necessary to their freedom and
Thelma Mothershed was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mother-shed. She went to Dunbar Junior High and Horace Mann High Schools and finished her lesser year at Central High School. With a specific end goal to win the vital credits for graduation, she took correspondence courses and went to summer school in St. Louis. She got her certificate from Central High School via mail. Mothershed moved on from Southern Illinois University, Carbondale in 1964 and earned her Master's degree in Guidance and
Your eyes finally adjust to the darkroom and you see that Ruby got your pants and underwear completely off. As she stands up you see she's completely naked. You see her c sized breast her nipples are hard as diamonds. She has a very cute pussy and natural red pubic hair She spreads her sexy legs show her pretty little pussy. She doesn't say anything she starts crawling on top of you. She then swings her legs over your face and positions her pussy right in front of you. Right in front of your eyes see her pink pussy before you can do anything. She starts working on your cock again getting it back to life and putting it back in her mouth.
I feel that this film is neither anti-male nor anti-female. Although I do not think it is anti-male it does put men in a negative light and makes them seem stupid. Some examples of this are the truck driver on the high way. He is disgusting and is twirling his tongue at them making sexual remakes. He is portrayed like a pig and has seems to be very stupid. Another example of this is the cop who they lock in the trunk. Some more examples are Thelma’s husband who is very stupid and controlling. All of the men in the movie fit the male stereotype as stupid, controlling, mean, and only want sex. I do think the men were stereotyped and definitely put in a negative light, but that is something women face all the time in movies and media and that
One of the most noticeable features that you can see from both of these films, was the social context of gender equality and the form of attention that this plays in the film. In La la land, the two main characters, Mia, played by Emma Stone, and Sebastian, played by Ryan Gosling, both of opposite sexes, share equal footing in the role as the main characters in the film. They both share the spotlight in the making and no character is less as minimum as the other. This, in the current day and age, is to be expected as gender equality and identification of sexes, play a massive role in the issues abiding people today, and is acting as a very controversial and sensitive topic that people debate on. In response to this controversial topic, La la land, has no sign of gender inequality which is very interesting in it’s matter.
Throughout this film, it emphasizes a lot on women being the “other” and how women are being enforced in society’s ideology of being inferior to men and being a subject to sexualization. This film clearly expresses the idea that Thelma and Louise are the “other” upon the male subjects. The entire two hour film involves the friends trying to escape from murdering Harlan, a white man. From an extrospective view, this film is entirely about Harlan's murder and trying to catch his murderers. Just like what de Beauvoir claims in her writing, “...and man defines woman not in herself but as relative to him; she is not regarded as an autonomous being...She is defined and differentiated with reference to man and not he with reference to her ” (Beauvoir 16). Although the overall picture of the film seems to be focusing on Thelma and Louise, from another perspective the entire film can be about catching Harlan’s murderers.
When reading Annie Baker’s “The Flick,” it was difficult to avoid the level of engagement that the author planned for with an audience. It is said that Annie Baker who now lives in New York has become one of the freshest voices in American theater. There are several deliberate choices that Annie Baker arranges in relation to the action and the characters that contributes to the success of the play. “The Flick” acts like a mirror that forces us to reflect and take a profound look at ourselves and the world we live in. In unison, when all of these elements are combined the culminating result is a play that does not necessarily need to be seen to be labeled as exceptional in the way Baker accounts for engagement with an audience.
By the film's end, Louise embodies a cowboy's rugged masculinity through her appearance—grimy, with disheveled red hair, torn jeans, and a stained shirt--signifying a departure from norms rather than a sexual statement, differing from Ennis's expression of masculinity. Throughout the film, Louise's unique gender identity becomes evident, drawing attention and manipulation from men like Harlan and J.D., who view Thelma as a target and Louise as an impediment. Even Louise’s boyfriend Jimmy, despite his love and desire to marry her, aborts his proposal, recognizing her commitment to Thelma over a conventional life with him. In "Thelma & Louise," the portrayal of masculinity diverges from traditional associations with violence. Characters like Louise embody a form of masculinity that allows for the expression of romantic and sexual feelings towards the same sex without descending into violence towards each other.
Section A: Analyse the treatment of bonds between men and bonds between women in Thelma and Louise The film Thelma and Louise, directed by Ridley Scott and released in 1991 (Dir. Ridley Scott, 1991), is a movie that challenges gender expectations. It features two belligerent female protagonists, Thelma and Louise, who move away from the stereotypical ideas of a woman. Thelma is married to an over controlling and unappreciative husband who cares not for her, while Louise has relationship troubles with her boyfriend Jimmy who is always away.
The love between Thelma and Louise is more than a friendship. They share everything with each other; in some respects they are each other, they display Cicero’s “second self” by using each other’s experiences to grow or learn from. The empathy between Thelma and Louise plays a major role in their friendship and can be described in the way Kari Kampakis says “Our girlfriends can't save us, for only God can do that, but girlfriends can help make a tragedy bearable. They can read our mind and our emotions, intuitively recognize what needs to be done -- then do it.” The girls, in many instances, show empathy towards each other throughout the troublesome situations and hardships they encounter. The bond between Thelma and Louise is one of attachment and devotion, just as the bond between Naomi and Ruth is in The Book of Ruth. Ruth tells Naomi “Do not press me to leave you or to turn back from following
Thelma and Louise is no ordinary road trip movie, the dynamic duo start their road trip in order to take a break from their selfish partners after feeling they are not being treated properly. While out of town they find themselves at a bar, several drinks and flirtations later Thelma finds herself in trouble with the local bar rapist, Louise comes to her rescue to only end up killing the man. While the viewer could see this was a moment of self defense for her friend, the women worried the local cops wouldn't see it their way so they fled the scene yet still managing to be scene. The movie continues exploring the different reactions and cchanges between both Thelma and Louise while on the run.
According to Rapping, Thelma & Louise is a film that opened up feminism in earnest. Also, Rapping believed that the effects of the film have had a profound impact on feminist thinking about gender discrimination and sexuality issues that have been in the public eye for the last 20 years. There are scenes of Thelma & Louise in violent scenes from the movie; They commit crimes such as murdering a rapist, stealing money from a mart, and putting a police officer in the trunk of a car. If Thelma & Louise were men, not women, they would not have thought that no one would have fought in a violent scene and that it was a problematic scene. In this regard, it can be seen that the difference in the point of view of women and men at that time is quite
Dying at the age of 89, I've been through, and seen a lot. I'm Lauren Bacall, known to have the most inspirational and unique acting of my time. I've gone through more than your typical "perfect happy star who won many awards and is known for the best sultry looks.” I was born in New York City, September 16, 1924. As a young child my father, William, was an alcoholic. I was an only child. He left my mother and me when I was only six years old. From a young age I was fascinated with theatres and movie-making. Lauren Bacall." Biography.com. Bio, n.d. Web. 1 Apr. 2015.
Earlier in the film, Thelma persuades Louise to stop at a roadhouse to have drinks. A man named Harlan approaches Thelma and Louise while they are at a table and attempts to pick them up by calling them "dolls". He objectifies them and Louise immediately notices. She tries to ignore him while Thelma accepts his gestures. Thelma and Harlan dance on the dance floor for most of the evening. Later on, in the parking lot, Harlan comes on to Thelma aggressively and attempts to rape her. Louise catches him and immediately pulls a gun out of her purse and shoots him after he yells obscenities at them. This is a turning point for Thelma. After looking at the event in retrospect, she comes to terms with herself and realizes that she has been portrayed as a sex object.
Thelma and Louise "Thelma and Louise" dramatises the ongoing battle of the sexes, or rather, women's struggle against men in a patriarchal society. This was the only reason for its success. Write a review of the film in which you comment on this statement. The feminist film "Thelma and Louise" was produced in 1991.
The star of the film, Linda Lovelace portrayed a woman who was able to reach orgasm by performing oral sex because her clitoris was located in the back of her throat. He film gained enormous notoriety and was one of the highest grossing adult films ever released. Despite it success, the film was banned in 23 states and spurred many of the obscenity legislation still in place today.