Poem Analysis: Thelma And Louise
Thelma and Louise (1991)
The story includes the journey of two best friends who find comfort in each from their dreary and mundane domesticated lives. The need for escape and freedom is introduced right from the beginning when Thelma has to ask her husband to go away for the week. The desire for pleasure and escapism overwhelms them when they are away from the domestic sphere. They feel as if something is missing and want to have time by themselves to really figure out what that is.
Thelma is a housewife under the control of her husband of many years, submissive and sheltered. Louise is an independent, unmarried, low-income worker. Both women are unfulfilled. Louise seems to have a liberation that Thelma yearns for and admires, and …show more content…
You feel like you’ve got something to live for now?”
Buddy Movie
Cathy Griggers talks about Thelma and Louise losing their valuables as women of a lower middle class. They sacrifice security, their home, car, clothes and protection of their bodies by their men and the law, in exchange for each other.
"To me, the ending was symbolic, not literal ... We did everything possible to make sure you didn 't see a literal death. That you didn 't see the car land, you didn 't see a big puff of smoke come up out of the canyon. You were left with the image of them flying. They flew away, out of this world and into the mass unconscious. Women who are completely free from all the shackles that restrain them have no place in this world. The world is not big enough to support them ... I loved that ending and I loved the imagery. After all they went through, I didn 't want anybody to be able to touch them." (Callie Khouri) …show more content…
We can discuss what makes them transgress gender boundaries – the crimes committed against them by Men (mainly Harlan’s mistake) forces them to commit further crime to gain control of their bodies.
Bitches from Hell & Semiotics
Semiotics shows how Thelma and Louise internalize their idea of masculinity; they dress male and accumulate male possessions along their journey. The cars, guns, dirty denim, tough boots, men’s t-shirts and hats, with a touch of lipstick construct a butch-femme identity with multiple gender codes and signs to develop meaning. Performing their idea of masculinity, the clothing they wear mirrors their emotional states. The gestures and expressions that they perform reflect the sense of control and self-confidence associated with men in the traditional Western
Male figures
The film uses social satire to convey negative stereotypes of men (the men that are trying to keep Thelma and Louise trapped within their femininity, as subservient.)
The patriarchy they take to the road to escape from.
Feminine revenge is the ultimate drive of the narrative - the men end up getting what’s coming to
The story includes the journey of two best friends who find comfort in each from their dreary and mundane domesticated lives. The need for escape and freedom is introduced right from the beginning when Thelma has to ask her husband to go away for the week. The desire for pleasure and escapism overwhelms them when they are away from the domestic sphere. They feel as if something is missing and want to have time by themselves to really figure out what that is.
Thelma is a housewife under the control of her husband of many years, submissive and sheltered. Louise is an independent, unmarried, low-income worker. Both women are unfulfilled. Louise seems to have a liberation that Thelma yearns for and admires, and …show more content…
You feel like you’ve got something to live for now?”
Buddy Movie
Cathy Griggers talks about Thelma and Louise losing their valuables as women of a lower middle class. They sacrifice security, their home, car, clothes and protection of their bodies by their men and the law, in exchange for each other.
"To me, the ending was symbolic, not literal ... We did everything possible to make sure you didn 't see a literal death. That you didn 't see the car land, you didn 't see a big puff of smoke come up out of the canyon. You were left with the image of them flying. They flew away, out of this world and into the mass unconscious. Women who are completely free from all the shackles that restrain them have no place in this world. The world is not big enough to support them ... I loved that ending and I loved the imagery. After all they went through, I didn 't want anybody to be able to touch them." (Callie Khouri) …show more content…
We can discuss what makes them transgress gender boundaries – the crimes committed against them by Men (mainly Harlan’s mistake) forces them to commit further crime to gain control of their bodies.
Bitches from Hell & Semiotics
Semiotics shows how Thelma and Louise internalize their idea of masculinity; they dress male and accumulate male possessions along their journey. The cars, guns, dirty denim, tough boots, men’s t-shirts and hats, with a touch of lipstick construct a butch-femme identity with multiple gender codes and signs to develop meaning. Performing their idea of masculinity, the clothing they wear mirrors their emotional states. The gestures and expressions that they perform reflect the sense of control and self-confidence associated with men in the traditional Western
Male figures
The film uses social satire to convey negative stereotypes of men (the men that are trying to keep Thelma and Louise trapped within their femininity, as subservient.)
The patriarchy they take to the road to escape from.
Feminine revenge is the ultimate drive of the narrative - the men end up getting what’s coming to