Thelma and Louise

As the film begins we witness two women in stereotypical feminine positions. First we see Louise, positioned as the sarcastic, hard-core waitress with a cigarette always in hand. Thus the first scene is of a restaurant, a typically feminine domain …in the kitchen. Next there is Thelma, the first glimpse reveals the housewife-type in hair rollers and housecoat. While Thelma waits on her husband, Darrell, and tells him to have a good day, he is busy acting annoyed, talking down to her, and pronouncing her complete incapability. Thus we view the oppression of two women stuck in the day-to-day humdrum of being a woman in our society.
As the film progresses with see a vast change in the lives and attitudes of these two women. They are friends and are planning to take a weekend vacation. Thelma, fearing her husband’s refusal, decides not to ask his permission at all. This is her first act of rebel...