Escape In Easy Rider And Thelma And Louise

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Within the films Easy Rider and Thelma and Louise there is a common theme of freedom involving escape. Both of the main characters in these movies are on the road in order to escape something. One being a literal escape from the police, while the other is an escape from organized society. Each portrayed in a different fashion, they are able to express the freedom they want, awhile not being sure of how to obtain said "freedom". Despite being produced in two completely different eras, these films do represent counterculture in America. For example, Thelma leaving her role as a housewife in order to have fun, becoming the unconventional woman and how Peter and Billy embraced a lifestyle of drugs and sex so that they could become free from hate