Without a doubt, for a long time even to date men have dominated the movie industry and have been cast as protagonist more often than women. Both women and men have often been depicted according to the tired gender stereotypes – females have been treated as accessories to male characters and have been portrayed as submissive damsels in distress that need strong, brave men to save them. Nonetheless, in 1991 Ridley Scott released a movie which challenged the gender myths - Thelma and Louise. The movie, beyond shadow of a doubt, is a significant for feminism as it features feminist content and production. Thelma and Louise can be designated as a product of second-wave feminism, as the movie covers the subject of women’s liberation and critique of patriarchal society. As the movie challenges the gender conventions …show more content…
As Sharon Willis wrote in her essay the journey is “a trip projected across space between two images – the snapshot Louise takes at the beginning of the trip and the final still that permanently suspends two women in their Thunderbird.” As it is explained in the essay, the first photo memorializes Thelma and Louise’s “before” feminine image which undoes as the movie progresses. At the beginning, Thelma provides an image of a stereotypical woman who is a subservient and dependent housewife who must ask his husband for a permission for an outing with her best friend, but knowing he would not her go anyway she leaves without his permission leaving him a note and dinner in a microwave which may be read as her first step towards liberation. Louise, on the other hand, is more independent as she is single who earns for her keep as a waitress, so it can be said that she represents a more modern image of a woman because of her experience and