I'll be Thelma if you be Louise...
Feminism is people trying to make women equal to men, because they feel that women are repressed.
I think that Thelma and Louise embodies a feminist film, and its purpose is to empower women to do what they want. However, the scene that stuck out to me was not a good feminist critique. When Louise is convincing Thelma that she needs to join her on this road trip, Thelma is scared to ask her husband. She decides to join Louise as a kind of statement to her husband that she does what she wants, however when she jumps into the car and drives away she tells Louise she didn’t ask her husband if she could come. At this point she feels free and as though she took a stand, but she then mentions that she made him food to warm up while she is gone. So even though she was trying to make a feminist statement with this trip, she makes sure to take care of her husband before she leaves. To her, it was bad enough she didn’t tell her husband that she was leaving, but she couldn’t leave him without food! Heaven forbid the man bowl his own water!
At this scene, I laughed to myself because Thelma felt as though she was freeing herself when in reality her husband’s interest was still high on her mind. Overall, Thelma and Louise is made to be a feminist film taken to the next level. It is an extreme of what feminism is, but it sure is entertaining to watch!