Common Themes
Sisterhood and loyalty are established in a very unique way in both Set It Off and Thelma and Louise. Because they become the only people known to their secrets, they essentially are eachother's family and only contact. Since what they are doing, in both cases is illegal, they must be loyal to eachother in order to protect one another. This bond seems to be established more quickly and deeper than in men who are participating in the same type of activity. We see in Set It Off that the women each sacrifice themselves in the hopes of protecting another, and in Thelma and Louise, they drive off into their freedom holding hands after sharing a family like kiss.
The landscapes really shaped the scene for each movie. Thelma and Louise were able to achieve freedom easier because they were conquering the new frontier in which they could dissapear without a trace. For the women in Set It Off, it was a different situation. The girls were in plain view everyday in a bustling city and in their "hood". They remained going to work as to appear that nothing had changed. These were essential in determining the outcomes of each movie and their evasion of the cops.