Race and the Road Movie
How are sisterhood and loyalty established?
In Thelma and Louise sisterhood and loyalty are established through the crimes that they commit. They grow closer on the road after the killing of Thelma's would be rapist, as they go through their various trials, robberies, and crimes. In Set it Off the loyalty is already established between the four women throughout their childhood and adult lives. In Set if Off the loyalty and sisterhood is broken down by the various thievery and robbery. They are constantly disagreeing and agrueing about how the job needs to be done and who is doing what. There is no clear leader in this group, where as Louise is clearly the leader in Thelma and Louise.
How are the landscapes different?
The scenery between both movies is as different as night and day. Thelma and Louise shows the natural beauty of the southern United States, It focuses on wideopen spaces and the freedom that the road has to offer these women. Set it Off focuses on the landscape of the inner city of Los Angles. The scenery is completely opposite that shown in Thelma and Louise. There are closed in spaces constantly surrounding these women and there is no clear road available to help set these women free from the problems that face them.