Set it Off and Thelma & Louise
“Through character development, this scene establishes, who will live, and foreshadows who will die.” (Springer 188)
In Set it Off sisterhood was established in the beginning with the four characters. They all have different personalities from each other from each other, but each one of them is very accepting of their differences, such as Frankie who had a very good job at a bank, Tisean who is the single mom, Cleo who is the aggressive masculine lesbian, and Stony who grew up with her brother alone. These women are different as it can be, but they could relate and understand each other's problems and help one another out. Their loyalty is established by sticking together with each one of their issues and being in understanding in their problems they face.
The film presented the men robbing the bank in the beginning, and mainly the four women robbing banks throughout the film. The violence committed by these African American women seems more violent with the gun shooting, and has more of a serious tone with the scenes within the movie than Thelma & Louise.
In Thelma & Louise, sisterhood was established by the two women going on a trip, as they became outlaws. Through the film they formed a special bond and loyalty with each other helping each other out when needed such as Louise telling Thelma to watch out for people, and Thelma helps Louise out when she is in the cop car.
The violence in this film seems to be switched by gender, except for Harlan in the beginning who was very violent towards Thelma. For example, Thelma and Louise are committing the crimes, but the men were always waiting at home on these women. Some violence committed by the two American women seem to have more of a humorous genre to it, but there were a few scenes in this film that was serious.