Set It Off Instructions
Select any two of the following questions to compare Set It Off and Thelma and Louise. In addressing these two questions, share your ideas on how you see race, sexuality, class, and gender inscribed in the differences between these two films. Try to select different questions or a different angle on the questions that have already been discussed by other students on your blog.
How are sisterhood and loyalty established?
How is outlaw status justified?
How is the road as a symbol of freedom accessed?
How is “leaving normal” or the quest narrativized?
How is auto-mobility achieved?
How is violence coded by gender and color?
How are the landscapes different?
How does the role of the white cop function in the narrative?
How are freedom and the road confounded in each film?
How are the endings similar and different?
How does identification for the spectator work in each of these films?
Why is “Set it Off” a road movie?