Set It Off vs Thelma and Louise
Both Set It Off and Thelma and Louise have strong established relationships between the women as friends. We see this in Set It Off while the women are sitting atop of the roof getting high together. We gain a sense of their togetherness and compassion for each other. They talk about the "old" days so we know that they have been friends for a long time. Thelma and Louise still has this establishment of friendship, but I feel that they are not friends from when they were young children. They never talk about their lives before their adulthood. In regards to race and class, it is stereotyped that more African Americans from the projects are "pot heads" and this is idea is used to establish the friendship among the four women.
The endings in both films are tragic in the sense that the characters die, except for Stoney. However, one could question wether or not it really is tragic. In both films the women were being oppressed and they could not get away from the abuse they were facing, thus they turned to lives of violence. In Thelma and Louise, Thelma finally gained a sense of self and was happy with her life, even though she was a felon. The women in Set It Off were too being oppressed and trying to escape from the projects and start a new life. Even though not all of the women were as fortunate as Stoney, who was able to start a new in Mexico with all the money, they did finally get out of the projects.