Bonnie & Clyde (1967) vs.  Thelma & Louise (1991) 

     This post will talk about the feminist point of view of the films Bonnie & Clyde and Thelma & Louise. Both of these films portray women in a way that is against what its society would suggest is "right". 

     To start off, the film Bonnie & Clyde presented the female character Bonnie as a desperate and bored woman. For example: The movie starts off as showing Bonnie stuck in what it appears as a jail naked. This shows how isolated she is and wanting to do something outside of her "normal" day-to-day life. It shows that Bonnie is a waitress was sort of typical for women in that time period as the society thought. It seems that Clyde jumped into her life which was the one that changed all that. He was the one that got her into robbing. She was pretty much bound to become reckless and the "manly" She became more interested when Clyde showed her his gun as in the picture above. As Bonnie and Clyde's relationship went on their roles in their genders switched. At first Clyde pretty much was trying to be as  manly as he can saying "I ain't no ladies man" This switch was started by when Bonnie wanted sex but Clyde showed that he was too scared for it. After that moment it seems that Clyde's emotions began to show when Bonnie was becoming more and more manlier.

       The movie Thelma & Louise has a similar storyline. Although, two females, their roles switch as well. In the beginning of the film, Thelma is showed to be manipulated by her "husband". The audience can easily tell that she doesn't appreciate it which is the reason she went on a "vacation" with Louise. Her "husband" was pretty much keeping her in a cage and not technically in a good way. The moment she left for the "vacation" with Louise, she was gradually freeing herself. She maybe freed herself too fast at first which led to the changing event of the entire movie, her nearly if not actually getting raped by a man she was dancing with. At the time Louise was the manly one in the situation which actually was the one who shot him. A good portion of the film, Thelma was very scared and seemed more like a stereotypical little girl. Louise on the other hand was the one that kept saying it was alright. Thelma even suggested turning themselves in to the police. However, Louise refused to go as she argued that they would still get in trouble despite what happened to Thelma. The second changing point was the meeting of the Brad Pitt character. Even from the beginning, you could tell that Thelma and Pitt both liked each other. It did seem weird that he kept following them as Louise at first refused to trust him. However, Thelma the second time begged for her to let him get a ride. This further led to sex between Thelma and Pitt which was the huge changing point for both Thelma and Louise. They had $6700 which Pitt had stolen. Louise figured it out and that's when her emotions showed. Thelma became the manly one saying "we'll be fine" and had the idea off robbing a store.
      Both films show two characters, one manly and the other similar to a stereotypical female as sort of a damsel in distress. However, their roles are switched by an event which both films have.