Thelma and Louise
The genre of Thelma and Louise is a crime drama. It is also a picaresque. A picaresque usually involves the protagonist on a journey that has no ultimate destination. The protagonist gets into adventures and mischief and is usually poor. People think this is an important Feminist film. Some have even suggested that Thelma and Louise is a cowboy (western movie).
Thelma and Louise was nominated for six academy awards. Both Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon were nominated for an Oscar in the best female actress category -- the first time two actresses from the same film were nominated in that category. This was the first time Brad Pitt was given a major role; before Thelma and Louise, Pitt only had roles as an extra.
Questions: Answer these with a sentence for our next homwork project.
1. Why did Louise shoot the man in the parking lot outside of the bar?
2. What did Thelma angrily tell her husband Daryl to do when they were talking on the phone? Why?
3. What does Brad Pitt ask for?
4. Where are they finally headed (going)?
5. Why does Daryl stand in his pizza?
6. What happened to their money (in the envelop)?
7. What did Jimmy give to Louise? I want you tell me one reason other than US$6700.
8. What job does Brad Pitt's character have in the movie?
9. What did they do to the truck driver? Why?
10. What is the final outcome or conclusion of Thelma and Louise?
11. How can this movie be considered a country film?
12. What genre is Thelma and Louise?
