How does Ridley Scott create and destroy gender stereotypes in Thelma and Louise?

In the 1991 rent Thelma and Louise, the theater director Ridley Scott creates and destroys sexual practice stereotypes successfully of that period in sequence and helps us to look at that the characters portrayed by Susan Surandon and Geena Davis were real. here(predicate) be a few examples of gender stereotypesIn the starting line delineation of the movie, Thelma was in her kitchen wearing a frilly and f woefulery night gown and the resound was ringing and she c bothed to her husband, Ill get it.This shows that Thelma is a mark hard make forer and Ridley Scott dipicts this as he films Thelma on a low angle and when Thelmas husband Darryl walks into the kitchen, he is filmed on a low angle to make him count a lot whoppingger and fiercer than he really is. He is shown as already in his work uniform and this tells us that Thelma is a housewife and her intact day is pent locked up inside the house preforming chores. When Thelma is retri just nowive to the high upest de gree to ask Darryl if she can go for the weekend on a roadtrip with Louise, she got s gondola cared and cease up asking him if he lossed whatsoeverthing redundant for dinner that night. To which Darryl simply replies, Thelma, I dont give cognise what we have for dinner tonight. I might non even make it home from work tonight.This shows that Darryl is an faithless husband and is having an affair. Thelma suspects this and states, its gamingny how galore(postnominal) plenty want to buy a carpet on a Friday night. You would have thought they would have forgotten ab bulge out it for the weekend.To that Darryl replies, well its a good thing your no regional manager consequently, and I am.He consequentlyce swings his keys around on his finger as if to say, I am better than you, you are worthless.The sanction tantrum I am dismission to force is where Louise is at work in the diner that she work at and she is depicted as having her hair tied up in a neat bun, showing her as a couped up child who still wants to tell apart free of her immaginary prison. She is wearing her usual uniform of a long white dress and apron. There is a pan shot of her at eye direct moving across the diner serving people as she goes. This shows that women in this time cannot have super paid jobs and they must either be a housewife or work in a short end, minimum wage job where she does not get the respect that she deserves.The future(a) scene I am discharge to disembowel is the scene in which Thelma is packing fro her road trip with Louise after Darryl had left wing to go to work. She had never had as much fun before and had never packed same it. She didnt have a go at it what she should take, so she just topples the contents of her drawers into many suitcases, she indeed manifestations in her bedside cabinet and takes out her earings and go finisheds a revolver that Darryl had given her to protect herslef when he was a t work. Thelma takes the revolver out and hol ds it with her thumb and forefinger. This creates a gender stereotype as it shows that women arent meant to hold guns. Thelma then drops it into one of her suitcases as if she didnt go through the full capabilities of what cost the small silver thing in her transfer could do. Later on in the movie, Thelma brings out the revlver when she is in Louises car and turns to Louise and asks if Louise can take care of it. Louise replies shocked, goddamnit Thelma, why in the hell did you bring that?To which Thelma replies, snakes, bears, psycho killers. You never know what could happen, look can you take it? I dont even know how to use it.Well spew it in my purse then, Louise replies.This shows that Louise is a much stronger adult female than Thelma and she had become tough after what happened to her in Texas.The start scene I am going to describe which creates gender stereotypes is the scene in the bar where Thelma and Louise are sitting at a table in a Western bar and the waitress wal ks up to them and asks if they would like andything to drink. The waitress is in the same conditions that Louise was in at the start of the movie in the diner. Louise states that she doesnt wnat any drinks, but Thelma orders dickens alcholholic drinks and the waitress nods and walks away. Louise looks surprised, Thelma Ive never seen you like this, youre always so sedateIve had it up to my jailer with sedate Thelma smiles, I just want to let my hair humble.This shows that Thelma is acting out of character and just wants to have fun. This is where the well dressed, well mannered, charming Harlan walks ein truth drift to them. He is filmed on a very low angle.Well hello ladies, he says, isnt this place a bit rough for bauties like you?Thelma is flattered by the attention that Harlan gives her, but Louise doesnt buy it. She realises what Harlan is quickly as it shows a man just like him flattered her book binding in Texas.Oh Im sorry, Louise states, were having private convorsatio n here.Oh right okay ladies, Harlan says, visabaly dissa forelanded.Thelma holds him back, no its okay. He can stay.The waitress returns and gives Thelma her drinks, youre not bothering these sad girls are you Harlan?Nah, Harlan replies, Im just being friendly.Your names Harlan? Thelma asks, I had an uncle named Harlan.Thelma then goes to dance with Harlan and he spins her aorund many times reservation her very dizzy and in hire of wise to(p) air. He is clearly taking receipts of her. Thelma states she need fresh air and Harlan takes her outside. Harlan then starts to take advantage of Thelma and then he says that he wont detriment her. This shows us that Harlan has no regard for Thelmas thoughts or feelings. Louise then bursts out of the bar holding the revolver that Thelma had devote in her bag earlier and aims it at Harlan. Harlan just laughs and tells Louise to suck his dick. Louise then shoots Harlan in cold blood. This is the first real time that we get to see the gende r stereotypes destroyed as women arent supposed to show violence. Harlans dead body is then shown at a high angle to show that his power and scariness from before had been bust away in an instant.Here is the second point of Ridley Scotts use of destroying gender stereotypes. This is the scene where Thelma and Louise meet up with young hustler JD and he asks for a ride. They fight with him and drop him off in the middle of a rainy city. Later on in the evening, JD knocks on Thelmas motel door and the dickens make passionate love. because in the morning Thelma goes to see Louise at a caf and they talk and Louise realises that JD mustve stolen their money that Jimmy had given to Louise, the two women run back to their motel room frantically to find it ransacked and the money stolen.Louise collapses into tears as her brave piece of energy and moral sense of self-regard are shattered. Thelma then takes control and is filmed on a high angle to signify that know she is taking control. The old Thelma is gone and the new Thelma has interpreted her place. The new Thelma is the sort of Thelma who impart do anything to survive.The next scene I am going to describe is the scene where Thelma and Louise stop to get a cup of coffee and when the two of them get back into the car, Thelma states that she is going to go and get some gum, so she takes Louises pocket book with the pistol still in it and goes into the nearest thingamabob store. When Thelma goes into the store, she pulls out the revolver and shouts to everyone, good morning ladies and gentlemen, this is a robbery, now if nobody loses their head then no one will lose their head.She then steals all the money from the till and runs out of the store yelling to Louise, drive Louise GoA store? You robbed a store? Louise asks pedantically.Well we needed the money didnt we? straightaway drive Thelma replies.This breaks the stereotype that all women must condense by the law at all times.The second to last scene I am going to describe is the scene where Thelma and Louise are driving through the desert when a law ships military military officeholder flags them down for speeding. The officer then take Louise back to his car and starts calling his colleagues. Louise asks if she is in trouble and the officer nods, big trouble. Thelma then appears at the officers window and smiles at him and starts to flirt. The officer asks sternly for Thelma to return to her car, but Thelma produces the revolver and points it at the officers head and demands for Louise to take his gun and shoot out the radio which she does, but then Thelma corrects her and says the police radio.This shows that although this is a dark film, Ridley Scott adds in a piece of laughable relief. Thelma and Louise lead the distressed police officer to the proboscis of his vehicle where Thelma shoots two air holes into the trunk and instructs the officer to get inside at which point the officer bursts into tears and Thelma asks hi m if he had a wife to which the officer nods. Thelma smiles and tells him, you be nice to her. My husband wasnt nice to me and look how I ended up.On which note, Thelma slams the lid closed in(p) upon the officer.The last scene I am describing is the scene at the end of the movie where Thelma and Louise have been evading the police successfully for a fair few minutes which breaks the stereotype that women are bad drivers, but they ultimately get captured on the parade of the Grand Canyon. foundation Louises convertible is about twenty police cars, a helicopter and at least forty heavy armed officers. The helicopter lands and a few fit FBI Agents get out, one of which is the one man in the forces who believes Thelma and Louises story.Thelma turns to Louise and tells her she cant go back to the way she used to be as she had loved the experience. Louise nods and turns on the engines despite the officers warnings of crack fire if they did not give themselves up to be arrested. L ouise slams the car forward toward the edge of the Grand Canyon. The lonesome(prenominal) FBI Agent that believes them sprints after them so that the police will not fire. He shouts trying to stop them, but Thelma and Louise are adamant. Their car flies off of the edge of the Grand Canyon and the screen flashes with images of the past two days adventure.In conclusion I believe that Ridley Scott provides the audience with a thrilling and extremely practical(prenominal) insight into the sexism and gender stereotyping that was around in the States at the time of the films release. I believe that this film teaches a lesson to all American men who were racial at the point of the films release.