THELMA AND LOUISE combined the usually male dominated buddy road movie with the usually male dominated outlaw movie to show a movie where the women characters reverse the expectations of the audience and break stereotypes of how they are usually depicted.

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Consider the statement about Thelma and Louise and what the film is widely credited with accomplishing in terms of genre and gender portrayal.
Option 1 (True): The film merges the buddy road movie with outlaw elements, both of which were traditionally male-dominated genres, and uses this blend to subvert audience expectations about how women characters should behave and be depicted. It presents two female leads who drive the plot, make bold choices, challenge authority, and resist conventional gender roles, thereby reversing stereotypes in many scenes.
Option 2 (False): If one claimed the film did not reverse stereotypes or did not blend those genres, it would overlook the core critical interpretation that the movie deliberately reconfigures genre conventions and centers female agency. The act of placing women at the center of a reckoning with crime, autonomy, and friendship challenges the long-standing norms associated with both the road/adventure genre and outlaw narratives, making the false option unsupported by the film’s impact.
In sum, the analysis centers on genre blending and the gendered subversion of expectations; the statement in Option 1 aligns with widely discussed readings of the film, while Option 2 misrepresents the film’s intent and effect by denying this subversion.

TDGE124_WI25_A00 FINAL EXAM_TDGE 124 Cult Films

THELMA AND LOUISE combined the usually male dominated buddy road movie with the usually male dominated outlaw movie to show a movie where the women characters reverse the expectations of the audience and break stereotypes of how they are usually depicted.

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