... fear of castration) by making the female form into fetish object. According to Mulvey, "fetishism leads to the female image becoming overvalued for example the cult of the female movie star" However, "Thelma and Louise" present a problem to this theory; "Thelma and Louise" has a huge homosexual audience. Laura Mulveys ideas are very out dated (1975). She does not take into account ... and Louise" creates a new form of powerful woman. This is most obvious in the final scene, both women have no make up and a baseball cap and cowboy hat cover their eyes. They are devoid of all feminine qua...

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