1. THE GAZE IS OFTEN LINKED TO POWER AND GENDER IN VISUAL CULTU
... from his POV add to the anonymous power he holds over Thelma and the audience. It also intensifies the fear portrayed in this scene. Louise arrives on the scene just as Thelma's attacker is about to penetrate Thelma. The attacker ignores Louises voice over until the gun comes into ... women can only be powerful in film if they are either as a sexual object ("the whore") or the mother figure ("the Madonna"). "Thelma 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 ... find. When I was researching...
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