Thelma & Louise (Erotic 90’s, Part 4)

One of the most controversial movies of the 1990s, Thelma & Louise pushed every hot button of the new decade: date rape, sexual harassment, the failure of the feminist movement to create real change for the working class, and how pissed off women were, or were not, entitled to be about all of the above. Though it made more noise as a media phenomenon than at the box office, Thelma & Louise made so many people so mad that it had the feeling of a turning point. We’ll talk about the anger the movie communicated, the anger it inspired, and debate its lasting legacy. (00:00) Thelma, Louise, and the Minefield of Political Correctness (18:17) Casting and Selling Thelma & Louise (34:49) “Please don’t call it feminism” (48:24) MS Magazine, Playboy, and Backlash