Gender

Why Hollywood Needs More Female Anti-Heroes

by The Daily Eye Team June 6 2016, 3:41 pm Estimated Reading Time: 0 mins, 39 secs

"Oh my god, the world is ruined: The women have guns."

This, according to Geena Davis, was a typical overblown reaction when Thelma & Louise hit theaters 25 years ago. But the movie, which stars Davis and Susan Sarandon as two women whose girls' weekend road trip turns into a run from the law, is just as revolutionary today as it was in 1991. By giving two female friends weapons and enabling them to fight back against a system that oppressed them, it turned Thelma and Louise into action stars and complexly drawn anti-heroes. Thelma & Louise was a necessary step toward Hollywood representing female characters with complexities and flaws, but even 25 years later, the big screen rarely features anti-heroic women in starring roles.

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