Louise: [in the parking lot outside the bar where Harlan is attempting to rape Thelma] Get away from her you fuckin' asshole or I'm gonna splatter your ugly face all over this nice car.
Harlan: [Getting off of Thelma] Easy, we're just having a little fun.
Louise: Sounds like you got a real fucked up idea of fun. Turn around. In the future, when a woman's crying like that, she isn't having any fun!
Harlan: Bitch! I shoulda gone ahead and fucked her!
Louise: Why did you say?
Harlan: I said suck my cock.
Louise: [Louise shoots him]
[soft but angry voice]
Louise: You watch your mouth.
This pivotal moment is so defining in the escape of two women from their mundane middle class existences and their transformation into coincidental criminals. Although each incident gets them further into trouble, it is interesting to watch Thelma who has 'had it up to my ass with sedate'. It becomes apparent that she has developed into the woman her husband has repressed for so many years.Its a particularly liberating film, as the story line develops the women gain more power and control of the men they come into contact with, and of their own lives. The truck driver is a particular example, a foul mouthed hick who the woman teach a very clear lesson to. Although the ending is concluded with their death, it is the freedom of choice that leaves viewers satisfied.
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