Episode 59: Promising Young Woman and Thelma & Louise (featuring Julia Craig)

#MeToo revenge and road trips. Sarah Watt, Jeremy Downing and William Chen are joined by Julia Craig to discuss Promising Young Woman (2021) and Thelma & Louise (1991), two films dealing with sexual assault, female revenge and the unpicking of society's complicity and encouragement of toxic, dangerous and misogynist behaviours. We begin by sharing our experiences watching Thelma & Louise and our reactions to Promising Young Woman. We then focus on the characters in both films, the lead roles and the various side characters. Our conversation moves into how each film deals with systemic issues of brining up sexual assault, complicity and overstepping of consent. Music becomes our next focus topic, especially the needle drops in Promising Young Woman.