More ‘Thelma & Louise’

With regard to the debate about the politics of “Thelma & Louise,” its value lies in its mere existence as a reaction to the misguided prejudices and beliefs of society.

We, the thinking public and those involved in filmmaking, are tired of seeing nameless “Indians” as savages; African Americans as servants, buffoons or street hoods; homosexuals as deviant psychopaths and women as powerless and weeping playthings.

Filmmaking plays an important role not only as a mirror of ourselves and our values but also as a tool to inspire change. Perhaps “Thelma & Louise’s” only fault is that, in the end, the only place society has for a strong female is at the bottom of the Grand Canyon.

PAUL ARTHUR HARTMAN

Glendale