Hey, here's a fun cinematic fact I bet'cha DIDN'T know about: Did you know that the much-heralded Thelma & Louise--directed, of course, by the Alien guy Ridley Scott--is more or less a rip-off of a B-movie called Assault of the Killer Bimbos that was released a few years BEFORE Thelma & Louise? As a matter of fact, there were apparently SO many similarities between the two films--e.g. two women on the lam from the law driving in the same type of automobile--that the producers of the Bimbos flick were reportedly intially planning on SUING the producers of T & L. But, alas, the lawsuit never came to fruition due to financial constraints (not to mention the fact that the producers of T & L, unlike the producers of Bimbos, would have no doubt had major studio support). Of course, what makes this all rather amusing was that Thelma & Louise was lauded as a breakthrough in feminist cinema and/or the characters Thelma & Louise were likewise lauded as the ultimate feminist icons when they were in fact (allegedly) based on characters named--and, no, I'm NOT making this up!--Peaches and Lulu from an "exploitative" B-movie with the word "Bimbos" in the title! Besides, nothing says female solidarity MORE than going on a crime spree--including murder--and then driving yourselves off a cliff!
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