Two
women who want one weekend away from their 'regular' lives decide to
go on a road trip. For one, the regular life is being at home
catering to her husband who sells products to other people by sweet
talk and his sweetness turns vitriolic when he is with his wife. Ok
she living in that life is her 'choice' one can argue but let us come
to that choice later. The other woman is a waitress staying single
though she wants an elusive boyfriend to be more than that. She waits
for him and calls him a thousand times and clings on to the hope that
he would come around. She is outspoken and appears tough. That life
is her 'choice' too lets say. Ya ya we will come back to that
choice in some time.
The
roadtrip turns a nightmare and they end up being forced to choose
whether they would like to be shot or imprisoned for life or fly into
the grand canyon. They laugh and chose the thrid option.
After
watching the glowing and glorious faces of Susan Sarandon and Geena
Davis as they make that decision, it struck me that women are
'given' those choices which seem like Dante's various levels of
inferno today as well.
-
Choose to marry or any man can think you are available
- If
married (good girl) then choose to have children or the society will
look at you like you are a person with difficiencies or you do not
want a child to interfere with your merry making ways
-
Choose to not have alcohol or you can get raped, beaten or killed –
because boys will be boys
-
Choose to think of your career as second priority in comparison with
your partner's career or you might end up alone and so on and so
forth
None
of these are new and many of them are 'cliches'. But try to stir
out of one of them, then see how that works out. Choose whether you
want to be a 'good woman' or we will hound you with labels and will
get away with silencing you one way or the other...
No my
friends that will not work with us all now. We do not want your
choices and we do not want your veiled threats. We shall laugh our
ways to glory come heaven or high water.
