2 GETTING HYSTERICAL Thelma & Louise and Laughter

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix
4. INTRODUCTION “I Can See Clearly Now” 1
5. 1 “SOMETHING’S CROSSED OVER IN ME” New Ways of Seeing Thelma & Louise 7
6. 2 GETTING HYSTERICAL Thelma & Louise and Laughter 43
7. 3 HEARING THELMA & LOUISE Active Reading of the Hybrid Pop Score 65
8. 4 INTERPLAYING IDENTITIES Acting and the Building Blocks of Character in Thelma & Louise 91
9. 5 AN OUTLAW-COUPLE-ON-THE-RUN FILM FOR THE 1990S 122
10. 6 “WHAT ALL THE FUSS IS ABOUT” Making Brad Pitt in Thelma & Louise 146
11. 7 INTERVIEW WITH CALLIE KHOURI December 19, 2002 168
12. APPENDIX I Commentaries 191
13. APPENDIX II Filmographies 205
14. SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 213
15. CONTRIBUTORS 217
16. INDEX 219