This fantasy, derived, no doubt, from American history – from westward expansion and Manifest Destiny, from the Gold Rush and a settlement policy that valorized staking a claim to the wilderness and subduing it – is powerfully appealing to men in general, and to many women as well. Indeed, American women have recently begun to film and export their own versions of this fantasy – starting with the groundbreaking 1991 film Thelma and Louise and continuing in a growing trend of girl-group travel and escape packages.
毫无疑问，这样一种源自于美国历史传统的幻想——即源自西部大开发和所谓天定命运论的领土扩张，淘金热以及那种鼓励占领并征服自然的定居政策——强有力地迎合了普通男性以及大部分女性的需要。没错，美国女性最近也开始录制和出口这种幻想的女性版本——这以1991年拍成的电影《末路狂花》为奠基之作，随后以女性群体出逃为主题的电影就不断呈现增长之势。