The 30 years between when this film was set and when it was made is still the most disruptive, radical cultural shift in the history of the USA.
And yet even that could not shake loose Hollywood's insistence on romanticizing cow pokin' cow pokes who die with their spurs on.
HER: I was raped as a child
HIM: I reckon' we get $.05 a head
HER: …. [adoring, grateful look]
I'm paraphrasing. But not by a lot. Dude be dude'ing all about "best we all just move on little darlin'" cultural revolution be damned.
And btw, before you get all smug and proud, this is what passed for "feminist filmmaking" back then. Hot take: there's gonna be a lot of head slapping in 50 over Barbie and probably Poor Things being seen as she forward way back in 2024.