The Tables Have Turned

Throughout the beginning of Bonnie and Clyde, the duo travels throughout small Missouri towns, robbing banks for petty cash. Along with the infamous couple is Clyde's brother, his reluctant and annoyingly shrill wife [nice observation; by the way actress Estelle Parsons won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance as Blanche], and a mechanic named C.W. Moss. At first, it is clear that they all are in positions of power, to some extent. Despite the fact that the police are after all of them, they manage to elude them for quite awhile. There were several times when Bonnie and Clyde encountered law enforcement, but the cops didn't stand a chance against them. They even went to the extent to hold one officer captive and pose for pictures with him. At this point, I realized something; everything that Bonnie and Clyde did was mostly for publicity [good]. They didn't go around robbing banks just because they wanted money, but because they wanted fame. That's why they were always posing for photographs so often [always followed by so often is redundant], and that's also why they announced who they were to each bank that they ransacked. If they were truly evil, they could've easily killed that officer that they captured, but instead they let him go. This would end up being detrimental to their career [not just their career but seems to have an adverse effect on their lifespan as well], however.

The police began to "get serious" as the movie progressed, shooting Clyde's brother to death, and severely injuring the couple. To me, it was remarkable to see these two in such a vulnerable position, because usually that's how they made everyone else feel. Clearly, the tables have turned.

Things only got worse for the dismantled gang when Blanche, Clyde's brother's wife, had snitched on C.W. Moss when she was in police custody. She had revealed this to that same officer who was held captive by Bonnie and Clyde, and you can bet that he was happy to hear this information. At this time, Bonnie and Clyde were staying at C.W. Moss's father's house. There's no doubt that his father was pissed off at the couple for corrupting his son, especially when he saw his new tattoo, which explains why he was quick to work with law enforcement when they had found that he was hiding Bonnie and Clyde. He didn't want to be involved in their crime spree at all. So, he helped the police kill them, and that's how the movie ended. Now if your partner ever says, "I hope one day we'll be like Bonnie and Clyde," kindly remind them that Bonnie and Clyde were shot to death. I don't think you want that [nice conclusion Malik].