tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post5449461412101537058..comments2024-03-27T15:16:57.305-05:00Comments on F This Movie!: Who Framed Roger Rabbit: Childhood Nightmares, Toon Town and RacePatrick Bromleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00771837625286775607noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-55954166904644456632017-05-23T22:00:26.693-05:002017-05-23T22:00:26.693-05:00Sorry, they can be both, and often are.
Goofy has...Sorry, they can be both, and often are.<br /><br />Goofy has gone duck hunting.<br /><br />Donald's nephews have raised white mice.<br /><br />And of course, Mickey owns a dog, completing the circuit. In a recent Mickey short, he press-gangs Goofy into taking Pluto's place in a dog show. Mickey says, "Beg!" and Goofy goes, "Please, babe! Give me one more chance! I can change!"<br /><br />Disney is well aware of the dichotomy. In the Dell Comic version of "This is Your Life, Donald Duck," they adapt Carl Barks' story of Gyro Gearloose (in his first appearance!) and his machine that makes animals talk. The final panel, not by Barks but Tony Strobl, shows Donald on a city street saying, "I saw it, I tell you! Animals that talk like people!" And funny-animal passers-by, well, pass him by, making rude comments on his mental health.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03805824916990046586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-12778453302883217392017-05-23T16:41:35.609-05:002017-05-23T16:41:35.609-05:00^ This made me laugh in a big way. ^ This made me laugh in a big way. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16361696778256465067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-54630626535933578682017-05-23T16:23:34.809-05:002017-05-23T16:23:34.809-05:00I never understood how Goofy was an anthropomorphi...I never understood how Goofy was an anthropomorphised dog who wore clothes, walked upright and could talk, whereas in the same universe there was Pluto, who went about on all fours, didn't speak and was naked except for his collar. No, frozen head of Walt Disney, cartoon animals are either one thing or another; they can't be both.<br /><br />I don't think I've ever seen a Disney short all the way through, but I love Looney Tunes. Donald Duck was an aggressive borderline sociopath, not entirely dissimilar to his anatine equivalent in the Warner Bros. cartoons. But while Daffy had a certain loser charm to him, Donald was just angry and scary. Mickey Mouse is blandness personified, whereas Bugs Bunny was cool, and won the day by outwitting his opponents.<br /><br />I would posit that it's not possible to be a person who loves both Disney shorts and Looney Tunes cartoons. You're either one or the other.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03171919450410869053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-69273296695706886802017-05-23T15:16:14.832-05:002017-05-23T15:16:14.832-05:00I feel the same way about my grandma.
Love you, g...I feel the same way about my grandma.<br /><br />Love you, gram-gram.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03171919450410869053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-53515823964519450022017-05-23T15:07:04.261-05:002017-05-23T15:07:04.261-05:00I still love Roger Rabbit no matter how racist it ...I still love Roger Rabbit no matter how racist it isWilliam Lnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-43644676774212561292017-05-23T12:50:52.271-05:002017-05-23T12:50:52.271-05:00Excellent piece, Cass. It helps remind me of one o...Excellent piece, Cass. It helps remind me of one of the most exciting parts of criticism in that any piece can be looked at through a particular set of optics and understood in a completely new way. Not that racial/social optics are something new to ROGER RABBIT, and not to say that I had never considered the implications of such an interpretation, but it just reminded me of the beauty of film and criticism in general. Every film has layers, and it only takes someone looking at it the right way to unveil something intriguing and thought provoking and, above all, great to read.Tim Smedlundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09824805812900026614noreply@blogger.com