In article <5jbf4g9o68ehpc12jjhekooqs8socvgrvj@4ax.com>,
Paul S Person <psperson1@ix.netcom.invalid> wrote:

On Mon, 8 Mar 2021 18:38:04 -0800 (PST), The Great Radio Surfing
Channel <fulgenciopritchett@gmail.com> wrote:

Yet another victim of cancel culture. Even Dr. Seuss was too obscene

for these people.

Well, since he was a satire of Maurice Chevalier (and French men in >>general), I suppose /he/ is going to be banned next.

"Thank Heaven for litte girls" indeed!

My understanding is that he was modeled on Charles Boyer's performance
as "Pepe le Moko" in "Algiers", though I haven't seen that one.

Yet more "Political Correctness" stupidity ... Pepe Le Pew is now joins
the massive growing list of banned characters. :-\

From ComingSoon.net ...

Pepe Le Pew Will Not Be Appearing in Space Jam: A New Legacy
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Looney Tunes character Pepe Le Pew appeared in 1996's Space Jam
but has reportedly been cut from the sequel, Space Jam: A New
Legacy, according to Deadline. The decision was made after
Malcolm D. Lee took over directing duties in 2019. After New
York Times columnist Charles M. Blow went viral on Twitter over
the weekend calling out the controversial character, the outlet
learned that a scene between Pepe Le Pew and Greice Santo (Jane
the Virgin) was shot by the movie's previous director, Terence
Nance, but had been left on the cutting room floor by Lee long
before Blow's Tweets. The outlet also confirms that sources who
saw a rough cut of the film three months ago didn't see a cameo
from the animated skunk, and they also described what the cut
scene was:

"Pepe was set to appear in a black-and-white Casablanca-like
Rick's Cafe sequence. Pepe, playing a bartender, starts hitting
on a woman at the bar played by Santo. He begins kissing her
arm, which she pulls back, then slamming Pepe into the chair
next to hers. She then pours her drink on Pepe, and slaps him
hard, sending him spinning in a stool, which is then stopped by
LeBron James' hand. James and Bugs Bunny are looking for Lola,
and Pepe knows her whereabouts. Pepe then tells the guys that
Penelope cat has filed a restraining order against him. James
makes a remark in the script that Pepe can't grab other Tunes
without their consent."

A spokesperson for Santo revealed to Deadline that the actress
was upset about the cut scene: "This was such a big deal for
Greice to be in this movie. Even though Pepe is a cartoon
character, if anyone was going to slap a sexual harasser like
him, Greice wished it would be her. Now the scene is cut, and
she doesn't have that power to influence the world through
younger generations who'll be watching Space Jam 2, to let
younger girls and younger boys know that Pepe's behavior is
unacceptable."

As far as the weekend discourse over Pepe Le Pew, Blow accused
the cartoon character of adding to rape culture and listed off
examples (see below) along with a video. Blow added that these
animated sequences with Pepe Le Pew aggressively grabbing and
kissing the unwilling cartoon cat "helped teach boys that 'no'
didn't really mean no, that it was a part of 'the game', the
starting line of a power struggle. It taught overcoming a
woman's strenuous, even physical objections, was normal,
adorable, funny. They didn't even give the woman the ability
to SPEAK."

Charles M. Blow (@CharlesMBlow)
RW blogs are mad bc I said Pepe Le Pew added to
rape culture. Let's see.

1. He grabs/kisses a girl/stranger, repeatedly,
w/o consent and against her will.

2. She struggles mightily to get away from him,
but he won't release her

3. He locks a door to prevent her from escaping.

Charles M. Blow (@CharlesMBlow)
This helped teach boys that "no" didn't really
mean no, that it was a part of "the game", the
starting line of a power struggle. It taught
overcoming a woman's strenuous, even physical
objections, was normal, adorable, funny. They
didn't even give the woman the ability to SPEAK.

Space Jam: A New Legacy stars LeBron James instead of Michael
Jordan with Black Panther director Ryan Coogler onboard to 
produce. Terence Nance (Random Acts of Flyness, The
Oversimplification of Her Beauty) was set to direct instead
of Justin Lin (Fast & Furious franchise), who was one of the
directors originally attached to the project, but after some
creative differences between the studio and producers and
Nance on the vision for the film, they came to an amicable
split and Malcolm D. Lee signed on to direct.

Though the long-awaited sequel won't feature Steph Curry,
Kevin Durant or James Harden, the film has landed an
impressive roster so far with the Portland Trailblazers'
Damian Lillard, New Orleans Pelicans' Anthony Davis, and
Golden State Warriors' Klay Thompson. Also joining the
squad are Phoenix Mercury's Diana Taurasi and Los Angeles
Sparks' siblings Chiney and Nneka Ogwumike, with Sonequa
Martin-Green (The Walking Dead) set to portray James' wife,
and Don Cheadle (Avengers: Endgame).

In the original, Michael Jordan teamed up with Looney Tunes 
characters to battle a group of animated aliens on the court. 
Space Jam went on to gross $230 million worldwide and besides
Jordan, included some of the NBA's biggest stars like Larry
Bird, Charles Barkley, and Patrick Ewing. Bugs Bunny and the
Looney Tunes will now team with James on the court to battle
an unknown entity.

Space Jam: A New Legacy will arrive in theaters on July 16,
2021.

<https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/1165715-pepe-le-pew-will-not-be-appearing-in-space-jam-a-new-legacy>

Recalling my mother's love of /Gone With The Wind/, it occurs to me
that /that/ film could be regarded as a form of "cancel culture". Of
course, what it was cancelling was the fact that the Old South was
built on the scarred backs of kidnapped Africans.

Or, as she put it, that it showed the Truth about the Old South, as
opposed to the lies being put out by those pesky liberals.

The main difference, so far, is that, when WASPs engage in cancel
culture, they often engage in murder to cancel the offending
messenger.

Yet more "Political Correctness" stupidity ... Pepe Le Pew is now joins
the massive growing list of banned characters.  :-\