![]() ![]() Jessica Rabbit is Roger Rabbit's wife and the tritagonist of the book and movie. That’s all, folks.This page contains or is about mature content. Social commentary aside, Who Framed Roger Rabbit remains an impressive technical achievement and is irresistably entertaining to boot. The toons are accepted, even loved as entertainers, but shunned as people. The Ink and Paint Club is reminiscent of establishments like the Cotton Club, a prohibition-era New York nightclub where African-Americans were employed as entertainers but denied admission as customers. Their employers pay them peanuts (sometimes literally) and they live in Toon Town, segregated from the humans. As already discussed by m’colleague Rachel, the toons are an oppressed minority in the Los Angeles of Roger Rabbit. The apparent social commentary is also interesting. The film noir plot is deadly serious - a hard-drinkin’ private eye with a painful past is embroiled in a case of murder and corruption - but the story has been gate-crashed by zany cartoon characters. Now, as an adult and fully-fledged film nerd, I appreciate it even more. I loved Who Framed Roger Rabbit when I was a child, thanks to its vast array of cartoon stars and the magically convincing way in which they inhabit the ‘real’ world. Roger zips back to his original position, puts his hand back into the cuffs and looks guiltily at Eddie.Įddie: Do you mean to tell me that you could’ve taken your hand outta that cuff at any time?! Roger slips his hand out of the cuffs and steadies the crate with both hands.Įddie suddenly stops sawing and slowly looks up. Somebody’s made a patsy outta me and I’m gonna find out why.Įddie finds a saw amongst the clutter, then rests his cuffed wrist on a crate and begins sawing. What did you have to change of heart?Įddie: Nothing’s changed. Eddie can barely contain his irritation at Roger’s wacky antics.ĭolores: You said you’d never take another toon case. Eddie decides to seek help from his on/off girlfriend Dolores (Joanna Cassidy) and sneaks Roger into the back room of her bar. Combined with the incredibly clever live-action/cartoon mix that only misses a few beats, it’s quite a feat!įirst viewing since childhood Essential Scene:Įddie Valiant and Roger Rabbit have been handcuffed together. The film deserves an award just on the basis of getting Looney Tunes and Disney characters in one place. ![]() ![]() Sounds like every small time (and often big time) actor that ever got screwed over in Hollywood.Īnyway, putting my crappy analytical skills aside for a moment… Roger Rabbit is a very enjoyable film for viewers of any age due to the unbelievable amount of well known cartoon characters having cameo or blink-and-you’ll-miss ‘em appearances. The toons are second class citizens who seemingly work for very little pay, have no say in the work they do and are dumped at a moments notice. I may be putting too much seriousness into Roger Rabbit, but watching it as an adult I noticed that it has rather dark overtones. She has Veronica Lake hair, large breasts but an impossibly tiny waist, and curvy thighs.īetty Boop: Yeah. Jessica is a beautiful, voluptuous woman toon drawn in the style of the time. Jessica starts to sing her song, “Why Don’t You Do Right.” On the line ‘You let other women make a fool of you’, she steps out from behind the curtain. The spotlight shines on the stage and a slender leg appears. ![]()
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