tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2993307026115460029.post3884598930628994755..comments2024-03-28T08:16:32.209-07:00Comments on Supervised By Fred Avery: Tex Avery's Warner Brothers Cartoons: A Star is Born (After Some Growing Pains): Bugs Bunny Emerges in A Wild HareFrank M. Younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04673579882180372546noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2993307026115460029.post-63419406337744058132018-04-23T21:41:49.275-07:002018-04-23T21:41:49.275-07:00I always saw Elmer as a dim HUMAN. I honestly don&...I always saw Elmer as a dim HUMAN. I honestly don't see how the Bugs/Elmer dynamic had any racial element, save the idea of Bugs vs. the human race. But these are minor quibbles compared to your excellent analysis of the most important WB cartoon of the era. Keep up the good work. Stiivhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05181329828272609132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2993307026115460029.post-61194075413619664902018-04-23T18:29:00.613-07:002018-04-23T18:29:00.613-07:00I've always felt Bugs vs. Elmer had a kind of ...I've always felt Bugs vs. Elmer had a kind of tacit racial element to it--the dim white hunter vs. the quick-thinkng non-human prey--and Bugs is clearly no honky! That is one aspect of Avery's ALL THIS AND RABBIT STEW that makes the film such a failure. (That will be an interesting one to write about for certain!) Just trying some ideas out here. You gotta take risks and try stuff out Frank M. Younghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04673579882180372546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2993307026115460029.post-78604549085611215002018-04-23T18:22:50.126-07:002018-04-23T18:22:50.126-07:00J Lee left this fine message which accidentally go...J Lee left this fine message which accidentally got deleted. Here's what he said:<br /><br />The 1939/1940 cartoon season was really an on-screen class in animation -- Avery by 1938 knew how to do funny gags, but the next two years were spent absorbing the innovations of the Disney studio into creating animation where the ability to create tangible, living personalities out of the animation Frank M. Younghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04673579882180372546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2993307026115460029.post-45982769458290932032018-04-22T09:22:38.449-07:002018-04-22T09:22:38.449-07:00I reckon this is one of the only times where Avery...I reckon this is one of the only times where Avery fully delved into character development, something he wasn't interested in. The mood and atmosphere is somewhat unusual for an Avery film of this time frame, but it's truly a landmark film in animation history.<br /><br />These commentaries are very insightful. It'd be cool to see them formatted in book form. There needs to be a newerVimaconehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11547557126423533934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2993307026115460029.post-41603098392874487342018-04-21T04:50:43.665-07:002018-04-21T04:50:43.665-07:00A masterful job. I have one criticism, though: usi...A masterful job. I have one criticism, though: using words like "ofay", "honky" & even "entitled" in describing the "white" Fudd puts a bullshitty "Aren't caucasians just awful?" spin on your otherwise well-written piece.<br /><br />That aspect aside, I most enjoyed your analysis of Bugs' acting effeminate & cross-dressing as a Stiivhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05181329828272609132noreply@blogger.com