{"id":200456,"date":"2021-03-08T14:45:16","date_gmt":"2021-03-08T19:45:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=200456"},"modified":"2021-03-08T14:45:19","modified_gmt":"2021-03-08T19:45:19","slug":"space-jam-redesigned-female-cartoon-rabbit-over-sexualization-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/space-jam-redesigned-female-cartoon-rabbit-over-sexualization-concerns\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Space Jam\u2019 Redesigned Female Cartoon Rabbit Over \u2018Sexualization\u2019 Concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fspace-jam-redesigned-female-cartoon-rabbit-over-sexualization-concerns%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=200456&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/GettyImages-529817694.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Malcolm D. Lee, director of the forthcoming Looney Tunes movie \u201cSpace Jam: A New Legacy,\u201d told Entertainment Weekly last week that he demanded the female lead \u2014 a cartoon rabbit named \u201cLola Bunny\u201d \u2014 be \u201cdesexualized\u201d in order to ensure that little girls seeing the movie saw a \u201cstrong, capable\u201d female character.<\/p>\n<p>Lola Bunny was created out of whole cloth for the original 1996 \u201cSpace Jam\u201d movie starring Michael Jordan alongside a crew of Looney Tunes regulars, including Bugs Bunny. In that film, Lola, who is extremely talented at basketball \u2014 but still a cartoon rabbit \u2014 is portrayed as \u201chot\u201d and dressed in a crop top and skirt, exposing her midriff and showing off breasts that do not appear to be accurate to Lola\u2019s species.<\/p>\n<p>Lola eventually impresses Bugs Bunny and he falls in love with her.<\/p>\n<p>In the sequel, though, Lee wanted a \u201cstrong, capable\u201d female character that wasn\u2019t so \u201cpolitically incorrect.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLola was very sexualized, like Betty Boop mixed with Jessica Rabbit,\u201d Lee told Entertainment Weekly. \u201cLola was not politically correct. This is a kids\u2019 movie, why is she in a crop top? It just felt unnecessary, but at the same time there\u2019s a long history of that in cartoons.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is 2021. It\u2019s important to reflect the authenticity of strong, capable female characters,\u201d he added. \u201cShe probably has the most human characteristics of the Tunes; she doesn\u2019t have a thing like a carrot or a lisp or a stutter. So we reworked a lot of things, not only her look, like making sure she had an appropriate length on her shorts and was feminine without being objectified, but gave her a real voice. For us, it was, let\u2019s ground her athletic prowess, her leadership skills, and make her as full a character as the others.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lee also claims that \u201cSpace Jam\u201d exists in the world of \u201cWonder Woman,\u201d because both franchises are Warner Bros. products.<\/p>\n<p>To that end, Lola now has a regular basketball jersey and shorts with a second pair of shorts underneath. She\u2019s also lost her figure and is no longer wearing makeup.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Pandemic hit Lola Bunny hard. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zUg6JruE0n\">pic.twitter.com\/zUg6JruE0n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Liz Katz (@LizKatzOfficial) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LizKatzOfficial\/status\/1367627736257351687?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 5, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Although these decisions were made months ago, they seem to be taking on a new meaning in light of a Dr. Seuss Enterprises decision, announced last week, to end production of six of the children\u2019s author\u2019s works. The outcry over Seuss-related criticism and subsequent \u201ccancellation,\u201d prompted one columnist to take a closer look at Looney Tunes and accuse the franchise of promoting \u201crape culture\u201d through cartoon skunk, Pepe LePew, and racist stereotypes through cartoon mouse, Speedy Gonzales.<\/p>\n<p>Pepe will not appear in the \u201cSpace Jam\u201d sequel, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/pepe-le-pew-cut-from-space-jam-2-movie\">Daily Wire reported earlier Monday<\/a>. Speedy Gonzales, though, will appear in the movie. Actor and comedian Gabriel Iglesias <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/comedian-gabriel-iglesias-hits-back-after-nyt-columnist-says-cartoon-mouse-speedy-gonzalez-stereotypes-mexicans\">defended Speedy from criticism on Sunday<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am the voice of Speedy Gonzales in the new Space Jam. Does this mean they are gonna try to cancel Fluffy too?\u201d Iglesias posted to Twitter. \u201cU can\u2019t catch me cancel culture. I\u2019m the fastest mouse in all of Mexico.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Malcolm D. Lee, director of the forthcoming Looney Tunes movie \u201cSpace Jam: A New Legacy,\u201d told Entertainment Weekly last week that he demanded the female lead \u2014 a cartoon rabbit &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2310294,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/GettyImages-529817694.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"\u2018Space Jam\u2019 Redesigned Female Cartoon Rabbit Over \u2018Sexualization\u2019 Concerns","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-200456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/GettyImages-529817694.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"\u2018Space Jam\u2019 Redesigned Female Cartoon Rabbit Over \u2018Sexualization\u2019 Concerns","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200456","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=200456"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200456\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2310294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=200456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=200456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=200456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}