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Discovering Roger Rabbit?HUM 3085: Florida Culture
Fall 2010Dr. Perdigao
October 20, 2010
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Framing Roger
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Tracing Roger
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Hit lists• Director Robert Zemeckis (Beowulf (2007); The Polar Express (2004); Cast Away
(2000); Contact (1997); Back to the Future, Back to the Future II, Back to the Future III (1985, 1989, 1990) (Terry Gilliam had declined)
• Produced by Disney, released through Touchstone Pictures, co-produced by Amblin Entertainment; Eisner encouraged project in 1985; greenlighted at budget of 29.9 million, largest budget for animated film; ends up being second highest grossing film in 1988 behind Rain Man, 20th at time of release
• Gary K. Wolf’s Who Censored Roger Rabbit? (1981)
• Set in 1947 Hollywood
• Roger Rabbit, Jessica Rabbit• Eddie Valiant• Judge Doom• Dolores• Marvin Acme: owner of Toontown, Acme Corporation• R.K. Maroon: Maroon Cartoon studios, RR as star• Baby Herman
• Animator Richard Williams stated Roger Rabbit’s design drawn from Oswald’s overalls, Mickey’s gloves, Porky the Pig’s bowtie
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“Lending” characters
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The gang’s all here
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Disney film noir?• Cloverleaf Industries—taking over Toontown after Maroon’s death, bought Pacific
Electric trolley cars (Red Car)
• Judge Doom’s plot to take over Cloverleaf, Toontown, trolley system, freeway
• Chinatown (1974) storyline about conspiracy in the water department; film followed by Two Jakes (1990) about the gas company; third to be “Cloverleaf” plot, real events of freeway development displacing (and forcing out) Red Car
• Film noir, investigation of affair, photographs taken, trickery with hiring as set up, revelation of corruption in plot about water supply
• Director Roman Polanski, star Jack Nicholson
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If you’re going to build a time machine into a car, why not do it with some style?
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Technological revolution?
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Redefining sex and power
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Abandoning icons• Betty Boop—first appearance in 1930
• Disney animator Grim Natwick created her for Fleischer Studios
• Fleischer’s response to Mickey Mouse
• Dizzy Dishes, first appearance, humanized in 1932 with Any Rags
• Depression-era character, flapper image
• Sexualized, contrast to Minnie Mouse
• Motion Picture Production Code, adopted in 1930, put into effect in 1934, industry guidelines, abandoned in 1968 for ratings system
• As a result, Betty Boop’s sexualized image change, dress changes
• Like Mickey, popularity wanes in contrast to other characters
• Series ends in 1939
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Metafilms
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Almost unrecognizable Roger Rabbit
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Homework• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49qhmMtPNto
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4qZx5P-sTM • (4:10, 7)
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3suw_vb6-fY • (1:30)