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The Rehabilitation of Pepe Le Pew (Patreon)

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2021-08-14 22:04:35
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New comic! Just because. Now I'll get back to Dungeon Divers. Love you!

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Hope

Read it in his voice, Mel blanc would have a field day

Max Kaehn

I asked a French colleague once if the depiction of Pepe was offensive, and he said that in the French dub of Looney Tunes, Pepe has an Italian accent.

Stefan Edward Jones

Yeah, Pepe had *one shtick.* I remember, as a kid, being puzzled by the sudden, total disappearance of "Heckyl & Jeckyl" (sp?) cartoons. Sometimes I'd see 'em one on NYC's UHF stations than run Spanish programs. Now wondering if they were horrible stereotypes in other languages.

Wildfire

I was curious, should the very last word he says actually be “zis” instead of “this”? Or is he breaking kayfabe? (I kinda like the idea that it’s a no-accent, mask-off moment)

Trey

Right on the money, this

William Cole

I was just talking to someone recently about how torn I feel about Pepe Le Pew. I totally get how problematic the character is, and inasmuch as Looney Toons are seen as kids' fare, it's probably best if he's taken out of circulation. But I still have a certain fondness for the original Pepe cartoons (especially the crazily stylized background art), and they belong to an era in which behavior now rightly considered sexual harassment (or worse) was condoned, even encouraged, by the culture at large. How many classic films include a "romantic" scene where the male lead forcibly kisses a reluctant woman, only to have her melt into his arms (thus "justifying" his aggression)? Since Pepe is a caricature of that romantic cliche—one who is usually *not* rewarded for his aggression by getting the girl—I think an argument could be made for his being *less* offensive than the characters he parodies. Still, he is the nominal "hero" of his cartoons, and he's modeling terrible behavior, which makes him pretty hard to defend.

J.E. Melton

The problem is that Pepe does not suffer for what he tries to do. Wile E Coyote and Ralph Wolf are trying to kill and eat someone, but they are stymied and horribly punished repeatedly. If Pepe were to pursue Kitty Cat and if she were to set traps that mangled, defenestrated, and dismembered him--now that would be funny. Wouldn't it? :) Wiley is the victim of his own devices, hoist on his own petard, so that's one level. Ralph gets his comeuppance from Sam or Fred Dog. And that's another level. Would Kitty taking agency for herself be a step too far? I don't think so, I think it would be hilarious. Because Pepe would not learn but would continue his objectionable advances and be repeatedly launched from catapults, run over by trains, and pitched from great heights. :P Comedy in a grand tradition restored! :D

William Cole
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It's been a long time since I've seen a Pepe cartoon, but my vague recollection is that he does suffer setbacks (not Roadrunner-scale punishments, but maybe running into some walls?), but that part of his schtick is he remains completely unhurt and unperturbed by them. He's like an amorous Terminator ("It can’t be bargained with. It can’t be reasoned with. It doesn’t feel pity, or remorse, or fear. And it absolutely will not stop, ever…") — maybe the solution is to rebrand those cartoons as horror.