18:26 PST 3/7/2021
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Ryan Parker
The controversial skunk cartoon character Looney Tunes was eliminated from the protagonist of Lebron James more than a year ago.
Pepé Le Pew will not be presented in Space Jam 2, a confirmed source for The Hollywood Reporter.
The controversial skunk cartoon character Looney Tunes was eliminated from the protagonist of LeBron James more than a year ago.
The news of the absence of the character from the Warner Bros. film. broke out on Sunday night, days after a New York Times opinion article caught the character’s attention, among other problematic cartoon characters, in the wake of Dr. Seuss Enterprises announcing that he would stop publishing six books because of racist and insensitive images.
At the Times opinion article, Charles M. Blow said Pepé Le Pew “normalized rape culture.”
The character was introduced in Space Jam, who starred in the living NBA legend Michael Jordan. It is unclear whether the cartoon character will be fully retired.
Space Jam 2 it should come out on July 16, 2021.