“The View” co-host Whoopi Goldberg has spoken out against the apparent cancellation of iconic Looney Tunes character Pepé Le Pew.
The Hollywood Reporter reported on Monday that Le Pew will not appear in the next sequel to “Space Jam”. In addition, the world’s most famous skunk “does not appear on any current Warner Bros. TV projects and there are no plans at the moment” for his return, the channel reported.
The news came after New York Times columnist Charles Blow accused Le Pew of “normalizing the culture of rape”.
During a discussion of eBay’s decision to suspend the sale of six canceled books by Dr. Seuss in the Tuesday edition of the ABC program, Goldberg mentioned that Le Pew was also in the cultural block.
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“I just heard that you’re taking Pepé Le Pew out of ‘Space Jam’ and I think to myself, ‘You couldn’t have written a few lines to say, you know, Pepé doesn’t do that anymore because he knows it’s not right to jump over other possums that may not be as interested in him as he is? ‘”Goldberg questioned. “I don’t know why you have to delete everything. I don’t understand. I don’t understand.”
Joy Behar was quick to dismiss Le Pew’s death, saying, ‘Well, nobody likes Pepé Le Pew anyway. “
“I make!” Goldberg exclaimed. “I like Pepé!”
According to THR, the decision to abandon the odor muffle “Space Jam 2” was made “over a year ago.”
Deadline also reported that a scene with Le Pew and actress Greice Santo was shot in June 2019, but was “left on the editing room floor”.
The Times columnist, Blow, doubled his attack on Le Pew while responding to his criticisms.
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“RW blogs are crazy because I said that Pepe Le Pew added to the rape culture. Let’s see. 1. He grabs / kisses a girl / stranger, repeatedly, without consent and against her will. 2. She struggles hard to get rid of him, but he won’t let go 3. He locks a door to prevent it from escaping, “Blow tweeted on Saturday, while sharing a montage of Pepé Le Pew.
He continued: “It helped to teach the boys that ‘no’ didn’t really mean no, that it was part of the ‘game’, the starting line of a power struggle. It taught that overcoming the strenuous, even physical, objections of a woman was normal, adorable, funny. They didn’t even give women the ability to SPEAK. “
Blow also accused Looney Tunes colleague Speedy Gonzales of “helping to popularize the corrosive stereotype of drunken and lethargic Mexicans”.