Dear College Professor,
This is an apology. When I wrote my master’s thesis on film noir and neo-noir, I completely missed a movie: Who Framed Roger Rabbit. I’m sorry I overlooked this movie. I hope that this Movies Teach Us post makes up for it.
Sincerely,
Thoughtsy
Here’s what I learned from Who Framed Roger Rabbit:
- Cartoons are real in Hollywood.
- Never play Patty Cake with someone other than your significant other.
- Penguins can serve drinks…which means my dream of training a penguin to be a butler is possible!
- Hit people on the head with frying pans so they don’t get hurt.
- Booby traps are real.
- Jessica isn’t a true femme fatale. She’s not really bad, she was just drawn that way.
Most importantly, I learned that in the cartoon world, Hugh Heffner wouldn’t stand a chance. Baby Herman gets all the chicks.
I hope everyone has a wonderful holiday!
December 23rd, 2011 at 9:09 am
I sincerely hope your dream of a penguin butler comes true…soon!
Merry Christmas!
December 23rd, 2011 at 9:41 am
Me, too. I hope I can teach it to serve drinks and clean. Or is that asking too much?
December 23rd, 2011 at 9:23 am
Lol! Merry Christmas Thoughtsy!!
December 23rd, 2011 at 9:41 am
Thanks! Merry Christmas to you, too!
December 23rd, 2011 at 9:32 am
This was one of my faaaavorite movies as a kid (even though I didn’t understand half the jokes).
December 23rd, 2011 at 9:42 am
I definitely caught more stuff when I rewatched it the other day.
December 23rd, 2011 at 9:39 am
WFRR is one of my fave movies. I watched it many times but it’s been a few years. Great call! And what’s this about a masters and thesis and all that? You are mysterious Thoughtsy.
December 23rd, 2011 at 9:44 am
I used to watch it all the time when I was little, but this was my first time as an adult.
Now you know I’m smart and a master dessert maker. I like to keep you on your toes.
December 23rd, 2011 at 12:37 pm
That Baby Herman, he was such a stud!
This post makes me realize it’s been too long since watching this great little film.
December 23rd, 2011 at 12:55 pm
I missed this one. Now I have to go find it after your review. Thanks Thoughtsy!
December 23rd, 2011 at 10:23 pm
So… the Movies Teach Us posts are just a serialization of your master’s thesis? And all this time, I thought you were writing these lessons just for us. I feel so cheated.
I loved Who Framed Roger Rabbit, but it’s been years and years since I saw it.
December 24th, 2011 at 4:34 pm
Happy Chridtmas thoughtsy!
December 25th, 2011 at 11:41 pm
I definitely need to watch Roger Rabbit again. I don’t think the kids have ever seen it. Merry Christmas!
December 26th, 2011 at 9:29 pm
I love this movie. Bob Hoskins does such a great job interacting with the cartoons. And the Dip is horrifying.
December 27th, 2011 at 10:24 am
I think you left out the noirest part of the film – the happy sunshiney toon town seen through the wall of the factory at the end, that mocks the bourgois pretentions of the masses behind a shiny bubble gum wrapper of heartbreak designed to stimulate the rebelliousness of the proletariat.
Or perhaps I should stop watching so much Bergman…
Great flick though!