oscaralbert Review of Wideo Wabbit

Wideo Wabbit (1956)

Given its title, it may seem that this short is forecasting . . .

[8/10 · 27 July 2016]

. . . the World Video Revolution, but a close viewing of WIDEO WABBIT discloses that it is actually a Looney Tunes prognostication about America's future Transgender and Second Amendment Crises. Though some critics have dubbed Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd as the first famous U.S. Bisexual couple, given their frequent flings with females and continual marriages to each other, this WIDEO reveals Bugs patterning himself after 1900s notable Transgendered pianist Liberace (or "Liverace" here). Though Bugs is hesitant to rely on 1950s surgical know-how for her transformation (to enable an all-Lesbian wedding with Ms. Fudd, of course), she has fewer qualms about blowing off Elmer's middle appendage with 4 phallic sticks of dynamite, as suggested by Elmer's tattered post-explosion boxer panties at the 5:33 mark. Most of WIDEO's mayhem, however, is carried out with firearms. At a time when elected officials among the U.S. Rich People Party's soreheads are demanding that President-Elect Clinton be shot by firing squad, it's refreshing to see Warner Bros. predicting that the tables will be turned soon, and that--like Bugs herself--the Champions of Democracy will not only seize the day, but also all of America's 300 million privately-held guns.