8/10
June Foray made another Looney Tune in 2006, but it's too controversial . . .
2 August 2016
Warning: Spoilers
. . . to have its own page on this site. In case you're a June Foray "Completist," her narration of FRANK TASHLIN'S STORYBOOKS: LITTLE CHICK'S WONDERFUL MOTHER (found as a "Bonus Feature" on Looney Tunes Golden Collection, Volume 4, Disc 2) covers the conflict between America's Blacks and Asians with an efficiency seldom seen previously. The main character of this tale, "Little Chic," has been born out of wedlock (as are 71% of Black U.S. babies Today), and lives in a cardboard box (representing the Watts slums). His father is Missing in Action, and his Mom has abandoned him to fend for himself. Next door to Little Chic lives a large clan of yellow peepers, lording it over their Black neighbor in a McMansion complete with an attentive Dad and Mom for every youngster (reflecting the Reality of Southern California demographics, and the fact that 98% of Asian Americans are born into Traditional Nuclear Families). As Little Chic fantasizes about having what the flock next door is enjoying, his increasingly desperate efforts to model their success is met with ridicule, mockery, and bullying. Since this story originated between the inception of McDonalds and the advent of chicken McNuggets, you can probably imagine what comes next. It's not necessarily a pretty sight.
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