Huh. Rotten Tomatoes says different, but again I never saw it.
I think Roger Rabbit works so well because it’s a love letter of sorts to the Golden Age of animation and old Hollywood in general, while simultaneously acting as a sendup of Hollywood’s seedy side.
Dale’s “I got CGI surgery” gag was almost the same joke as Betty Boop struggling to find work in a post-color-film world, but with Betty it was also a near-tear-jerking moment that spoke to the callous way the industry would cast aside actresses of the silver screen once they outlasted their youthful sex appeal.
