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Kudos for using Curtis Mayfield.
“I’m yo mamma, I’m yo daddy, I’m that pusher in the alley…”
I wonder if Chuck Jones didn’t like it simply because it sucks.
I’m as far from being conservative as one could get… and I agree with Chuck Jones.
Peck led an interesting life.
I noticed Peter Riegert and Caren Kaye in the credits. She kickstarted my puberty.
Evidently Chuck Jones also hated Space Jam, so he was in good company.
The animation is pretty damn awful.
As an artist, I’d have been embarrassed a/f to show that to someone as iconic as Jones.
Perhaps he showed it to Avery first then – emboldened by his approval – went to Jones. Avery’s style of animation included wild, amped-up visuals and situations
which may have made him more sympathetic to Peck’s cartoon.
But Jones’… well…
Methinks you are far too kind in your speculations.
The core of classic cartoons.
Seems pretty in keeping with Heavy Traffic:
I was felling that Ralph Bakshi vibe too.
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