Episode 07 - Who Framed Rodger Rabbit?

On this episode, I sit down with my friend Dru to gush lovingly about the live-action/cartoon LA noir classic Who Framed Rodger Rabbit? (Robert Zemeckis, 1988). 

In Part 1, we blether on about various fantastic aspects of Rodger Rabbit, the work of Bob Hoskins and Christopher Llloyd in the film, and some of the political resonances of Doom's plan and of the existence and treatment of the Toons in general, as well as our idea for a prequel comic.

In Part 2, we get a little bit more into some of the technical innovations of the movie, including several specific scene highlights and how they were realised, as well as talking about Jessica Rabbit, Eddie's visit to Toon Town, and the general influence of Rodger Rabbit on the film and TV industry - including brief discussion of Cool World (Ralph Bakshi, 1992), which I kind of stan for. 

We hope you enjoy the discussion as much as Dru and I did - it was fun to do! 

0.00 - Part 1

0.58 - Part 2

1.54 - Outro

(Content warning - towards the end of Part 1, we do briefly discuss visual and plot elements of the movie that evoke the Holocaust. Just so you know...)

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NOTES

Who Framed Rodger Rabbit? is currently available to stream on Disney+, and you can purchase it at various other places. You might enjoy this documentary on the making of the movie which was originally a VHS extra, available on Youtube, as well as this shorter clip regarding a deleted scene from the film. 

If you want to read up about the real-life history of the LA public transport system in the 20th Century, this Curbed Los Angeles article by Elijah Chiland is a good starting point!