Elmer Fudd is finding new ways to shoot himself in the foot — now only figuratively speaking — in HBO Max's new Looney Tunes Cartoons series.
The longtime gun-toting Bugs Bunny antagonist, just as famous for his double-barrel shotgun as he is his "wascally wabbitty" speech impediment, is no longer bearing arms on the new streamer's reboot of the Warner Bros. animated staple.
"We're not doing guns, but we can do cartoony violence — TNT, the Acme stuff. All that was kind of grandfathered in," executive producer Peter Browngardt told the New York Times. While Fudd's disarming is drawing the bulk of media attention, his fellow legacy gunslinger Yosemite Sam has also lost his trusty firearms since the new series launched late last month.
Unsurprisingly, the decision has been met with equal parts accolades and scorn in a country still fiercely divided on gun issues.
Worthy move?
Meaningless move?
Considering how many parents let their kids play very graphic video games (or watch others playing those games), I'm not sure disarming Elmer and Yosemite has much value.
Who knows?
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Matt