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Bescheuerter Vergleich.
Die Szene mit Pepé Le Pew, die den finalen Schnitt nicht überlebt hat, war eine klare Botschaft gegen sexuelle Belästigung:
“Pepé, playing a bartender, starts hitting on a woman at the bar played by Greice Santo,” the outlet said Sunday. “He begins kissing her arm, which she pulls back, then slamming Pepé into the chair next to hers. She then pours her drink on Pepé, and slaps him hard, sending him spinning in a stool, which is then stopped by LeBron James’ hand.”
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In the cut footage, Le Pew also reportedly mentioned a restraining order obtained by Penelope Pussycat, the usual object of his desires, and James informs the skunk that he can’t grab other Looney Tunes characters without their consent. It all sounds like it would have been a firm message against sexual harassment and sexual assault.
Die Szene hat wohl einfach nur nicht den Wechsel auf dem Regiesseurstuhl überlebt:
The scene reportedly was shot in June 2019 by filmmaker Terence Nance, who was replaced in July 2019 by director Malcolm D. Lee. There was no Le Pew footage in a rough cut of the new film viewed three months ago by Deadline sources.
[https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2021-03-08/pepe-le-pew-cut-from-space-jam-sequel]
Zudem ist Pepé Le Pew alles, nur nicht irgendwie "canceled". Erst im vergangenen Jahr war er Teil der "Looney Tunes Cartoons" auf HBO Max.
Dass die Droogs inmitten anderer fieser Warner-Arschkrampen wie dem Night King, Agent Smith und den War Boys im Fanblock auftauchen, ist nichts anderes als ein Insider-Cameo für das erwachsene Space-Jam-Publikum.