{"id":21322,"date":"2012-08-27T11:58:56","date_gmt":"2012-08-27T15:58:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/?p=21322"},"modified":"2018-11-09T13:45:29","modified_gmt":"2018-11-09T18:45:29","slug":"cinematic-swipe-it-was-the-super-snooper-who-framed-roger-rabbit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2012\/08\/27\/cinematic-swipe-it-was-the-super-snooper-who-framed-roger-rabbit\/","title":{"rendered":"Cinematic Swipe: It Was THE SUPER SNOOPER WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Be it coincidence or homage or the outright hope that they don\u2019t get caught aping someone else\u2019s movie, filmmakers have been replicating the work of those who have gone before them for some time now. Every now and then we like to stop and point out one of those instances.*<\/em><\/p>\n

Ladies, isn\u2019t it always embarrassing when you go somewhere and someone is wearing the same outfit as you?<\/p>\n

That\u2019s the situation cartoon star Roger Rabbit\u2019s bombshell wife Jessica Rabbit finds herself with anyone who has seen the Daffy Duck short The Super Snooper. In this 1952 animated short from director Robert McKimson, Daffy is a hardboiled, trenchcoated detective by the name of Duck Drake. Summoned by a phone call to the J. Cleaver Axe-Handle Estate to investigate a murder, he is greeted by a knockout lady duck in a familiar slinky red dress and red hair.<\/p>\n

Now it is well known that Robert Zemeckis’ ode to the Golden Age of Hollywood animation draws but I’ve never seen mention made that this particular short inspired Jessica Rabbit’s “I’m not bad, I’m just drawn that way” look, but I wouldn’t be surprised. Judge for yourself.<\/p>\n

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*And in the spirit of the swipe, we readily acknowledge that we were \u201cinspired\u201d by a similar feature over at Rich Johnson\u2019s comic book news and gossip site, Bleeding Cool.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Don’t you hate when someone else is wearing the same dress as you?<\/div>\n

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