Ep 47 - Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
This week we talk about the greatest film about corrupt mid-20th century L.A. municipal politics & public utilities, WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT? This is Raquel’s 1st watch since taking Raphael to see in the theatre when he was 6. Raquel gets nostalgic for the cartoons of her youth. The use of cartoons as stand-ins for minorities is absolutely clever. Unsurprisingly, Raquel finds Roger incredibly annoying but love Jessica’s composite of classic Hollywood glamor girls. This films manages to entertain both kids & adults in a way that no other “kids movie” has ever done before, or since. Is this too risque for kids now? Have the cultural shifts in parenting lead to a deeper infantilization of children, & even adolescents? Raquel reminds us that the Warner Bros/Disney beef of gritty, adult DCEU vs funny, family oriented MCU extends all the way back to violent Looney Tunes vs soft Disney cartoons 70 years ago. Why doesnt WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT? get the credit it deserves for basically single-handedly saving Disney? The Generation Splice is film podcast where retired psychologist Dr. Raquel Martinez, a Baby Boomer through & through, & her son Raphael Jose Martinez, a cranky millennial punk rocker/film writer, discuss various films through the lens of their generation & personal experiences. Every week one host picks a movie to dissect & see if they can splice together the generation gap via their love of film. Feel free to write to us! Give us some film suggestions at [email protected] or @gensplicepod on Twitter. Raphael is on Twitter at @citycelluloid. You can find his film writing at cinefile.info and film-cred.com