{"id":210965,"date":"2021-03-08T18:01:57","date_gmt":"2021-03-08T18:01:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gamerant.com\/pepe-le-pew-space-jam-2-canceled\/"},"modified":"2021-03-08T18:01:57","modified_gmt":"2021-03-08T18:01:57","slug":"pepe-le-pew-is-getting-canceled-from-the-space-jam-2-roster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/2021\/03\/08\/pepe-le-pew-is-getting-canceled-from-the-space-jam-2-roster\/","title":{"rendered":"Pepe Le Pew Is Getting Canceled From The ‘Space Jam 2’ Roster"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In 1996\u2019s Space Jam<\/a>,<\/em><\/strong> Michael Jordan and the rest of the Tune Squad pulled off one of the greatest sports upsets when they managed to beat a Goon Squad that had more stolen talent than practically any other team in NBA<\/a> history. However, when LeBron James\u2019 animated teammates gear up for Space Jam: A New Legacy<\/em>, they\u2019ll be missing Pepe Le Pew’s vital 2-point contribution in the scoresheet.<\/p>\n

Pepe Le Pew is a French striped skunk that dates back to 1945, a Looney Tunes<\/em> relic by all accounts. Yet, like many other three-quarters of century-old things, Pepe’s antics haven\u2019t aged necessarily well. Pepe’s running gag was always hitting on Penelope Pussycat, a black female cat who often found herself\u00a0covered with an unfortunate white stain down her back that forced her to constantly reject the skunk’s unwanted and persistent advances towards her.<\/p>\n

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According to Deadline, a Space Jam: A New Legacy<\/em><\/a>\u00a0scene featuring Pepe Le Pew and actress Greice Santo (Jane the Virgin<\/em>) was shot in 2019 but cut from the movie, resulting in the smelliest Looney Tune being outright dismissed in the sequel. The news comes on the back end of a recent New York Times column by Charles M. Blow, who argued that Pepe Le Pew \u201cnormalized rape culture,\u201d though there are no indications that might suggest the two news stories are related. Instead, Le Pew’s absence is attributed to screenplay writer Terence Nace stepping away from directing duties in favor of Malcolm D. Lee.<\/p>\n

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As for the actual content of the deleted Space Jam 2<\/em> scene, it\u2019s said to have been a vintage-style Casablanca<\/em> sequence shot in black and white, where Pepe Lew Pew plays a bartender hitting on a woman and kissing her arm out of the blue. Pepe then gets what\u2019s coming to him as the woman proceeds to humiliate him and\u00a0slaps him; after which LeBron James and Bugs Bunny<\/a> tell Pepe that he can\u2019t touch other Tunes without their consent, in response to the skunk\u2019s story that Penelope has a restraining order against him.<\/p>\n

From the scene’s description, it would appear to be an attempt to modernize\u00a0Space Jam: A New Legacy<\/em><\/a>\u00a0and better tune Pepe with more modern times by condemning the skunk\u2019s storied behavior. At least that\u2019s Santo\u2019s opinion, as the actress -who has been a victim of sexual harassment- felt that cutting off the scene translates into a missed chance\u00a0\u201cto let younger girls and younger boys that Pepe\u2019s behavior is unacceptable,\u201d something she might know a thing or to about given her activism in such causes.<\/p>\n

Outrage\u00a0over Pepe Le Pew isn\u2019t even that new, as Dave Chappelle managed to sneak the skunk into his routines back in the ’90s due to\u00a0his ghastly behavior. So, perhaps this was a lost opportunity to embark Pepe on a path to redemption. Warner\u00a0Bros. has yet to comment on the matter.<\/p>\n

Space Jam: A New Legacy<\/em><\/strong> is scheduled for release in theaters and HBO Max on July 16, 2021.<\/p>\n

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Source:\u00a0Deadline<\/a><\/p>\n\n

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