At the start of Pride Month, the Looney Tunes Twitter account posted a compilation of stills featuring Bugs Bunny in drag. Each outfit represents a different part of the rainbow, while the phrase “Happy Pride, get your drag on ” captions the tweet.
Many on Twitter noted that this is simply a case of a cartoon, doing a cartoon impersonation of a woman for laughs, and wasn't originally part of an activist agenda - as it's now being portrayed.
“[B]ugs dresses in drag because it’s absurd, funny and to throw off enemies,” tweeted one user. “Not because he’s gay and has gender dysphoria.”
“Mocking something in a 70s era children’s cartoon is one thing. Retroactively assigning sexuality to the children’s cartoon 50 years later, and then celebrating it, is another. Not to mention it’s done by the cartoon maker itself, a major producer of children’s entertainment. Corrupt,” a Twitter user named Chris tweeted.
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“I’m floored that Looney Tunes needs to be sexualized (beyond its usual troupes) to groom kids,” user Valerie McGilvrey tweeted in response. “Clearly, Warner Bros. will be the next to have ratings drop and lost revenue.”
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