Reading the rabbit : explorations in Warner Bros. animation by Kevin S. SandlerISBN: 9780813525372
Publication Date: 1998-06-01
Physical Book
Suggested reading for FLM251
This collection of essays looks at the history of Warner Bros. animation, compares and contrasts the two studios, charts the rise and fall of creativity and daring at Warner's, and analyses the ways in which the studio was for a time transgressive in its treatment of class, race, and gender. It reveals how safety and commercialisation have, in the end, triumphed at Warner Bros. just as they much earlier conquered Disney. The book also discusses fan parodies of Warner Bros. animation on the Internet today, the Bugs Bunny cross-dressing cartoons, cartoons that were censored by the studio, and the merchandising and licensing strategies of the Warner Bros. studio stores.