Comments on: Character Spotlight: Jessica Rabbit

By: Simon Crowl

Simon Crowl — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 09:24:37 +0000

Hi, also like the Madagaskar movies, super movie!

By: Heather D.

Heather D. — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:30:32 +0000

I wanted to point out a couple of things glossed over. First, that in Rodger’s photos Jessica is wearing things other than the evening gown, however each outfit is a setting appropriate caricature of female sexuality; bathing suit, mohair sweater etc. Another thing I wanted to point out was Betty Boop’s response to Eddie’s rhetorical question, “She’s married to Rodger?” “Yeah,” sighing “what a lucky girl.” without a trace of irony indicating how vastly different a toon’s priorities are. Betty Boop isn’t jealous of Jessica because she makes men go wild, she’s jealous because Jessica is married to a desirable (i.e. funny) toon. Rodger is the catch in a toon’s point of view, something human’s can’t comprehend and don’t seem to even try to. Even Rodger’s self worth is dictated by how good he is at being funny, forever wishing he could be as funny as Goofy. He sighs over Goofy’s high-jinx like an art student in front of a Rembrandt.

By: Amanda Phillips

Amanda Phillips — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:25:09 +0000

J. Rabbit scared me as a kid. I thought she was supposed to be monstrous.

By: Claire

Claire — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 03:40:40 +0000

As someone whose early concept of femininity, glamour, and female sexuality was shaped (or warped) by cartoons such as Jessica Rabbit and real actresses like Marilyn Monroe, I can’t help but reflect on how Jessica looks like a TOTAL TRANNY! I’m reminded of the current collective cultural obsession with Megan Fox– a woman that most* red-blooded heterosexual men find irresistible and most** women secretly want to emulate. Fox, with her statements about being “bad,” is all pouty lips, cascading hair, hands-shaping-a-coke-bottle-in-midair-while-whistling figure, and dead, dead half-lidded blue eyes. She’s a caricature of a woman, whose sexuality seems clownish and put-on…yet, much as Mrs. Rabbit entranced me at the age of 7, I just can’t look away from Megan.

* yeah, yeah….
** I know…we’re all more evolved than that, right….

By: amanda

amanda — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 01:33:43 +0000

I’d never thought about this movie or this character in this way before. Thanks for sharing!

By: Jill

Jill — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:38:42 +0000

Ah, there we go. It fixed itself.

By: Dustin L

Dustin L — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:30:40 +0000

She is occupying the frame. You may just need to refresh, or go directly here: http://www.okaywithme.com/character.jpg

By: Jill

Jill — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:15:39 +0000

Thanks for the opportunity to voice these thoughts– I’ve been saying I was going to write about Jessica Rabbit for a while.

Also, ahem– she needs to occupy the frame now. Dracula’s been there long enough.

By: Dustin L

Dustin L — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:07:41 +0000

I’ve always thought that in “sexiest cartoon character” discussions, people (and especially men) name Jessica Rabbit because they feel like they’re supposed to- there’s a sense that that’s what she was created to be. Of course, applying sexual attraction to cartoon characters is a strange business to begin with (unless you’re an anime fan, in which case it’s apparently pretty normal).