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Article: The `Rabbit' That Roared; From Disney & Spielberg, A Charmer, More Fun Than a Barrel of Bunnies
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- The Washington Post
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- June 22, 1988
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Not since Easter has a bunny been so eagerly anticipated as the
lovable, lop-eared star of "Who Framed Roger Rabbit"-an instant
slapstick classic from Disney and Steven Spielberg. Already, it's a
hare's breadth away from legend.
A mix of live action and animation, the $45 million movie is as
cunning as Wile E. Coyote and chipper as a flock of cartoon
bluebirds. And Roger, with the panache of Peter, the brass of Bugs
and the, well, stage presence of Harvey, is 24-carrot gold-the Woody
Allen of the hutch.
"Roger Rabbit" is cartoon noir, an antic mystery set in Los
Angeles in 1947. The animated Toons mingle with humans on the sound
stages, and cartoon cows line up for back-lot cattle ...