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Ah Amor! What is life without love? What is life without the romantic chase, n'est-ce pas? What is life without a little bit of unwanted kisses and stalking? Pepe LePew is about to find out. Once the suave and sophisticated star of 1940s cartoons, famous for pursuing love at all costs, Pepe was removed from Space Jam 2 (did we really need a second one?) due to his past inappropriate behavior. What was once deemed comically funny is now seen as creepy and gross, crossing a line from humor into assault. Pepe's apology appeared in the New Yorker Magazine and begs the question: is an apology from a cartoon skunk for sexual assault intended to be a sign that the "Me Too" movement has gone too far? Or is it an indication that there is still work to do and perhaps the movement hasn't gone far enough?
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Ah Amor! What is life without love? What is life without the romantic chase, n'est-ce pas? What is life without a little bit of unwanted kisses and stalking? Pepe LePew is about to find out. Once the suave and sophisticated star of 1940s cartoons, famous for pursuing love at all costs, Pepe was removed from Space Jam 2 (did we really need a second one?) due to his past inappropriate behavior. What was once deemed comically funny is now seen as creepy and gross, crossing a line from humor into assault. Pepe's apology appeared in the New Yorker Magazine and begs the question: is an apology from a cartoon skunk for sexual assault intended to be a sign that the "Me Too" movement has gone too far? Or is it an indication that there is still work to do and perhaps the movement hasn't gone far enough?