. . . ALL FOURTEEN of the human beings seen and\or heard during the seven-minute documentary short THE CHARM OF STINK are MEN!! (No, this is not a piece about the just-concluded Rio Olympics, during which Americans were forced to row and sail through raw sewage and go Number One in the bushes, with guns trained on them.) THE CHARM OF STINK is an ode to the most odoriferous rapist in the History of Film, "Pepe Le Pew." (Though a few of the dozen Talking Heads acknowledge here that "Pepe" ACTUALLY is moonlighting from being Henry-the-Henpecked Husband, an absentee father to dozens of little stinkers, the obvious comparisons between Mrs. Henry and Today's enablers such as Mrs. Cosby or Mrs. Clinton NEVER is made!) This piece ends with several clueless Hollywood Types rhapsodizing over "Pepe's" inexorable campaign of sexual assaults against terrorized, mostly female victims. "Nothing will stop him!" these knuckleheads chuckle and gloat, never seeming to realize that the same was said of Ted Bundy, Richard Speck, and The Boston Strangler. Ask yourself, why does Warner encourage a dozen frat boys to prattle about Pepe, without allowing a peep from any woman?!
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Starting with Volume 2, the featurettes on the Looney Tunes DVDs were the locksmiths of love, no?
lee_eisenberg12 December 2007
In a way, Pepe Le Pew - more than any of the other Looney Tunes - represents that deep down desire that so many men have. The mini-documentary "Behind the Tunes: The Charm of Stink - On the Scent of Pepe le Pew" explains his hilarious delusion of being the world's greatest lover while actually repelling the women. People like Leonard Maltin and Joe Dante put in their two (s)cents.
I think that I may have heard that Pepe was based on French actor Charles Boyer, but this featurette clarifies the whole thing. I guess that it's another example of knowing the parody before knowing the original (heck, without even knowing that the parody is a parody). Kind of like how the first time that I saw "What's Opera, Doc?" when I was really young, I had never heard of Richard Wagner, or that I learn about many pop songs by hearing "Weird Al" Yankovic's spoofs.
But anyway, this short does a good job looking at Pepe Le Pew. I agree with another reviewer that the mini-documentaries on the Looney Tunes DVDs improved with Volume 2.
I think that I may have heard that Pepe was based on French actor Charles Boyer, but this featurette clarifies the whole thing. I guess that it's another example of knowing the parody before knowing the original (heck, without even knowing that the parody is a parody). Kind of like how the first time that I saw "What's Opera, Doc?" when I was really young, I had never heard of Richard Wagner, or that I learn about many pop songs by hearing "Weird Al" Yankovic's spoofs.
But anyway, this short does a good job looking at Pepe Le Pew. I agree with another reviewer that the mini-documentaries on the Looney Tunes DVDs improved with Volume 2.
Pepe Might Have Stunk But He Had Spunk
ccthemovieman-130 October 2007
"A romantic womanizer of the ninth degree" is the way critic Leonard Maltin describes the cartoon character "Pepe LePew," a creation of writer Michael Maltese and director Chuck Jones.
Maltin loves the character's fake French accent and language and the fact that the locales for many of the cartoons have such a European flavor, especially French. These LePew cartoons have a lot of style to them.
Film director Joe Dante says young people today have no idea Pepe is a parody of classic-era actor Charles Boyer. "It's the only link these younger people have with the famous actor," he notes, "because they've never heard of Charles Boyer."
Everyone in this DVD bonus feature - about a half dozen people, compliment the work of Jones on these cartoons, even though most of the plot lines were all the same! They point out the amazing colors, artwork and style they have over the other Looney Tunes cartoons.
The men in here also comment about Pepe's always-optimistic personality and drive. Personally, I never though the cartoons were that funny but after listening to this behind- the-scenes documentary, I have a new appreciation of them.
Maltin loves the character's fake French accent and language and the fact that the locales for many of the cartoons have such a European flavor, especially French. These LePew cartoons have a lot of style to them.
Film director Joe Dante says young people today have no idea Pepe is a parody of classic-era actor Charles Boyer. "It's the only link these younger people have with the famous actor," he notes, "because they've never heard of Charles Boyer."
Everyone in this DVD bonus feature - about a half dozen people, compliment the work of Jones on these cartoons, even though most of the plot lines were all the same! They point out the amazing colors, artwork and style they have over the other Looney Tunes cartoons.
The men in here also comment about Pepe's always-optimistic personality and drive. Personally, I never though the cartoons were that funny but after listening to this behind- the-scenes documentary, I have a new appreciation of them.
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