oscaralbert Review of The Windblown Hare

The Windblown Hare (1949)

Given what the Loonies with the Tunes . . .

[8/10 · 19 August 2016]

. . . foist upon the story of "The Three Little Pigs," let alone "Little Red Riding Hood," THE WINDBLOWN HARE leaves itself wide open to Re-Reinterpretation. Clearly, the 3 Pigs represent the Clinton's here (that is, My-Boy-Bill, Hillary, and Webster's daughter, Chelsea). The Big Bad Wolf, of course, stands in for Real Life America's Biggest Blowhard ever, The Trumpster. The Pigs are mostly seen at the beginning and ending of this tale, supremely overconfident in their ability to pull off a Whitewater-style Real Estate Scam (and double squat-in at the White House) against Bugs Bunny as the American Public. The 3 Pigs are initially successful in misdirecting Bugs' wrath upon Mr. Wolf, just as nearly everyone turned against Trumplestiltskin in August, 2016. Bugs even warns Mr. Wolf, "Of course, you know, this means war!" However, eventually Bugs and Mr. Wolf compare notes, and arrive together at Hillary's Brick-This-House (which sounds even more apt when you rearrange the letters of "this"). When Mr. Wolf huffs and puffs for the charmed third time, Hillary's Brickwork of Hubris tumbles down quicker than the Walls of Jericho.