Wed, 11 Jun 2008

Beloved Characters as Reimagined for the 21st Century

What's next? It's bad enough when they colorized Casablanca and put Richard III in a tank, but messing with Bugs Bunny?

“You want a dark, Goth version of Tweety Bird? Have at it,” said Lisa Gregorian, executive vice president for worldwide marketing at Warner Brothers Television.

No, thank you!

A large number of classic characters for children are being freshened up to try to cater to parents’ nostalgia and children’s YouTube-era sensibilities.

(link) [New York Times]

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On 6/11/2008 09:03:25
er wrote

On 6/11/2008 09:18:05
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On 6/30/2008 15:39:15
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