{"id":12421,"date":"2012-09-25T11:12:58","date_gmt":"2012-09-25T10:12:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.badreputation.org.uk\/?p=12421"},"modified":"2012-09-25T18:05:55","modified_gmt":"2012-09-25T17:05:55","slug":"jessica-rabbit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/badreputation.org.uk\/2012\/09\/25\/jessica-rabbit\/","title":{"rendered":"Jessica
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  I\u2019ve set myself a pretty tough task here. \u00a0I\u2019ve picked a film
  clip I find particularly memorable from my childhood, with a character who
  utters some immortal words that I\u2019d like to use to pose you all a related
  question. \u00a0Jessica Rabbit. \u00a0She\u2019s a pin-up, and a cartoon, and
  a key part of the film
  <strong
    >Who Framed Roger Rabbit?<\/strong>, from which the clip is taken.<\/p>\n
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      For anyone who hasn\u2019t seen the film before, this is the first time we
      (and Eddie &#8211; Bob Hoskins\u2019 character) see Jessica, who we
      already know is married to the eponymous Roger (a cartoon
      rabbit).\u00a0There\u2019s <a
      href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Who_Framed_Roger_Rabbit#Themes\"
      target=\"_blank\">a lot more to this film<\/a> that we first realise, as I
      discovered recently thanks to <a
      href=\"http:\/\/www.intransitionmag.org\/archive_stories\/streetcar_scandal.aspx\">this
      article<\/a>, and it\u2019s got me thinking about Jessica and her famous
      line &#8211; is there more to her too?<\/p>\n
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        \u201cI\u2019m not bad&#8230; I\u2019m just drawn that
        way.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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      <p>
        That\u2019s a line that I\u2019ve always been fascinated by, even as a
        kid. \u00a0Jessica\u2019s appearance never sat well with me: the dress,
        the heels, the boobs, waist, lips, eyes &#8211; everything was just
        designed for one reason. \u00a0That reason is summed up very simply with
        that line she delivers in Eddie\u2019s office. \u00a0Were the film
        writers trying to draw attention to something? \u00a0She\u2019s been
        made by men, for men &#8211; but she isn\u2019t too happy about
        it.<\/p>\n
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        Here\u2019s your food-for-thought prompt:
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