Pepé Le Pew removed from future Warner Bros. projects but will remain a character at Six Flags Over Texas
Six Flags Entertainment told WFAA that no changes are planned to its parks as it assesses guest feedback regarding the character. Author: Matt Howerton Updated: 10:32 PM CST March 9, 2021
ARLINGTON, Texas Warner Bros. Pictures is facing divided backlash over one of its Looney Tunes characters following a New York Times opinion piece that stated the character normalized rape culture.
The character in reference is Pepé Le Pew, the animated French skunk that has appeared in Looney Tunes cartoons since 1945.
His shtick revolves around constantly being lovestruck with a female cat that looks similar to him and presenting unwanted advances toward her.
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Famous ‘Tango Frogs’ moving to new home on Lowest Greenville in Dallas
The restaurateur who commissioned the art some 40 years ago, Shannon Wynne, shares stories about the frogs’ wild history.
Three of the original Six Frogs Over Tango sculptures will be moved from Taco Cabana to Truck Yard in Dallas. The frogs, a source of fascination and legend, once graced the roof of a nightclub in the 1980s named Tango.(Michael Ainsworth / Staff Photographer)
Dallas Morning News readers was, “Where are the ‘Tango Frogs’ going?”
They’re referring to a sculpture of six dancing frogs created by artist Bob “Daddy-O” Wade. They’d been atop the building at 1827 Greenville Ave. starting in the early ‘80s, when it was once a nightclub called Tango. Three of the frogs were re-installed at Taco Cabana in 2014 and remained there throughout 2020, while Taco Cabana sat vacant.