Charles Blow angered the internet when he wrote Pepe Le Pew 'normalizes rape culture'A columnist for The New York Times has published an op-ed that claims the Looney Tunes skunk Pepe Le Pew 'normalized rape culture.' Comedian Dave Chappelle called Le Pew a rapist in 2000 in his first HBO special, Killin' Them Softly'[Right-wing] blogs are mad [because] I said Pepe Le Pew added to rape culture. Chappelle recounted watching Looney Tunes with his nephew and telling him to pay attention to Pepe Le Pew 'because he's funny.' In one 2018 article published by Vocal Media, the author argued that: 'Pepe Le Pew Is the Mascot of Sexual Harassment.' 'Anyone familiar with Pepe Le Pew from the Looney Tunes cartoon menagerie will get the same image in their head.

Source: Daily Mail March 06, 2021 23:48 UTC