27 December 2016

She's just drawn that way

Rico says he had to turn to his friend Kelley for the answer:

re: Ashley Graham Isn't Bad, She's Just Drawn That Way
The line hails from the Disney movie Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, a live action with cartoon characters film. The movie studio section of Hollywood has a brick wall running down the center. On one side is real life, on the other is Toon Town, where the 'toons' live. Roger, a zany, highly popular character is suspected of murdering a studio head. He is married to Jessica Rabbit, a sultry nightclub singer in Toon Town. Jessica hires Eddie Valient (played by Bob Hoskins), a down-at-the-heels private detective, to prove Roger's innocence. Eddie hates 'toons' because his brother was killed by one that dropped a safe on his head. Eddie was hired to shadow Jessica and take compromising photos which led to the murder. She knows Eddie did it, and Eddie accuses her of cheating on Roger. That's when she delivers the line: "I love my husband, Mr. Valient. I'm not really bad, I'm just drawn this way."
With Jessica, Disney management mousetrapped themselves (you should pardon the expression) by creating a very popular character for a very popular film, but who was too blatantly sexual for Disney's squeaky-clean world. There are no Jessica Rabbits walking around at DisneyLand or Disney World. 
 
Rico says that Disney's locations could use a little Jessica Rabbit...

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