It might seem lazy to tread that familiar territory, but not everything requires forced modernity to thrive in today’s culture. They’re brilliant in their simplicity and feel effortlessly brought to life, and they don’t rely on shoehorned pop culture references or contemporary storylines. One of the shorts just focuses on Daffy Duck getting covered in that classic cartoon bright pink bubble gum and comically struggling to free himself. Sylvester the Cat believes he’s finally eaten Tweety Bird, and is tricked into thinking he’s being haunted by the bird’s ghost, but he’s really just covered in flour. Bugs Bunny challenges Yosemite Sam to an arm wrestling match in a saloon and strolls into a spooky castle to catch a baseball game on TV. Daffy Duck and Porky Pig go looking for treasure and work as pretty terrible firemen. These shorts feel timeless, almost like they were lost in a vault somewhere, waiting to be unearthed when we needed them most. What’s truly impressive about the new Looney Tunes Cartoons is how they manage to deliver comedy-driven storytelling on the foundation of simple premises. But paying homage to the cartoons that came before is easy.
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