A review by jakekilroy
Who Censored Roger Rabbit? by Gary K. Wolf

4.0

Like a lot of millennials, the movie "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?" was a cornerstone for an intersection of personality. It informed many loves, from noir to mixed media. It was so unique and heartfelt with goofball grit—truly great stuff. Naturally, I'd always been curious about the source material, though I knew it to be a loose basis. This is a hoot as well with a lot of fun plays of gruff and moody lines. Although it incorporates more cartoonish dynamics in some regards—toons speaking in actual speech bubbles, for one—the story as a whole operates with more of a sense that toons are playing in the real-world, while the film adaptation has humans at the mercy of toon inanity. Both are push and pull, each a different recipe of slapstick and hardboiled. Both work, though this version has a few plot points and themes that don't quite tie up for me. But it's pretty incredible to create a character that's a sorta amalgamation of beloved toons to ham it up in a genre parody that then goes on to make said toon a legend. What a romp.