I’d say it was very much intentional to make that character attractive. Which is a weird choice for an anthropomorphic rabbit, especially in a kids movie.
Also, PC culture is full of gays, furries, gay furries and other based people.
They were making a movie full of anthropomorphic animals, including skinny gazelle popstars and Tony the tiger lookalikes. They knew they were making furry-fodder.
Shakira supposedly actually had a lot of input on Gazelle’s character design, which would kinda potentially make her (Gazelle) the most expensive fursona in the world (depending on how you define “fursona”).
Political correctness was fired in the early 2000’s. It was dissected as something called “cold politeness” that wasn’t really doing anything but making corporations and beaurcratic systems feel better about doing something to fix problems by slapping a new coat of paint over the mold. They subtly hired “Hey maybe just stop being a dick to people” into the role but nobody noticed it was a totally different guy.
Now when people talk about what PC would say “Don’t be a Dick” struggles with feelings of never being acknowledged for the actual work they’re doing. Forget what that ass PC did and try getting to know “Don’t be a Dick” on their own terms will ya? They are not so bad and probably very supportive of your opinion on sexy rabbits. They attend some furry conventions I’m sure.
Mine: “Why do they always make them taller and not wider? I am not a snake. I cannot unhinge my jaw to eat it like that dude in the Burger King commercial.”
It does have an interesting history and Bushmiller was an interesting person. If it appeals to you, Zippy the Pinhead creator Bill Griffith did a graphic novel biography of Bushmiller last year. I liked it.
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