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By Chloe Bartlett
It’s been 25 years since the original Space Jam was released, and fans were excit- ed...until they saw Lola Bunny’s tiddies (or lack of).
Space Jam: A New Legacy, the 2021 sequel to the 1996 basket- ball cult classic, is out on July 16 to give us some hope and enter- tainment for lock- down.
Well, it’ll give hope to most of us, but it may do the opposite to those expecting a sexy Lola Bunny, voiced by Zendaya in the sequel.
“I had no idea that people would be that up in arms about a bunny not having boobs,” Director
Malcolm Lee
told Entertainmen t Weekly. “This is 2021. It’s impor- tant to reflect the authenticity of strong, capable female charac- ters,” he said.
Lee explained that the team “reworked” Lola Bunny as he was “caught off guard” by the “very sexualised” way the animated rabbit was por- trayed in the orig- inal 1996 film.
Of course, not everyone shares Lee’s view on the change, with the internet’s horn- dogs voicing their distresses of Lola’s new look.
“Communist China has won. Liberty is dead,” cried one Twitter user at the sight of a flatter chest.
Another attempt- ed some clever wordplay, writing, “Oh great, they may as well just call this
#WokeJam. The woke keeps wak- ing up from sleeping. Gotta love all this pres- sure that’s com- ing from the ‘Woke’. Not sure why people are so soft nowa- days.”
Sorry, just trying to comprehend that...um, what?
Lee said that he believes young girls will look up to Lola, and a huge reason for that is the strong
woman behind her.
“Zendaya’s hav- ing a great moment right now. She’s taking ownership of her image, her brand, her business. She’s really the embodiment of Lola, to tell you the truth. That’s the kind of pro- jection of Lola that we wanted to have,” he said.
Zendaya weighed in on the matter, saying: “I didn’t
know that was going to happen either! I definitely know we love her, but I didn’t know it was going to be as much of a focus asitwas.ButI understand, because she’s a lovable character. She’s very impor- tant, so I get it”.
The outrage first appeared when sneak peek visu- als of the film were released in March, and now that we are so close to getting our hands on it, the horny bas- tards are more distressed than ever.
However, we can hold on to some hope in humanity, as people online rallied together to bump the horn- bags and their obsession with a cartoon rabbit’s titties down a level.
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Horny Internet Outrage Over Lola Bunny’s Boobs In New ‘Space Jam’ Sequel