Red Hot Riding Hood

cartoon by Avery

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"Red Hot Riding Hood" is a 1943 animated cartoon directed by Tex Avery for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) studios. It is known for its wild, irreverent style, which was characteristic of Avery's work. The cartoon features a curvaceous showgirl in a revisionist fairy tale, a common theme in several of Avery's MGM films. Avery's approach to animation celebrated the medium itself, often using exaggerated gags and a fast pace, and his work brought a brash, adult sensibility to cartoons. He is considered one of the most influential directors in American animation, second only to Walt Disney.12

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…in revisionist fairy tales (Red Hot Riding Hood [1943], Little Rural Riding Hood [1949]), a paranoiac wolf (Dumb-Hounded [1943], Bad Luck Blackie [1949]), or the slow-talking dog Droopy (Northwest Hounded Police [1946], Droopy’s Good Deed [1951]), who served as foils for the director’s brilliant takeoffs on such themes as…
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…in revisionist fairy tales (Red Hot Riding Hood [1943], Little Rural Riding Hood [1949]), a paranoiac wolf (Dumb-Hounded [1943], Bad Luck Blackie [1949]), or the slow-talking dog Droopy (Northwest Hounded Police [1946], Droopy’s Good Deed [1951]), who served as foils for the director’s brilliant takeoffs on such themes as…
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