The character of Pépé le Putois withdrawn from the movie Space Jam for his sexist attitude

Recently, classic movies such as "Gone with the Wind", "Peter Pan" and "Dumbo" have been subject to content warnings, or have been withdrawn or reclassified on streaming platforms, for items deemed problematic.

This time, it is the character of Pépé le Putois who pays the price.

Last week, the character made headlines in the famous New York Times when a columnist called Grandpa "normalizing the culture of rape."

The animal created by Charles Jones made its first appearance in a cartoon in 1945. It is accused today of harassing the poor cat Penelope who constantly rejects his advances because of his smell ...

This character is no longer expected to appear in future Warner Bros. Studios productions, but no studio announcements have been made as to permanently deleting the catalog of currently available works.

Cancel culture

Some Internet users immediately denounced a form of censorship in the name of political correctness to which this decades-old character would be the victim.

Thus, it will not be in the second opus due to be released this summer from “Space Jam”.

A comedy which in 1996 featured the characters of Warner Bros' “Looney Tunes Cartoons” alongside basketball legend Michael Jordan.

The sequel will see current basketball superstar LeBron James join the ranks of Bugs Bunny and his gang.

The fact remains that this "cancel culture" has made many Internet users react on social networks.

"Does that mean they're also going to try to cancel Fluffy?"

tweeted Gabriel Iglesias, the voice of the character Speedy Gonzales in the "Space Jam" sequel.

“Cancel culture, you can't catch me.

I'm the fastest mouse in all of Mexico. ”