Posthumous Fame is a Ridiculous Concept

Its a very leatherbound muso thing to say, and nicely glib, but what are you saying? Cartoon violence is fake which is what allows the comedy to occur around it. An audience can't truly laugh if they think someone is being injured. The laughter in Pulp Fiction is rarely at the "mutilation" as you call it, more at the comedic dialogue. Occasionally the threat of violence is played for a laugh (Marsellus Wallace threatening the redneck), but we don't laugh when John Travolta is shot. We laugh with nervousness when we realize Butch is not alone, but we actually feel upset about Travolta being killed, since that effectively is the end of the film, and if the story were told chronologically, he's avoided death and capture so many times that day that we would be left with a total downer in his story arc. Shooting Marvin in the face IS an instance of the blood and gore being played for laughs, and just barely skates past the opening moment of horror because of Travolta's delivery of "I think I shot Marvin in the face..." which sets the tone for our reaction to the event.
In contrast, Daffy Duck having his face blown off is hysterical precisely because no harm will come to him other than a smoking head, charred feathers and a beak spun around the back of his head. His unflappability in the face of being shot in the face is what makes us laugh. Although, oddly, both Bugs and Daffy are afraid of being caught by Elmer, which presumably is a fear of death (at least in Daffy's case). Now that I come to think of it, whats interesting about the series of cartoons starring that trio is that Daffy is afraid of being shot but is shot a number of times, effectively proving that no harm will come to him. Bugs is SO brazen because he must KNOW he's in a cartoon and no harm can come to him ("Duck Amuck"), but probably runs and acts scared of being shot out of a sense of fun. Interesting...
Sorry, didn't mean to freak out.

"All I ask is the chance to prove that money can't make me happy" - Spike Milligan

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Ah, c'mon...really?

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Dear Mary--

I may have sent this before, but....I hope my voice is a pleasant trigger for you. Have you ever noticed that people who look alike oft times sound alike? Makes sense b/c they are playing a similar "instrument," right? Thanks for the support!

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