Posted by KRICO on November 28, 2000 at 09:32:25:
In Reply to: "It still hasn't gotten weird enough for me"... posted by amamenena on November 27, 2000 at 21:02:06:
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RE: Tweety.... Mexicans love Warner Bros. cartoon characters in general...Tweety just happens to be a particular favorite. Here's a more pseudo-intellectual analysis as to why Tweety might be a favorite of the chicas. Tweety is a neotonic-type, i.e., has an unusually large head for it's small body size and disproportionately large eyes (in comparison to adult forms, such as Foghorn Leghorn, a fully-developed rooster), thus emulating the shape and form of all "infants" in the animal kingdom (this includes baby chicks,chipmunks,calves, foals,puppies,kittens,lizards,tadpoles, etc...it's axiomatic and cross-species)...and, of course, we all know how maternal las chicas mexicanas are.... It's no accident that a statue of Tweety is prominently displayed in the same shrine that houses the portrait of the "Virgen de Guadalupe" in the Hotel Coahuila...May I suggest, "mother and child", the holy duo in Mexican culture, is somehow represented here in a secular environment? KRICO
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