Red Hot Riding Hood

Red Hot Riding Hood is an acclaimed animated cartoon short subject, directed by Tex Avery and released in 1943 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

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Animated cartoon - Short subject - Tex Avery - 1943 - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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The story begins with the standard version of Red Riding Hood until the characters suddenly rebel at this cliched staging and demand a fresh approach.

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The annoyed narrator cedes to their demands and starts the story again in a dramatically different arrangement. Now, the story is set in a contemporary urban setting where Red is a sexy adult nightclub entertainer, the Wolf is a debonair, horny skirt chaser and Grandma is an oversexed man chaser.

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The most famous element is the musical scene where Red performs and the Wolf reacts in highly lustful wild takes. Those reactions were considered so energetic that the censors demanded cuts in this scene and others. The film's original conclusion, deleted for reasons of implied beastiality, had Grandma marrying the wolf at a shotgun wedding, and having the unhappy couple and their half-human half-wolf children attend Red's show. However, a military officer arranged for an uncut version for military audiences overseas.

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Avery made several sequels to the film, including Swing Shift Cinderella (1945), The Shooting of Dan McGrew and Wild & Wolfy (both 1945 and both featuring Droopy), Uncle Tom's Cabana (1947), and Little Rural Riding Hood (1949).

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1945 - Droopy - 1947 - 1949

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