Movie review
August 1, 2024 · 91 min · PG
Woke Score
Lower is better
Review
Classic Looney Tunes slapstick with Daffy Duck and Porky Pig uncovering an alien mind-control gum plot at a bubble gum factory. Petunia Pig works there as a flavor scientist and joins the chaos, but stays just as messy and incompetent as the boys with zero girlboss sermons. The story sticks to buddy comedy, loyalty, and saving the world in a straight 1950s sci-fi parody with no identity politics, activist dialogue, or modern lectures.
Breakdown
These are the editorial factors and ratings behind our score for The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie.
Woke representation / casting
Petunia Pig given a larger supporting role as flavor scientist that fits the factory setting; no forced diversity, race/gender swaps, or audience-visible identity signaling in the classic animal cast.
Woke political dialogue
No explicit political or activist dialogue reported.
Identity-driven story themes
Light emphasis on generic friendship, loyalty, and brotherhood between Daffy and Porky; nothing identity-politics focused.
Western institutional / cultural critique
No modern activist critique of patriarchy, capitalism, whiteness, or Western institutions; pure alien-invasion parody.
Woke character or canon changes
Petunia role expanded and new adoptive-brother backstory added; not relevant as ideological changes.
Anti-woke backlash and complaints
Almost none claiming the title is too woke; backlash absent or fringe.
Creator track record context
Browngardt’s prior Looney Tunes Cartoons included mild sanitizing (no guns), providing limited supporting context.
Production
