BrerJon
Well-Known Member
Some things and their associated symbols just need to be consigned to the ash heap of history, The 'Mammy' cookie jars are another example.
I disagree, it's a great designed character, is nice for Florida to have something unique (well, that and Figment I guess) that can't be 'One Disneyed', and it's not the birds fault that its agent was a nutcase. Plenty of fictional characters have less than pleasant links in their creators or sponsors, but we accept that views were different in the past and a strong character can survive beyond that.
Of course if she got a penny in royalties from any OB stuff today then that would be different, but I don't think she does. I also kind of like the idea that she's looking on with horror, powerless as the people she discriminated against are now getting to know a character she was closely linked with and claiming it as their own. Especially as - being a fruit-based creature of uncertain gender - the OB isn't exactly a poster character for 'traditional values'!