Have you seen the (almost) cult classic Cool World? If you haven’t, I wouldn’t blame you. It’s mostly known for being that Who Framed Roger Rabbit? rip-off starring Brad Pitt and a misogynistic attitude that hasn’t aged particularly well — if it was ever in vogue to begin with. No, Cool World is a bad film, having an abysmal 4% green splat on Rotten Tomatoes. And yet, while I watched this movie, I couldn’t help but think about its untapped potential.
If you haven’t seen it, I’ll try to explain away the mess that is Cool World. Brad Pitt is a “noid” — aka human — detective that for some reason found himself in the titular “Cool World” after an unnecessarily mean spirited car accident kills him and his mother. Right after he gets back from serving in World War II. Yeah, I know.
He’s spent years in Cool World as a private investigator of sorts. However, instead of taking pictures of people having sex, he polices the toons’ — referred to as “doodles” in the film — sex lives. See, a doodle and a noid can’t do the dirty, or else the doodle will turn into a noid and/or vice versa? It’s not…
