Roger Rabbit linked the decline of hand-drawn animation to automotive conspiring against LA transit

Evidence

Who Framed Roger Rabbit operates like an elegy for the golden age of hand-drawn animation and of Los Angeles itself, including a sly critique of the power of the automotive and oil industries in conspiring to severely curtail public transportation in the city. — Andrew deWaard, Derivative Media, 414

Categorization

  • XREF: The LA streetcar conspiracy motif echoes the ‘Grafting & Growth’ infrastructure article’s interest in how built environments encode hidden histories.