Andrea Most notes that this short has Bugs Bunny trying to escape his pursuers through constantly changing "costumes, voices, accents, and characters". She also points that throughout the
Looney Tunes series, characters would change their "shape, size, character, gender, costume, and performance style" to either outwit or seduce others. She theorizes that the artists of
Warner Bros. Cartoons, "mostly Jewish" in origin, were using a trope of transformation and escape which had deeper origins. She finds that many 20th-century comedies with Jewish creators share the theme of escaping through reinventing one's self. This theme can be found in
vaudeville comedy, where the comedians changed roles/identities with simple disguises. It can be found in
Whoopee! (1928) and
its film adaptation (1930), where
Eddie Cantor's Jewish character transforms to "a Greek cook, a black errand boy, and an Indian chief". It can be found in the talent of
Fanny Brice for "imitations". It can be found in
Girl Crazy (1930), where
Willie Howard transforms himself "to a woman, to a variety of famous performers..., to a western sheriff, to an Indian chief." One example is the film
To Be or Not to Be (1942) where a mixed company of actors uses their skills in adopting roles to survive in
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