Zooming through the deserts of the American Southwest (Binford 155) with its pedaling talons in an amorphous whirl and its head proudly upright, a bluish bird with a yellow beak races along a highway with a complacent smirk on its face and famished coyote on its tail. ... Dubbed in pseudo-Latin as ¡°Accelerati Incredibilus¡± (Seaman, screen) by the Warner Brothers, we know it simply as the Road Runner, and it embodies America¡¯s idealism by projecting the elements of speed and invincibility.
In 1949, creators Chuck Jones and Michael Maltese presented the Road Runner and its nemesis, Wile E. ... The kids were fascinated with the Road Runner¡¯s incalculable speed, its apparent invincibility against the Coyote¡¯s schemes, and of course, its trademark ¡°beep beep¡± which conveys a mixture of humor and wit.
Relying on an instinctive gift for self-survival, the Road Runner is always a heartbeat ahead of whatever machinations the indefatigable Coyote concocts (¡°Stars of the Show¡±). ... Defying the laws of conventional physics and submitting to the comical laws of cartoon physics, the Road Runner makes the Coyote¡¯s mechanical plots malfunction in the most hilarious ways. Each seemingly infallible attempt ends with Road Runner¡¯s triumphant ¡°beep beep¡± as he beams off to the horizon once again.
Speed is a very significant aspect of the Road Runner not only because it is necessary for its survival, but also because it reflects the American societal emphasis on the ¡°need for speed¡±. ... Thus it is no surprise that today the Road Runner is the logo for Time Warner¡¯s Road Runner High Speed Online service, which provides high-speed connection to the internet so people can view and download faster.
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