One of the suspects in Zapata's killing, Julian Zapata Espinoza, also known as "Tweety, " was arrested in Mexico and extradited to the United States in late 2011.

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It would be like Sylvester rooting for Tweety.

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' Bugs Bunny and Tweety characters.

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Artists like the late Mel Blanc, the "Man of a Thousand Voices" -- who brought Bugs Bunny, Tweety Bird and Daffy Duck to life -- made successful careers out of their ability to voice multiple characters, often in the same film.

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Led by Sinise, who edges his profile into every shot as if he were a model in a rustic clothing catalogue, and Malkovich, who carries on like a further infantilized Tommy Smothers (his upper register recalls Tweety Bird), the cast acts with self-conscious, surface physicality.

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He has covered shoes in gold studs (a recent boot brought to mind an abacus), dotted them with googly eyes (he got the idea from a greeting card), and topped them with plumes (a pointy-toed stiletto looks as if it had tussled with Tweety Bird).

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