(There Will Be Blood, Brokeback Mountain, Killers of the Flower Moon, True Romance, True Grit, The Harder They Fall, Paris Texas, The Power of the Dog, Coyote Ugly, Django Unchained)
there is something so special about using a rabbit to symbolize the main character as being helpless and meek, as being a runner, as being prey and then getting to watch as that rabbit finally learns to use its nails.
"She was drunk! Pie-eyed, she was smashed! I think you'd know from the books your pa left you, that your ma's got... . uhhh whatchamacallit alcoholic personality? It comes under the letter A!"