could he?...probably, but like mentioned: people are more forgiving with cartoons.....i'm talking audiences and studios.....the audience is willing to let 'realism' go cause it's a cartoon.....the same goes for studios...also, they let people get away with doing more when it's a cartoon cause it's cheaper to draw something than to do it live action.....
also, as soon as something is live action, for whatever reason people (studios/audiences) want and switch to 'realism' mode....they want it 'up to date' and 'realistic', which limits a lot of what people can do with the movies...