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Post by snsurone on Jul 14, 2018 21:09:00 GMT
In a number of cartoons, Bugs dons women's clothing and makeup in order to elude an enemy.
All of his adversaries (especially the dim-witted Elmer Fudd) fall for the disguise; only Daffy Duck sees through it.
In those highly censored days of filmmaking, one has to wonder how these shorts weren't banned.
I read somewhere that the WB animation department was called on the carpet by the Hay's Office, and somehow, they managed to convince the critics that Bugs' cross-dressing was merely a device to escape predators, and had nothing whatsoever to due with the rabbit's sexual identification and orientation.
In fact, there are a few cartoons showing Bugs actively pursuing female bunnies--one of them being a mechanical rabbit used in a dog race!
Most likely, his most famous impersination was that of Brunnehilde in WHAT'S OPERA, DOC", but my favorite is the country girl in HILLBILLY HARE.
He looked really cute in that one.
Your thoughts?
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Post by BATouttaheck on Jul 14, 2018 21:41:17 GMT
I had typed a reply concerning Cross-dressing being a comedy classic bit in vaudeville and before that and a reference to Milton Berle and movie going audiences not thinking about the sexual orientation of cartoon characters at the time when these cartoons were made and a couple of helpful links and a funny video but decided  |
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Post by teleadm on Jul 14, 2018 21:50:53 GMT
 Maybe he is the eternal bachelor |
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Post by BATouttaheck on Jul 14, 2018 21:55:55 GMT
ok . since you insist …. one quote This question was asked ( link below) : "Going back to the beginning of Warner Bros cartoons, I always see Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, and other characters like Elmer and Taz crossdressing for various bits. Why is this such a reoccurring theme for Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies/etc cartoons? No other cartoon series have this, as often." The reply : Per this KLOS Interview with Chuck Jones: …. the people who made Bugs Bunny (and other WB cartoon) simply thought that putting their main character/s into women's clothes was about the funniest thing you could do with them. Audiences, for the most part, agreed and thus Bugs had to "drag it up" at least once every few cartoons. M&B: ...I always wondered whose idea was it to put Bugs in drag the very first time? And did you have any negative connotations from whatever organization? Chuck Jones: The thing was at that time, if a man dressed up like a woman, there was no transvestite. Nobody even knew the term. M&B: It was just funny. Chuck Jones: It was just funny. The man would put on a woman's hat, and they would think that was funny. They wouldn't think that the man was turning into something "inappropriate." movies.stackexchange.com/questions/52716/why-is-crossdressing-so-common-in-looney-tunes-and-related-wb-cartoons |
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Post by petrolino on Jul 14, 2018 22:24:21 GMT
Most likely, his most famous impersination was that of Brunnehilde in WHAT'S OPERA, DOC", but my favorite is the country girl in HILLBILLY HARE.
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Post by petrolino on Jul 14, 2018 22:26:14 GMT
Maybe he is the eternal bachelor  |
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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Jul 15, 2018 1:39:18 GMT
Chuck Jones: The thing was at that time, if a man dressed up like a woman, there was no transvestite. Nobody even knew the term. There were live action movies where men dressed as women. A Midsummer's Night Dream 1935 has such a scene with Joe E Brown. I suppose it depends though--if the one doing it could not possibly be mistaken for a woman.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Jul 15, 2018 1:48:51 GMT
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Post by snsurone on Jul 15, 2018 15:38:49 GMT
There were also a few Charlie Chaplin shorts where the Little Tramp disguised himself in women's clothes.
And he looked damn good in them!
In fact, in an early one, he actually played a woman, wearing one of Alice Davenport's dresses.
But that was long before the Production Code.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Jul 15, 2018 18:05:33 GMT
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Post by vegalyra on Jul 15, 2018 20:22:08 GMT
Wayne's World:
Garth Algar: Did you ever find Bugs Bunny attractive when he put on a dress and played a girl bunny?
Wayne: No... (laughter)...... No.
Garth Algar: Neither did I. I was just asking.
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