The Goddess Bunny

1994 American documentary by Nick Bougas

1994 (1994)

Running time

85 minutes^[1]^[2]CountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish

The Goddess Bunny is a 1994 American documentary film directed by Nick Bougas, which is about the life of a transgender woman named Sandie Crisp, also known as the Goddess Bunny.^[3]^[4]

Overview

The film depicts a tour of the Los Angeles, California underground transgender, lesbian, and gay nightclub scene, as hosted by the Goddess Bunny. The film also explores the life of Crisp, mainly focusing on her transition, as well as her battle with polio as a child.

Controversy

Crisp became a subject of controversy when a video, which featured the Star Fox character Andross singing a Spanish version of "Itsy-Bitsy-Spider" before cutting to a scene from the movie of Crisp tap dancing, was first released in 2005 in the form of an online video on eBaum's World^[5]^{[unreliable source?]} and then reuploaded on YouTube.^[6] The video, with the Spanish title "Obedece a la morsa"^[5]^{[unreliable source?]} or, in English, "Obey the Walrus", subsequently went viral,^[5]^{[unreliable source?]}^[7] reaching more than 5 million views on YouTube as of 2020.^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b "The Goddess Bunny". Vhscollector.com.
^ "The Goddess Bunny". IMDb.
^ "The Goddess Bunny". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-03-25.
^ Stuart, Gwynedd (April 29, 2017). "At the Punk Version of DragCon, NYC Queens Honor an L.A. Legend: The Goddess Bunny". LA Weekly.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Obedece a la morsa / Obey the walrus". Know Your Meme. 11 April 2010. Retrieved 2020-02-16.
^ ^a ^b Obey the Walrus on YouTube, January 21, 2008
^ Hughes, Joselyn (January 20, 2010). "7 Hardest Things To Watch That We've Shown On Tosh.0". Tosh.0. Archived from the original on March 23, 2015. Retrieved October 26, 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)