Lady Bunny on the echoes of Mae West in drag culture | American Masters | PBS

[@charlienaujokas446]

It's so right to see Lady Bunny on American Masters.

[@joshuaortiz4886]

100%

[@rebeccamcneil5586]

Lady Bunny’s laugh and charisma is just so contagious

[@tula1433]

LOVE that Lady Bunny is speaking on the icon Mae West. The original groundbreaker! ❤

[@wendybutler1681]

On American Masters, no less! I could listen to her speak history all day.

[@tonymansfield9711]

Lady Bunny and Mae West are The Ultimate Bombshells.

[@josephottavi-perez8203]

Young Mae West was a playwright as well as actress on Broadway in the '20s and was very connected with the Queer community in New York. A friend to many Drag performers, Mae hired them for her play "The Drag," which she intended to bring to Broadway. However, it was closed out of town. Her character in "Diamond Lil" is heavily inspired by performers Mae knew.

[@vanessawhitneypro]

Wondrous Lady Bunny talking about Wondrous Mae West?! Yes, Please! Thank You, American Masters PBS!

[@frankmarter6845]

You are a bright light and a smart person. I knew Mae West for 15 years. She was a little over 5’ tall and wore 6” clog type shoes to appear taller. She was a woman 100%. That rumor is just that an erroneous rumor. No one has had more misinformation printed about her. She dressed up in nice street clothes when I saw her. She only wore gowns when appearing in some special occasion. Her hands were feminine. Welch didn’t know her. She just made one movie with her. She was jealous of Mae’s stature in the acting world. Mae was a sweet generous lady who treated my mother and me very nicely.

[@tula1433]

Wow this is incredible! May I ask how old you are and what decade you knew Mae? I honestly love the “rumors” it just adds to Mae Wests mystique!

[@rian5156]

Love this story ❤

[@SeanWarren]

Behind the make up, the wigs and the incredibly quick wit, Lady Bunny is a highly intelligent person.

[@frankmarter6845]

I knew her from 1965 to 1980. I saw her dozens of times. She was Mae West 24 hours a day.

[@jennysmith9134]

So cool. Anything else you would like to share? Or perhaps specific stories that you nor her wouldn't others' reading?

[@lucio.martinez]

Cheers to Lady Bunny! A timeless and entertaining character of our GLBTQ+ community.

[@johnnyoutlaw6534]

Bunny is incredible.

[@greggmitchell2392]

Bunny on PBS!

[@_l.w.a.]

I could listen to Lady Bunny all day! She is so entertaining, smart and funny. ❤

[@NIGHTGUYRYAN]

i love how every documentary about mae west is just everyone roasting her 😂😂

[@carlpacheco2058]

Mae West is the original blonde bombshell! I adore her, she made such an impression on me as a child

[@briantrombini7731]

I met Lady B (More like ran into) One night in Seattle walking down Pine Street in front of the Paramount theater. We were just walking by and she came barreling out of the theater and onto the sidewalk. I'm sure I said something stupid like, Hey, you're Lady Bunny! She is exactly llike she is in this video and every other thing I've seen her in.. she was very funny right away maybe a little tipsy trying to hail a cab. Our exchange was brief I don't remember what we said to each other but I do remember her dress was a one piece but it was super short, revealing her spectacular legs and super cute slip on high heel shoes! She was delightful for maybe a whole minute!

[@fairycloudz315]

Bunny has so much knolwedge, i love her so much

[@yormosi-6251]

Lady bunny is so fun. American legend

[@vibeworks]

I can’t say enough wonderful about Lady Bunny, someone I knew personally back in the Limelight days. What a generous human being, so talented. She commands respect with her presence out of the kindness she exudes. I know this seems a weird take because her persona is maybe bitchy? Or something like? Bunny is an exceptional human being. So glad PBS tapped her for this commentary. She’s an ICON. Wigstock changed society around the world and I will never not promote her contribution to a better world. Thank you, Bunny. Thank you.

[@frankrossi9255]

Love Lady Bunny !!

[@coreywhy]

Luv it , I'm checking things out on here about Mae West , just fabulous 👑💛 Lady Bunny is fantastic & fabulous 👑💛 Once she passed me in the West Village ... stopped and said " my hair might be bigger than hers " She was in full Drag and I loved it 🤣

[@nomi.hagen.]

Bunny is never not funny ❤

[@KZ-gi7ey]

He a coke head.

[@whermany]

Thank you PBS for including BunBun! We love her.

[@LadyBooger]

Love Bunny! 🐇❤️🐇❤️

[@freddifan73]

I had to play back the Sextette trailer twice to make sure I actually heard Mae drop the f bomb (yes, I know it was the 70s) lol The movie itself, judging by the trailer, was at best a b movie, but If Mae West is in it I'll still watch it lol I adore Mae West. She wasn't afraid of speaking her mind (more than once she probably told the studios what they could do with the Hayes Code lol) and she had no problem using her sex appeal on stage and screen (and nobody could tell her not to dress the way she did, even if they could, technically, tell her what she could and couldn't say or sing lol)

[@campatey4342]

love you lady bunny

[@randybailey7115]

I heard once on an interview show, someone that had work with May West, that her walk was more a "shuffle on stilts." She would have her figure sewn into her costumes, placing her thumb on the seam she would know exactly how the light was hitting her.

[@greeneyedwarlock882]

LOVE LOVE LOVE LADY BUNNY FOR-EVAAAAAA' and her explaining the one and only Mae West is PERFECTION!!!🏳‍🌈🏳‍🌈🏳‍🌈🏳‍🌈🏳‍🌈🏳‍🌈🏳‍🌈🏳‍🌈🏳‍🌈

[@mtoffo2275]

"and this is a drag queen telling you completely unsubstantiated rumors" I love Lady Bunny's humor 😂

[@dreamofmzjeanie]

I 🩷 Lady Bunny! Brava!

[@je3720]

Raquel Welch added fuel to that fire regarding the insinuation of Mae being a Man when they worked on Myra Breckenbridge, Totally classless. Mae was all woman she just dared to be an ambitious one, Mae was smart, beautiful witty the whole package.

[@jahlaune]

Mae Westbwas the best extrovert Hollywood ever saw

[@AeeeIOUY]

Any videos otut of drag?

[@SamH-em6sp]

❤hair hopper!❤

[@briantrombini7731]

I met Lady B (More like ran into)

[@frankmarter6845]

I am 80.

[@Syren90...Aka9]

Auntie Bun-Bun!!❤ *💐 💐💐

[@josefn9078]

that audio recorded conver between gay friends, Betty and Mae West, chitchatting all old and along. Talking also about Drag Queen impersionators and pretty much themselves, not as insightful or meaty as one wished tho

[@sunmarsh]

Wow, Trixie really has let herself go. I’m sure Katya can recommend a good rehab center. j/k, love u Bunny. 😘

[@BendiFaguette]

NOT Fatty Arbuckle! Hahaha I always thought Bunny looked more like Monty Woolley! 🤭😍

[@TaylorMMontgomery]

lol it looks like her body is just floating in the black background 😆

[@Lu6771]

👍

[@deftbeck1669]

The background and her dress makes it look like she has no arms.

[@FumerPue]

What ever happened to her ebony and irony podcast ? Is she dead or something ?

[@StevieyTV]

this woman’s nose

[@jiensuyang3915]

Drag is a culture??? D’où know the meaning of culture?

[@msnicotiana]

Apparently, _you_ don't.

[@rsi4561]

so fake. trying to clout surf

[@frankrossi9255]

Mae looked Amazing in Sextette !! No skateboard, that's not true...

[@Bonobo3D]

I think the most likely device Mae West may have used in Sextette and many of her movies, was a slant board, a long padded board which will accommodate the full length of the lying body, movie studios provide them for actors to rest on between performances to avoid wrinkling costumes. Perhaps this is what was lost in translation to become, erroneously, a "skateboard." I recall reading that Mae West was wheeled to a spot on set, on a wheeled slant board.

[@frankrossi9255]

Mae outshined Raquel in MYRA BREAKENRIDGE !! that is the reason miss welch did not like Mae.... jealousy is a terrible thing

[@greeneyedwarlock882]

Ummmmmm......HARDLY. 🤣

[@frankrossi9255]

@@greeneyedwarlock882 Mae was the STAR of Myra !! She had creative control and was paid the most !!!!!

[@Myplop]

It was officially confirmed on his autopsy that Mr West was indeed a dude