A Bunny’s Tale Notes

Directions: As you watch, complete the following chart, including at least 3 separate instances
in the text to analyze per chart. There may be more notes your teacher asks you to include
during the course of discussing a text in class.

Segment 1 Notes (through 20”)

Pre-watch:
Definition of satire, in your own words: When someone uses irony or humor to
represent/bring light to an event, person, or
thing

An example of satirical work: SNL

Satirical elements 1. Exaggeration

2. Humor 3. Allusion

Focus question: What elements of satire do you note thus far used for effect?
Timestamp Observation Evidence and Explanation

2-3” The male characters are humously
being jerks, chauvinistically
They are trying to force Gloria
into writing the playboy article
because they want to see her in
“the get up”, which objectifies
her and will make it harder for
her to be involved in writing
about social issues.

8-9” The man drops the keys down the
playboy bunny womens costume, but
she immediately gives it back to the
man.
This was a way to show how
many playboy bunny workers
were just assumed to be sex
workers, but most of these
women were only there as a
hostess and weren’t interested
or obligated to be sexually
involved with clients

11-13” Ned is jokingly reading the very strict These jokes about the many
rules of the Playboy club for the rules spanning from who the
Playboy Bunnies women can talk to to how the
women must present
 themselves at work brings light
to the strict protocols that
Playboy Bunny had.

15-16” Ned is ignoring Glorias attempt of This shows how her relationship
reading the rules and instead is kissing with him isn’t
her

Segment 2 Notes (20” - 40”)

Pre-watch: Rules in your own “work-like” context

Context: Volunteer at karate studio

Rules Rationale

Dress Code So customers are familiar with who is working

and can easily identify them

No Phones To maintain a steady and productive work

environment

Limited hours that can be worked To make sure people get enough rest to
where they can be productive at work
(prevents burnout or injury)

Critique 3 rules: how could they dehumanize, disempower?

Student: Context and rule Critique

Moriah Barker Her context is school. Her
rule is dress code is to be
followed and enforced
If the dress code separates or
targets on one gender more
than the other, this is
discriminatory and overly
controlling.

Sebastian Where boots up to your ankle If your employer doesn’t

when working landscape provide those boots, it takes
money away from the worker
if they don’t already own a

Olivia Saninana The context is School. The
rule is don't speak when the
teacher is speaking.
Focus question: Catalog and analyze rules regarding Bunny conduct.
Timestamp Observation
21-22 Must get an internal physical
examination to become a bunny
23-24 Pay 2.50 for cleaning every day and
must buy and dye their own shoes to
match
26-27 No going out with any customer of the
club except key holders
pair.
If an emergency were to
occur or a student needs to
get a teacher's attention
quickly, it can be dangerous
when the teacher has the
mentality of not talking and
may ignore the student when
in a time sensitive situation.
Evidence and Explanation
This isn’t the case for any other
bartending or waitressing job,
so it is inappropriate and
alludes to the fact that some
women go further than just
waitressing with their
customers.
This takes away a good amount
of money that they make every
month. This won;t be easy for
the women that don’t make as
much money or can’t afford to
buy the shoes in the first place.
This limits them from the
amount of money they can
make from customers. It also
restricts their personal life and
doesn’t allow them to have
interactions with people without
having to be extremely
cautious.
Segment 3 Notes (40” -”60)

A Bunny’s Tale has a mild form of Marxist critique of the working conditions of the bunnies.
Read up on Marx’s concept of workers’ alienation and take 5 notes on the most important ideas.
Suggested link in Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marx%27s_theory_of_alienation
1. When people are deprived of the right to think of/for themselves as the director of their
own actions
2. When workers are instructed to do only a select few amount of activities directed by
those who own the product to maximize the amount of profit made
3. Labor in today's society is isolating and distances people from their humanity.
4. People are bound to the life of capitalism because everything in society is based on
monetary exchange, forcing people to work labor intensive jobs to survive
5. Capitalism reduces people down to their productivity to then be able to compete in the
labor market, instead of focusing on labor being used for survival and to better the
standard of society.

Focus question: Catalog the movie’s commentary on capitalism.

Timestamp Observation Evidence and Explanation

30-33” They are forcing their bodies into
clothing that doesn’t fit them, stuffing
their bras to look more curvy, and
wearing extremely high heels.
They have to do this to fit into
the rules and norm that is being
a playboy bunny. Without this,
they won’t have a job, but they
are also destroying their bodies,
and hence quality of life, just to
make enough money to take
care of themselves.

34-36” The club takes a percentage of tips,
makes them pay for cleaning their own
clothes, shoes, and other accessories.
Capitalism is known for paying
their workers the bare minimum
that keeps them coming back.
Making the women pay for
maintenance and taking a
percentage of tips is an
example of capitalistic
exploitation of workers.

35-37” An article misrepresents their pay This shows how the owners will
bring people in by the lies about
wages and working conditions,
and then keep them there with

Segment 4 Notes (60”- Movie End)
Focus question: Pick your own topic you expect to find in the text and take notes on it.
Chosen topic:
Sexism and misogyny
Timestamp Observation
65-70” A women working in the club was told
to lean forward more to show her
cleavage for a photograph
75-80” Gloria's boyfriend is upset about Gloria
wanting to use her own money to help
her friend with her children.
80-82” Gloria gets into a disagreement with
her boss about continuing the Playboy
article.
the minimum amount of wages.
Evidence and Explanation
These women are supposed to
be waitresses, so to treat them
as if they were sex workers or
making them pose suggestively
is inappropriate.
This shows how many men had
issues with women making
decisions on their own. IF it was
her own money, it shouldn’t be
an issue, but because she is
the woman in the relationship,
she is supposed to follow what
her partner tells her to do
Because she is a woman, she
is rarely given any stories to
write. Now her concerns are
being ignored because the men
think she should be grateful for
the story, even though if a man
were to complain about the
issues that come with her
research, he would be
respected and put on a different
story.