Poor Rabbits | Accessible version and video transcripts
Introduction
Poor Rabbits is told by the hapless lagomorphs at the heart of Alasdair Gray’s Poor Things. An untold, grass-roots tale of Godlike creatures and Victorian medical experimentation, decoded by archival synaptic technology.
Characters
Godwin Baxter: An anomaly - in more ways than one. A creator? A destroyer? A father? A child? A God?
Bella Baxter: An enigma to herself - captivating and disturbing to others. Her transformation is inspiring.
Flopsy and Mopsy: The queer rabbits – one black, one white. But nothing is ever black and white in Poor Rabbits!
Story map
Explore each characters story and decide if God did a bad thing…
The accessible version of Poor Rabbits has 3 videos telling each characters story. The videos feature animated images with music and onscreen text. You can access each video separately here.
Did God do a bad thing?
So did God do a bad thing to our poor rabbits? Record your verdict or reconsider the facts?
So did God do a bad thing to our poor rabbits?
Godwin wonders if he should return them to their original form - as God made them - thereby risking their deaths?
Or if is it kinder to keep them imperfect as they are? Like Bella?
Two wrongs don’t make a right – leave the poor rabbits as they are.
Try to repair the damage - return the poor rabbits to their natural state.
Experimentation is essential to progress – try operating on the rabbits again.
Why stop now – forget about the rabbits and move on to bigger beings.