Yikes.
The primary romantic story is between a young bear-chaser and a handsome bearded older man. The first movie is the drama of their finally overcoming various obstacles and falling in love. In the second move, the older one proposes marriage. The younger one first refuses, scared of such a commitment at his age and then agrees. The wedding is set in Provincetown, with a gathering of friends, former lovers (and the young guy's hyper-accepting parents) during Bear Week.
The climax comes when they decide, in flagrante ceremonio of course, not to proceed with the wedding because "it doesn't feel right, even though they love each other." So they break up, revert to being just friends and ex's and proceed to pick up new guys and make out with them.
Really.
The default model for the supporting friend characters --a hyper queeny twink or a very girthful fat-and-jolly type-- is the sassy Black girl. And we have drag, of course. Must have drag.
And one reviewer expressed his pleasure that the movie did not rely on tired gay cliches and stereotypes.
Really.
Wikipedia, famous for its inclusive authorship and its spotty reliability, describes a Bear as "a large, hairy man who projects an image of rugged masculinity...Some bears place importance on presenting a hypermasculine image and may shun interaction with, and even disdain, men who exhibit effeminacy."
Really?
3 comments:
I was definitely drawn to the bear community, until I realized that the stoic, manly paragons of masculinity I had taken them for existed only in online erotica and web comics. When you start holding beauty pageants, you kinda lose all claim to guyness.
-Sean
Hmm...so..."A celebration of Gay Love, and the Freedom to Break Up Just Because. Set on an Earth-like world where people expect to live forever."
--Nathan
An Earth-like world :) Good one.
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