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A Big Gay Hairy Hit! Where the Bears Are: The Documentary (2023)

Sep 23, 2023 Documentary, Comedy 1h 33m
95%
User Score
7.6/10

Overview

This hilarious and touching documentary tells the story of how three older, gay, "bears" working in Hollywood, tired of having their gay-themed ideas rejected by the mainstream, decided to self-produce their own web series. Against all odds, the comedy featuring three bear roommates like "The Golden Girls" solving crimes a la "Murder, She Wrote," became a sensation online and one of the most successful web shows of all time. The documentary examines ageism, body-shaming, sex-positivity, the creative process and how friendship and community can ultimately create something beloved all over the world.

Eduardo Aquino
Writer

Top Billed Cast

Scott Beauchemin
Scott Beauchemin
Karamo Brown
Karamo Brown
Marcus Butron Jr.
Marcus Butron Jr.
Kevin Chamberlin
Kevin Chamberlin
Margaret Cho
Margaret Cho
Rick Copp
Rick Copp
Coley Cummiskey
Coley Cummiskey
Joe Dietl
Joe Dietl
Brooke Dillman
Brooke Dillman

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A review by Brent Marchant
Written on October 2, 2023

So you think all of the world’s bears are in zoos or in the wild, right? Well, if you visit any venues or neighborhoods frequented by gay men, you just might find yourself in the company of another pack of ursine creatures – Bears – one of the largest and least-known constituencies of the LGBTQ+ community. Consisting of predominantly big, burly, bearded, hirsute males (many of whom are best compared to modern-day lumberjacks), the Bear community’s numbers have swollen since their emergence in the late 1980s/early 1990s. But they’ve often gone unnoticed, both by society at large and even in LGBTQ+ circles – that is, until the premiere of an internet TV series known as Where the Bears Are. As an impromptu project dreamed up by a trio of seasoned entertainment industry professiona...

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