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Frameline: Bears
SFist Mihi reviews the movie described as Spellbound meets big hairy gay men!
We were surprised when we saw the documentary Bears at the Castro on Saturday at the Frameline film fest. A pageant for big hairy gay men is basically like any conventional beauty contest, only with more harnesses and buttless chaps.
Unless you commit an egregious error like blurting out, "I love Nazis" during the all important Q&A, we all know that pageants are just a "who's the biggest hottie of all the hotties" contest right? We were hoping that Mr. Bear International would dispense with all that "I-love-disabled-kittens" hooey and just lay it on the table. They kinda do, and yet it seems even a contest for hot Bears can't dispense with the high minded concepts when it comes to selecting a winner.
SFist Mihi, contributing.
Apparently it's the spirit of garrulousness and generosity that constitutes the ideal Mr. Bear. What the…? And here we thought it was all about which big hairy gay guy in small underwear you'd most want to see suck the paint off a fire hydrant.
Of course every pageant has a charity component and for Mr. Bear International that involves getting on your knees and doing some major crotch rubbing to sell raffle tickets. You love all the children of the world but do you love them enough to invest in a pair of knee pads, Angelina Jolie? Well, do you? These guys do!
There were two frustrating moments for us during the Q&A after the movie. One questioner asked the producer in attendance why he included derogatory comments made by some of the contestants about effeminate gay men. Um, perhaps because this is a documentary, and not a big old group hug? Duh.
The second annoying moment was when the producer went out of his way to say he was straight on a couple of occasions. Uncomfortable much?