"Romance Can Be Hairy"
To many of us, the subset of the "Gaydom" known as "the Bear community" is a bit of mystery. While the stereotypically desirable gay man is usually thought of as young, shaved/smooth and slim/athletic, it's thought to be the exact opposite in the Bear community. But it is actually a very diverse, welcoming group, and that aspect is accurately and positively portrayed in "Bear City" (2010).
The film focuses on Tyler (Joe Conti), a young NYC twink who is ashamed to admit to his roommate (a flaming but cute Alex DiDio) that he is only attracted to hairy bears ... to the point that he has a running fantasy of being ravished by Santa Claus! He finally gets up the courage to go to a "bear bar," where he meets some friendly, hairy men of all personalities, sizes and shapes, and decides to move into a room that one couple has to rent. Tyler gets over his initial shyness and develops an unrequited crush on popular Roger (Gerald McCullouch, whom some may recognize from an ongoing...
Loved, loved, loved it!
Just finished watching this movie, and we loved it so much. A very sweet, loving story of a community that is rarely represented in film. I love the warmth and acceptance in these characters of all sorts of people, not just bears, but of everyone. It doesn't matter what you look like, you can be loved and accepted if you give people a chance to know the real youl. That's the message from this movie. So much fun to watch, really enjoyed all the eye candy, too. A real honest to goodness romantic comedy! Excellent!
Bears Predate Twinks by Millennia; Gay & Straight Are Probably About Even.
"The Bear Movement" is to me more a "re-emergence" against social pressure to shave, look civilized, and young driven by the just plain sexiness of masculine hairy men that can't be kept under control for long. Judging from how similar California bears are to Brazilian bears are to Turkish bears are to English bears, it has enormous and wide-spread gay appeal and genetic talent that many ladies seem to enjoy too.
Bear appeal is, as are most things, based on sexual taste. If you see a table full of bears in a restaurant and need to ask what a bear is, you'll never understand. Weight, masculinity, body hair, whiskers, muscle, shaved heads, flattops, etc. are all part of the list of bear features each bear and chaser puts in their own order of woofiness. Why do bears woof? Because they like to, and they also like to growl. Grouch Marx woofs wolfishly at a woman in one of his movies. Again, can't be explained. Why do bears make so many bear puns? A bear is a visual pun at its...
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