![]() Panda laid in a pile of garbage while groaning in agony. Grizzly quickly got up and ran over to them, staring at the girl "Is she okay?!" The young girl sniffled as she wiped her eyes, trying to hide her tears from the bear "I-its okay." Ice bear quickly stood up and held the little girls hand, softly pulling her onto her feet as he frowned "Ice Bear apologizes" The little girl screamed as the white bear accidentally tackled her to the dirty and cold ground. Ice bear turned the narrow corner of the street and bumped right into the little girl, sending the bears on top of him scattered to the ground. Panda used his phone to look at the time "Only 1 minute left!" Ice bear grunted in return as he sped up, sprinting down the street with his arms and legs. ![]() "Hurry! We won't make it in time" Grizzly shouted from the top of the bear stack I have to work in the orphanage just to eat and keep myself clean. I don't care what they are, I've never had someone do stuff for me. I wish I had a mom and dad to take care of me. I'm currently an orphan, I ran away from the orphanage. I sniffle as I wipe my wet eyelids, letting out small hiccups as my legs slowly move me to whatever destination I'm going to. “They were being told, we don’t want you here.// you're 5 years old in this one shot // (To) sometimes worry that people will say this isn’t your home.”Ĭhong used these real world feelings to propel the story and make what the Bears were feeling and experiences all the more impactful. ![]() Still, it was important that film explored these issues because Chong felt strongly, “this movie had to do with my experiences being a minority in America and what that feels like to try and fit in and feel out of place. This, sadly, made the movie’s exploration of the series’ allegory and deeper themes relevant no matter when it was released. Hatred and intolerance will always be in the fabric, unfortunately.” As much as we want these things to just go away, they’re always prevalent. Chong says this sort of intolerance “has been an ongoing problem that has not gone away. Instead the film, developed years ago, drew not just on what was topical then (ICE, incarceration, and the separation of families) but the pain and intolerance of any minority that’s been discriminated against. What’s happening right now is a very specific and heavy thing that I would never want to make light of.” This may sound extremely topical to everything going on with police violence against Black people, and Chong is quick to clarify they weren’t and aren’t trying “to echo what’s exactly happening right now. In the series the Bears simply met resistance trying to fit in but in the film they’re actively discriminated against and hunted down for no reason other than they’re Bears. The Bears escape but are pursued by a hateful agent, Trout, who’s obsessed with hunting the Bears down, putting them in cages, and deporting them. They make an awful online video that knocks out power in the entire city which leads them to being jailed by law enforcement. The film follows the Bears biggest stunt yet to try and fit in. Many had questioned why the Bears in the series were treated so poorly and Chong answered, “as an Asian American, sometimes individuals are treated unfairly for no other reason than looking different.”Ĭhong admits that the allegory was “a little too heavy for an 11 minute (show.)” However, with the recent release of We Bare Bears: The Movie, Chong and the rest of the crew were finally given the time to tread deeper into what the show was really all about. This article contains spoilers for We Bare Bears: The Movie.īack in 2016 just after the election of Donald Trump, We Bare Bears creator Daniel Chong posted a message about how the series is an allegory for what it feels like to be a minority in America.
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