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| Review by Elizabeth Weitz |
Produced by Danny Yourd, Olivia Vaughn,
Michael Killen, Jim Kreitzburg
Directed by Dominic Rodriguez
Starring Boomer the Dog, Chew Fox,
Diezel Raccoon, Freya Fox, Tom Cat,
Grix Fox, Imaginary Skye La Lux,
lllKato, Quad Shadow Bandit, Varka
There is a dichotomy within us as humans that wants to be both individualistic as well as belong to the whole of society, without ever feeling the seismic pressure building within us because of it. In Dominic Rodriguez’s incredibly moving and insightful documentary
Fursonas, that constant struggle is beautifully personified within the niche realm of Furries, a fandom most easily defined as people who are drawn to a world of anthropomorphic characters, due to a psychological, spiritual, or yes, even sexually need.
While the media tends to present this particular fandom as a wild abnormality it is desperately trying to compartmentalize through the lens of normality, the Furrie group itself is trying to figure out a way to describe the world so that the lowest common denominator of the public won’t think it’s, well, odd.
Something that is, as we all know, harder than we think to accomplish. But Rodriguez actually does a pretty great job of it, and in doing so gets to the gist that plagues society as a whole and not just the Furrie sub-culture; that within itself there are rules and regulations of conduct just as severe as those found in the so called “Normal” world.
As an outsider watching a documentary about Furries you’d think that the focus would be all on the differences that we have, but after 20 minutes, that contrast is forgotten because the drama is much more universal, that of the individual vs. the group.
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