James Gunn Reveals Inspiration For Berenstain Bears Conversation In Peacemaker
HBO Max's new seriesPeacemaker has been the surprise hit of 2022. From the show's incredible opening credits to Gunn's trademark ability to find humor in the darkest of places, The Suicide Squad spinoff series has been a breath of fresh air for the DCEU. On top of all that, Gunn may have shattered some childhoods when he revealed a dark secret about The Berenstain Bears.
In the third episode of PeacemakerA.R.G.U.S operatives Leota Adebayo (Danielle Brooks) and Jon Economos (Steve Agee) are staked out in a surveillance truck, waiting for their latest target to arrive. In a scene right out of a classic spy novel, Economos reports to the rest of his team that the family of potential targets has arrived. He uses codenames, referring to them as "The Berenstein Bears," after the classic children's book series of the same name.
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However, Adebayo is quick to correct him, pointing out that the proper pronunciation is actually BerenSTAIN Bears after the novel's creators Stan and Jan Berenstain. Economos, and likely half the audience, is quick to dismiss this. He grew up with these books, as many others did, he knows it's BerenSTEIN. It's not until later in the episode that they Google it, and it is in fact BerenSTAIN, proving Adebayo correct.
Gunn recently tweeted out this scene and revealed that the inspiration for the conversation actually came from his own experience learning the truth about the Berenstain Bears. In the tweet, Gunn wrote, "Based on a real life situation where I found out that it was indeed “Berenstain” after calling them the wrong name for my whole life." He's not the only one. The pronunciation of Berenstain Bears has been a
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