At first glance, The Bear is a show about a chef fixing a sandwich shop. In reality, it is a devastating portrait of family trauma. The "Berzatto family" is absent (via suicide) yet omnipresent. The complex relationships are not just between Carmy and Richie (a "cousin" who is functionally a brother), but between the living and the dead.
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