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Opened. 1982. Website. circusofbooks.com. Circus of Books, also known as Chi Chi LaRue's Circus, is a bookstore and gay pornography shop in West Hollywood, California. It was established in the 1960s as "Book Circus", and in the past also had branches in the Silver Lake and Sherman Oaks neighborhoods of Los Angeles .
For decades, a nice Jewish couple ran Circus of Books, a porn shop and epicenter for gay LA. Their director daughter documents their life and times. Watch trailers & learn more.
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Circus of Books is a 2019 American documentary film directed by Rachel Mason, written by Rachel Mason and Kathryn Robson and starring Karen Mason, Barry Mason and Rachel Mason. The premise revolves around Circus of Books, a bookstore and gay pornography shop in West Hollywood, California, and in the Silver Lake neighborhood of Los Angeles.
Apr 22, 2020 · Now the subjects of the Netflix documentary Circus of Books, the former owners of the eponymous store open up about their unlikely double lives as straight-laced, all-American small business...
Apr 22, 2020 · ‘Circus of Books’: How Filmmaker Rachel Mason Made the Queer ‘Stories We Tell’ Poignant and hilarious, the fabulous film about a Jewish couple running a gay porn bookstore is the best ...
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Apr 21, 2020 · Netflix documentary "Circus of Books" looks at the strange history of this now-closed West Hollywood institution of gay culture.
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Apr 23, 2020 · The documentary is centered on a straight-owned Los Angeles bookstore that was at one point the largest distributor of gay pornography in the country. The recently shuttered Circus of Books, on ...
