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CHUCKY’S GAY CREATOR DON MANCI ON HIS QUEERT PROJECT YET
JENNIFER TILLY EXPLAS HOW 'CHUCKY' BEME THE QUEERT SHOW ON TELEVISN: 'IT'S A GIFT TO THE GAY MUNY'
IS CHUCKY THE NEWT GAY IN?
THE UPG ‘CHUCKY’ REBOOT IS SO GAY IT’S SRY
‘CHUCKY’ IS BACK… THIS TIME WH YOUNG GAY PROTAGONIST, JAKE; IT’S A HORROR CULT-CLASSIC MEETS BURGEONG GAY LOVE ON USA/SYFY TV SERI
GAYS & DOLLS: CHILD’S PLAY, THE QUEERT HORROR FRANCHISE

CHUCKY’S GAY CREATOR DON MANCI ON HIS QUEERT PROJECT YET

Tilly says there's been no "backlash" to the show's storyl volvg gay and genrfluid characters. * gay chucky doll *

‘Chucky’s Gay Creator Don Manci on His Queert Project Yet“I feel extremely lucky, ” says Don Manci. ”‘Chucky’s Gay Creator Don Manci on His Queert Project YetThe key to his longevy the bs part om advice he received om a mentor, says Manci. But Chucky has also offered the out gay filmmaker an opportuny to exprs his queer inty his art, by jectg queerns to the films on var levels “dramatilly, subtextually, metaphorilly, [and] stylistilly, ” he says.

“Once we troduced Jennifer Tilly’s character, the Bri of Chucky, Tiffany, that brought a certa edic mp vibe, which I thk is kd of historilly a hallmark of gay culture, ” he explas.

It’s centered around Jake Webber (Zackary Arthur), a gay, bullied teenager who happens upon a Chucky doll at a garage sale. “The protagonist is a 14-year-old gay boy who’s alg wh a lot of issu that I alt wh as a 14-year-old gay boy back the late ’70s. However, he’s not homophobic, and he’s not a bigot.

JENNIFER TILLY EXPLAS HOW 'CHUCKY' BEME THE QUEERT SHOW ON TELEVISN: 'IT'S A GIFT TO THE GAY MUNY'

The posssed doll basilly shouted "gay rights" the new SYFY seri, and fans nnot handle . * gay chucky doll *

His protagonist, Jake Wheeler (Zackary Arthur), is a 14-year- old gay boy and doll llector who fds Chucky (voiced by Brad Dourif) at a yard sale.

Christe is another a bullied kid gets supernatural revenge, you know, none of those movi has a sgle gay character them. So I thk 's good to give kids who are horror fans someone to intify wh, " he for his film reer, Manci, 58, found the horror genre to be "a hospable place" for him as a young gay man startg out his 20s -- although he adms he was "relatively discreet" around stud executiv about his inty.

IS CHUCKY THE NEWT GAY IN?

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Particularly as a gay guy, " he says. RELATED | Syfy's Chucky Will Have a Gay Protagonist. Sce s premiere on Syfy and USA last month, Chucky has emerged as arguably the queert seri on mastream televisn, wh multiple storyl featurg gay and genrfluid example, the show's teenage hero, Jake (Zackary Arthur), has a ser csh on another boy at school, Devon (Björgv Arnarson) — feelgs that turn out to be reciproted.

THE UPG ‘CHUCKY’ REBOOT IS SO GAY IT’S SRY

As the first Child’s Play stallment wh a gay lead, the new TV seri Chucky, airg now on Syfy and USA, is reclaimg a trope that’s dogged the slasher genre for s: that of the queer-d villa. * gay chucky doll *

"I thk 's a gift to the gay muny, " she tells Yahoo Entertament, notg that Child's Play creator, Don Manci, is an out gay screenwrer.

‘CHUCKY’ IS BACK… THIS TIME WH YOUNG GAY PROTAGONIST, JAKE; IT’S A HORROR CULT-CLASSIC MEETS BURGEONG GAY LOVE ON USA/SYFY TV SERI

The new seri will feature a gay teen disverg his inty — and hangg wh a serial killer doll. * gay chucky doll *

Chucky and Tiffany's child was origally glimpsed the closg moments of Bri of Chucky, but the next film officially tablished them as genrfluid — one of the many elements that ed the stud to reject Manci's script as "too gay.