Tilly says there's been no "backlash" to the show's storyl volvg gay and genrfluid characters.
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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
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‘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.
JENNIFER TILLY EXPLAS HOW 'CHUCKY' BEME THE QUEERT SHOW ON TELEVISN: 'IT'S A GIFT TO THE GAY MUNY'
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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.
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.
IS CHUCKY THE NEWT GAY IN?
The gay filmmaker Don Manci troduced the killer doll 1988, and as the “Child’s Play” anchise has evolved, so has s queer sensibily. * gay chucky doll *
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.
THE UPG ‘CHUCKY’ REBOOT IS SO GAY IT’S SRY
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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.
"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 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.
I happen to love , but was so mpy and so gay; I mean, we had John Waters playg a pervy paparazzi!
‘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 *
"I have a iend wh tw boys that are eighth gra, and one of them is gay, " she says. "He thks I'm the greatt person on Earth, bee I'm on a show where the lead character is gay!
And 's jt treated as a matter of fact thg: the whole show isn't about Jake beg gay.
"Chucky has a huge gay dience, a huge straight dience and a huge kid dience... Horror in and killer doll Chucky is g back for an all-new TV show on Syfy simply tled Chucky, and he'll be joed by a gay ma character.
GAYS & DOLLS: CHILD’S PLAY, THE QUEERT HORROR FRANCHISE
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At Comic-Con@Home, seri creator Don Manci, a gay man, revealed that the protagonist of the seri will be a gay teen named Jake Wheeler who is stgglg wh his sexualy while growg up a small town.
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