Is Richie gay 'IT Chapter 2’? Bill Har plays the character the new movie, and he harbors a secret attractn to one of his bt iends.
Contents:
- IT CHAPTER TWO AND THE HORROR OF ANTI-GAY BIGOTRY
- IT: CHAPTER TWO’S GAY-BASHG SCENE EXPLOS A REAL-LIFE KILLG FOR A CHEAP SHOCK
- STEPHEN KG CHAMPNS ‘IT CHAPTER TWO’ GAY CHARACTER SURPRISE: ‘KD OF GENI’
IT CHAPTER TWO AND THE HORROR OF ANTI-GAY BIGOTRY
We exame the hate crim It Chapter Two and the importance of makg Bill Har’s Richie Tozier gay. * it 2 gay *
This should not e as a shock, yet for many, the level of baly the child-eatg space clown rerved for a gay character It Chapter Two’s openg was nothg short of horrifyg.
IT: CHAPTER TWO’S GAY-BASHG SCENE EXPLOS A REAL-LIFE KILLG FOR A CHEAP SHOCK
But there is a method to this tolerant madns throughout the film, sce the te terror of Pennywise is far realer when wh a sneer at Richie Tozier’s closeted gay liftyle, or beneath the Derry bridg, than ever n due to a puter generated Pl Bunyan monster.
STEPHEN KG CHAMPNS ‘IT CHAPTER TWO’ GAY CHARACTER SURPRISE: ‘KD OF GENI’
In the film’s bt moments, It Chapter Two fds tasteful ways to further accentuate the genial warmth and humany of the Losers’ Club, while also beg more clive and aware of a gay muny which is starkly victimized the movie’s first scene. In the movie’s most terrifyg sequence, dienc are briefly troduced to a lovg, openly gay uple prised of Adrian Mellon (Xavier Dolan) and Don Hagarty (Taylor Frey). Shown enjoyg a night out at the Derry summer rnival, their romance is cut tragilly short when they share a kiss (and an “I HEART DERRY” hat) ont of a group of homophobic teenagers.
The first chapter the book is the ath of a child at the hands of a supernatural clown the past, and the send is the ath of a young gay man the prent—a murr at least stigated by real life monsters.