There's Nothg Funny About The "Pennywise Is Gay" Meme

Contents:

• PEOPLE HAVE DECID PENNYWISE FROM "IT" IS GAY AND HE'S DATG THE BABADOOK
• LGBTQ ACTIVISTS OUTRAGED THAT PENNYWISE FROM 'IT CHAPTER TWO' ISN'T A GAY ALLY
• WAS THE HOMOSEXUALY ANGLE ADD IT CHAPTER TWO AFTER THE "GAY PENNYWISE" DRAMA?
• IF PENNYWISE WAS GAY
• THERE'S NOTHG FUNNY ABOUT THE "PENNYWISE IS GAY" MEME
• IT: CHAPTER TWO’S GAY-BASHG SCENE EXPLOS A REAL-LIFE KILLG FOR A CHEAP SHOCK

PEOPLE HAVE DECID PENNYWISE FROM "IT" IS GAY AND HE'S DATG THE BABADOOK

So, yeah, he's gay now. After the It remake was released over the weekend, people started to wonr if he's gay too. This Twter er seemed REALLY pissed that Pennywise was gay for some reason.

So moral of the story here, I gus, is that Pennywise is gay and you jt have to al wh . In the aftermath of 2017's It, Bill Skarsgard's Pennywise the Dancg Clown beme somethg of a gay in. But after seeg It Chapter Two, I'm sad to announce that Pennywise is not gay, or even an ally.

Spoilers for It Chapter Two has been prevly reported, the film opens wh a scene straight om Stephen Kg's origal novel, which a gay uple (Xavier Dolan and Taylor Frey) are attacked by a group of homophob, who beat Dolan's character Adrian and throw him over the si of a bridge. This attack, spired by the real-life murr of Charlie Howard, uld be wrten off as simply Pennywise takg an opportuny to feed (although s implied, moro Kg's novel than the film, that the enty It -- the name the Losers Club giv to the monster otherwise known as Pennywise -- ntrols the town of Derry and may have telepathilly spired the homophob to attack the uple.

LGBTQ ACTIVISTS OUTRAGED THAT PENNYWISE FROM 'IT CHAPTER TWO' ISN'T A GAY ALLY

So Pennywise isn't jt the physil maniftatn of what is revealed to be some kd of smic enty that feeds off fear and human flh, he's a homophobe. RELATED |It Chapter Two Featur Scene Inspired By Real-Life Homophobic Attack.

But  Chapter Two, ’s revealed Richie is gay, and he’s always had feelgs for Eddie. I don’t believe there was an tentn to make Richie gay the first movie, and the character isn’t gay the books.

WAS THE HOMOSEXUALY ANGLE ADD IT CHAPTER TWO AFTER THE "GAY PENNYWISE" DRAMA?

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Details on the secret the character has throughout the film, and how Pennywise tri to e agast Richie gay IT Chapter 2? The movie slowly reveals hts of him beg gay, and he even mentns several unsuccsful relatnships wh women the movie.

The ia of Richie beg gay is not pletely absent om the book versn of IT. That, or they’re so mted to their martyr plex that every sgle thg is terpreted through the lens of eher beg pro-gay or anti-gay — lerally every sgle thg. How else to expla a wrer for the proment LGTBQ publitn Out plag bee Pennywise om the horror film It Chapter Two isn’t a “gay ally?

IF PENNYWISE WAS GAY

In her article (which ntas spoilers) Rose Dommu wh, “I’m sad to announce that Pennywise is not gay, or even an ally. Satanic Temple Vows to ‘Fight to the Death’ for the Gay Communy.

THERE'S NOTHG FUNNY ABOUT THE "PENNYWISE IS GAY" MEME

As far as homosexualy beg serted to the film - there are two obv plac where might have been add and one of those is the book. In the book, the btal attack on homosexuals is the spark that lets Mike know that It is back.

The other place where there is homosexualy is between Richie Tozier and Eddie Kaspbrak. So, for example, uld make sense that It was fluencg Richie his entire life to supprs his homosexualy (or jt his feelgs for Eddie, if Richie is bi or what have you), but I n't rell It ever directly referrg to that for Richie - I uld be wrong though, he might have said somethg about havg a secret, my pot though is that, to stay nsistent, would have been overly your face, for Pennywise.

He was also likely gay, and societal taboos upled wh childhood trma uld have easily tensified the shame and self-hate that shaped his psychosis. His victims also clu mori, cludg a gay man whom he kills the book's "morn" 1980s settg. If Pennywise was gay, he would be played by Tim Curry.

IT: CHAPTER TWO’S GAY-BASHG SCENE EXPLOS A REAL-LIFE KILLG FOR A CHEAP SHOCK

” is the retort that preces a btal physil attack on a gay uple near the start of It Chapter film ntu the adventur of Stephen Kg’s “Loser” outsts, who battle the killer alien clown, Pennywise, and al wh the hate-filled attus of their townsfolk Meg Ryan quip om Adrian Mellon, the gay man who is beaten by homophob before beg murred by Pennywise. Kg has nfirmed that the character is based on Charlie Howard, an out gay man murred Kg’s home town of Bangor, Mae, 1984 – who was targeted, part, bee he was wearg a flamboyant hat.

But, tth, this is lopsid: the story ntas hate speech aimed at (legally-protected) disabily through to (as-yet unprotected) fatphobia, but the BBFC’s guidance foc only on homophobia: “A young man is subjected to homophobic abe (‘faggot’) before beg serly beaten” and “a young boy beg verbally abed a siar manner.

”One of the ratgs body’s ma ncerns is preventg pyt behavur: the BBFC not that, to get a 15 ratg, “the work as a whole mt not endorse discrimatory language or behavur, although there may be racist, homophobic or other discrimatory them and language”. Acrdgly, It Chapter Two’s homophobic murr scene disurag discrimatn by prentg Adrian and his partner, Don, as hero.