It's a footnote to the whole story ofIt, but an especially unsettling one. The adult portrayal is well known for a scene where Pennywise taunts him in a public library, which has become iconic for Tim Curry's over-the-top performance. As reimagined by the miniseries as well, Bill is looking at a photo album with some innocent family pictures of Georgie. In the book, though, they're all are caught by It in the sewers after chasing the Losers. Taylor Frey, who portrayed Don Hagarty, a young gay man in Gossip Girl, will play Don in the film. There's been a lot of debate about whether this is belittling, abusive, or even empowering for Beverly, but even Stephen King himself has since walked back on its value to the story. 14 Unnamed Adults - Killed when the Kitchener Ironworks exploded. Bill discovers the Ritual Of Ch*d, a ritual that allows him to enter The Macroverse and confront IT. Want more stories like this? Jeffrey Hollie - Torn apart by Pennywise, but was later found near The Canal. The solution? At her suggestion, all six of the boys have sex with Beverly Marsh in quick succession so they can be united again and find their way back to the Barrens. Now that's out of the way, a brief introduction. Mike Hanlon, the only remaining member of the Seven who has never left his hometown, summons them back home in 1990. He wants to have the attention and love from his friends that he doesn't receive at home from his parents. He ends up in the Barrens where he encounters It, which takes the form of his recently deceased little brother before turning into a gill man and decapitating Eddie. In this video I'll be going through the entire chronological life of Eddie Kaspbrak and doing a complete breakdown and analysis of his character, including the dark aspects and psychological damage that Eddie picked up.This will cover the entire known history of Eddie from his birth to his death. Eddie was again portrayed in the 2017 remake and its 2019 sequel by Jack Dylan Grazer as a child and James Ransone as an adult. It is the end of the world when their blood oath fades away after their death, as if to say goodbye. The fact that they included it is a good sign. Eddie King - Hacked to death by Heroux . In the movie, Patrick Hockstetter is hardly a central figure to the story. 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For a long time, weve had a reading of Eddie with a queer slant. Ultimately, ones take on Richie/Eddie is going to come down to personal perspective. Lionel Tozier and the group share a similar romance. Check out the trailer for Renfield, the upcoming vampire movie starring Nicholas Hoult and Nicolas Cage. When it re-emerges decades later, they reunite again to stop it for good. This veers into headcanon territory, but you know what? Eddie's death is one of the most heartbreaking moments in IT. The viewer decides whether or not to watch the Richie/Eddie plot. Members of the group include Bill Denbrough, who stutters; Eddie Kaspbrak, who has a hypochondriac condition; Ben Hanscom, who is overweight; Richi Tozier, a jokester; Stan Uris, a Jewish boy; Beverly Marsh, a woman of lower. The movie also completely omitted one book scene that would probably be regarded as insensitiveand perhaps a bit of cultural appropriation. The film co-stars Awkwafina, Ben Schwartz, and Adrian Martinez. Each member of The Loser's Club have individual encounters with Pennywise the Dancing Clown, including one encounter that resulted in Eddie breaking his arm. It has a narrative that I have never expected from IT. The Losers Club provides its members with a sense of belonging and acceptance. 27 years later, Richie is a disc-jockey in Beverly Hills and one of the only members of The Losers Club to have never married. A burly football player can be gay. Or to keep it anonymous, click here. Richie is known for his loudmouthed and sarcastic personality, which led to him being called "Richie 'Trashmouth' Tozier" by his peers. In the film, we see Adrian using his inhaler during the attack, and Eddie of course is seen using his throughout the film; the visual language directly compares the two. so let's analyse his WHOLE story. Thats what engaging with the text will do to you. Are The Cast Members Of Queer As Folk Really Gay? werewolves, mummies, lepers, evil paintings, and even giant birds are just a few of the things the boys in the Losers Club fear. Heres What We Know, Former Literal Poster Child for Hogwarts School Choir Is Boycotting Hogwarts Legacy, Everyone Has Thoughts About the MLK & CSK Statue, But Not All of Them Deserve Space, IKEA Canada Made an Actual Blhaj Shark in Trans Colors, More Attack on Titan Is Coming and My Bosom Is Heaving Like a Romance Novel Protagonist, Everything We Know About Daredevil: Born Again. Even if they dont ever share a love confession or a kiss, the parallels between Richie and Eddie both coming into their own throughout the film strongly lend themselves to a reading that Richie and Eddies feelings were requited, even if they are never said on screen. Despite the fact that Eddie dies in every adaptation, he survives and eventually falls in love with Richie. According to ritchie, he is gay and is in love with Emily Kasprarak. Be proud.. It was more of an Easter egg, but there's more to that scene in the book. (All of this happens before Beverly Marsh's innocent eyes, making the shock value even more intense on paper.). The Losers travel to the meteor crater where they first landed on Earth to face it for the second time. Some fans have interpreted Eddie was bisexual, even though as in the book, he is married to a woman named Myra. As a result, LGBTQ communities will be portrayed in a more nuanced and accurate light, which is unfortunately still not the case in mainstream media. In King's novel Duma Key, the song excerpt in the beginning is by a band called Shark Puppy. The Losers Club is a group of seven misfit children who live in a fictitious Maine town called Derry. He was later portrayed by Finn Wolfhard as a child and Bill Hader as an adult in the 2017 film and its 2019 sequel.[2]. It's a much more supernatural/celestial process than what we see onscreen, and if It is any indication, both movies may bypass this bonkers aspect of the story altogether. Grown-up Mike Hanlon makes mention of the boy later when recapping the town's attitude towards the missing kids, pointing out Chad's case to the cop who wants to wave away the deaths or disappearances as coincidence. Yes, Joe Russo, Im talking to you specifically about this. He has written words for Den of Geek, Collider, The Irish Times and Screen Rant over the years, and can discuss anything from the MCU - where Hawkeye is clearly the best character - to the most obscure cult b-movie gem, and his hot takes often require heat resistant gloves to handle. Sharon Denbrough - Died of an unknown cause. Frederick Cowan - Drowned and partially eaten by Pennywise. The clowns, who are seemingly child-killing, are met by each of the children individually. The story follows Eddie and Richie as they carve their initials into the Kissing Bridge at the age of 13 in order to fall in love. Mike's dad survived the incident in the story, but he got a glimpse of It in the form of a giant bird, which is the same version of the terror that Mike sees in the novel before joining the Losers. There is a chance that Richie, from IT, was not gay in the books, but the revelation of his homosexuality in the film added so much depth to the sequel. In the books, however, Henry's dad's rancor is the only constant in his life. One of the biggest questions on everyones mind is whether or not the sequel will feature a gay couple. Dawn Roy - Decapitated by Pennywise, but was later found in McCarin Park. He's shown as the bearer of some bad news about the town's history, courtesy of his grandfather, but for the most part, the role of the resident historian of the group is given to Ben Hanscom instead. In the scene, Bill leads up a Native American smoke hole ritual in an effort to find out more about the demon that's doing so much damage to Derry. Vic gets his head torn off by the monster, who appears as Frankenstein, and Belch has his face ripped in half after trying to defend Henry from It. Although the characters of Beverly and Bill do not marry in the novel, there is no way to know if they will be married in the film. After seeing the Standpipe appear to float, Stanley curiously goes inside. As a string of murders occurs in Derry again in 1985, an adult Mike Hanlon reminds them of their childhood promise to return if the killings ever occur again. Neil Weiner & Sharon E. Robinson Kurpius (1995). Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, Battle at the Illuminati Headquarters (Earth-838). But little Chad was still just a toddler, which makes his probable death even more gruesome. He only manages to escape by chanting the names of birds from his guidebook, but the only wild thing he sees that day is a dead body beckoning him back into the watery hellhole. He's but one of several lackeys belonging to Henry's group of bullies, and the most significant thing about him is the fact that he pulls an Arachnophobia move by fashioning an aerosol flamethrower to torment the Losers. "I wasn't really thinking of the sexual aspect of it. A giant version of Pennywise, dressed in a costume, makes an appearance in the garage where Bill is hiding. Like the novel, he soon dies of his wounds, spurring the others to finish Pennywise for good. Floyd Calderwood - Hacked to death by Heroux. Halsey: The Human Form In All Its Complexities. But at the same time, Richie is canonically not straight, with there being a strong reading that Eddie is also not straight. Its also worth noting that prejudice and bigotry are very much villains in the world of IT, and homophobia is included in that. Tinker McCutcheon - Hacked to death by Heroux. There are more in-depth queer readings to be made of Eddie based on the book, miniseries, and film, including a direct parallel in the novel between the murdered Adrian Mellon and Eddie that is mirrored in the film. It's a subtle difference, but the scene proves that It looks different to different people depending on their particular fear, which makes it that much scarier than some bozo with big teeth. The writer, director, and stars all seem to treat this plot as a love story, and a serious part of the film rather than a cheeky blink and youll miss it reference. The ending of the It movie certainly simplified things when it came to the Losers' first banishment of the beast. Other fans have interpreted Eddie as a closeted gay man who used Myra as a beard, as in the book Eddie shows no romantic or sexual interest in Myra and views her as an extension of his mother. Ultimately, it is up to the viewer to decide how they feel about the Richie/Eddie plot. Beverly agreed to a blood oath with the rest of the Losers Club after an odd sexual encounter with all of the boys in the novel following ITs defeat, promising to return in 27 years when Pennywise did. But now, after centuries of servitude, Renfield is finally ready to see if theres a life away from The Prince of Darkness. He gets some of the best jokes for sure, but while the other Losers have emotional arcs, Richie just sort of operated as snarky sidekick for the entire film. Many also appreciated Eddie's seemingly heroic death in Chapter Two, dying protecting his friends from Pennywise. [11][12], The portrayal of Kaspbrak in the 2017 film and 2019 sequel by Grazer and Ransone was widely praised by critics and audiences. Several missing children, including Patrick and Betty, are heard coming from Beverlys bathroom sink. [5] Stephen King said that while he didn't intend for there to be an unrequited romance between the two characters, he approved of the storyline, saying "its one of those things thats kind of genius, because it echoes the beginning [with Adrian Mellon's gay bashing]. But Richie is in mourning when we last see him, and while that final voiceover and the smile he gives his carving seems to point towards some hope, its undeniably sad. Eddie Kaspbrak's first encounter with It in the movie is relatively similar to the novel: he passes by the creepy house on Neibolt Street and runs into a leper, which is the culmination of his. Perhaps his death was cut for time, or the special effects of the swamp monster might have been too expensive to put together for a secondary character, or perhaps the filmmakers wanted to rein in the amount of parental abuse in the movie. During his first appearance in the original novel, he talks about doing his voices and impressions because its easer to be brave when youre someone else. Gresham Arnold - Committed suicide by hanging himself. In this modern tale focusing on Draculas loyal servant, Renfield (Hoult) is the tortured aide to historys most narcissistic boss, Dracula (Cage). The two are approached by time traveler Jake Epping, who enquires about the Dunning family. This is due to the fact that they share the same soulmate characteristics. Eddie is shown . Previously, it was thought that he had no idea that Richie was upset, but it has now been proven that this is not the case. In themovie, Henry Bowers' father is portrayed as an alcoholic police officer who has no qualms about accosting his son in front of his friends. His story is similar to the novel with the exception that he does not kill Henry Bowers. His brothers body may have ended up in a marshy wasteland connected to the sewers eight months later. **. At first, they just go there to light their farts on fire, but after he and Henry find themselves alone, Patrick makes a sexual advance on Henry, who accepts to a pointuntil his homophobia kicks in, and he starts slinging slurs at his friend before taking off. In the 1990 miniseries he was portrayed by Adam Faraizl as a child and by Dennis Christopher as an adult. 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