The rest of the losers are haunted by their previous fight with It as they prepare to defeat it once again. It's another version of the glass tunnel that connects the children's library and the adult library. Here's how his demise compares in both the novel and 1990 miniseries. Richie is canonically not straight, and Eddie is highly coded as not being straight either. Instead of merely bullying Mike, Henry routinely uses racial slurs against him, just as his father had done to Mike's dad. Neil Weiner & Sharon E. Robinson Kurpius (1995). The door shuts, locking him in, and he hears a voice claiming to be "the dead ones." Calvin Clark - Electrocuted by a fallen electricity cable during a violent storm. For a long time, weve had a reading of Eddie with a queer slant. Along the way, he spots a clown standing on the ice, clutching balloons and offering Ben one, with his usual offer for the kid to float. Eddie reunites with Richie and the rest of the Loser's Club and each have individual encounters with Pennywise. Eddie is supposedly asthmatic and develops hypochondria due to the imposed fears of his mother, Sonia Kaspbrak. Despite its small screen debut, this adaptation of IT is receiving positive feedback for its diverse cast and storyline. Be proud.. He remembers a specific moment in which he was publicly humiliated and shamed, which then leads into an encounter with Pennywise in which the clown mocks him for his dirty little secret. His remembered trauma is entirely about not being able to be who he truly is and how he fears having his secret exposed. Were encouraged by the film industrys trend of taking progressive steps, and we hope that it continues. It was more of an Easter egg, but there's more to that scene in the book. This revelation can be found in two scenes. This is due to the fact that they share the same soulmate characteristics. 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That's a little too heavy to explore in a single scene, so it's easy to understand why it was ditched. 88 Unnamed Children - Killed when the Kitchener Ironworks exploded. But now, after centuries of servitude, Renfield is finally ready to see if theres a life away from The Prince of Darkness. 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. Otherwise, his cruelty is mostly hinted at, like the moment Henry expresses sincere fear that his father will "kill" him if he loses his switchblade. The story of the deranged sadist Henry Bowers from Stephen King's 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. In the IT novel, he overcomes his fear to save Richie and Bill, jamming his arm into the beast's mouth and spraying its throat with his aspirator. The film, as of now, wanders into headcanon territory. 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. [9] It has also been speculated that Richie's comedy derives from a feeling of neglect by his parents, and as a cry for attention from his friends. [4][5], Edward "Eddie" Kaspbrak was born on November, 1946 (1947 in Miniseries and 1976 in Films) and is the son of Frank and Sonia Kaspbrak. Either way, The Losers' Club will be in for a stressful time. Eddie covers his eyes and presses ahead to spray it with his aspirator, which succeeded in wounding the clown when he was young. But one photo of his lost little brother starts to move, winking at him and promising that he'll see him soon, just before the book starts gushing blood. "I wasn't really thinking of the sexual aspect of it. Richie was portrayed again by Finn Wolfhard in the 2017 film and as an adult by Bill Hader in the 2019 sequel. Richies greatest fear has always been being himself. Georgie, a young boy, is pulled into a sewer byPennywise the Dancing Clown and killed in 1989. Richie was portrayed by Seth Green as a child, and by Harry Anderson as an adult in the 1990 miniseries, and by Ankur Javeri as a child and Nasir Khan as an adult (named "Raja") in the 1998 television series. This veers into headcanon territory, but you know what? George A. Romero (Night Of The Living Dead) was the original director and planned to make a faithful, ten-part series for ABC. When Henry, Belch, and Victor bully Mike, they set out to fight a rock war that will last until the end. 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. This scene has a. Ben, played by Jay Ryan, is obsessed with Beverly ever since he first saw her. In It, Henry Bowers is shown tumbling down the well after Mike Hanlon fights him offand aside from Patrick, the rest of his bully crew seems to get out of the movie without getting hurt. Of course, this is all speculation and there is no concrete evidence to support this claim. Lionel Tozier and the group share a similar romance. In the IT book, there is little doubt that Richie focuses a lot of his attention on teasing Eddie even referring to him as cute. IT Chapter One barely scratches the surface of this ultimate revelation. Edward "Eddie" Kaspbrak is one of the protagonists in Stephen King's It. Would it be a better, less problematic (I hate that term) film if Eddie survived and he and Richie got a happily ever after? One of the biggest questions on everyones mind is whether or not the sequel will feature a gay couple. The spider grabs Eddie and starts to crush him to death, giving Beverly enough time to use her slingshot to hit the spider in the deadlights and cause it to drop Eddie. In this adaptation, his mother is depicted as being severely obese and potentially even stricter on Eddie than in the novel and miniseries. It is far from perfect, and if you found yourself troubled by it, thats a perfectly valid response. What's frightening about it is that Ben does want that balloon and feels sucked into Pennywise's mental grip, which is only broken by the town's clock chiming to indicate the top of the hour. Richie is also in love with Eddie, going as far as to carve their initials on the kissing bridge in town, which is not something you just do for your best buddy. In the book, however, there's a lot more to it. Some fans have interpreted Eddie was bisexual, even though as in the book, he is married to a woman named Myra. Remember to turn on deathbell notifications so you don't miss a video!Follow CZsWorld on Social Media Visit CZs Homepage: http://czsworld.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/CZsWorld_Horror/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/czsworld/ Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/CZsWorld/This video is not sponsored. Its easy to translate this fear into a fear of being open about his sexuality or his feelings, and in fact is part of why his sexuality and his relationship with Eddie have been speculated about long before the first IT came out in 2017. Audra has catatonic delusions, and Bill, Beverly, Richie, Eddie, and Ben must rescue her from the sewers. Eddie's death motivates The Loser's Club to defeat Pennywise once and for all. Im going out on a limb here to argue that perhaps Muschietti and Dauberman decided against making Eddies sexuality more explicitly text in the film because of the risk of blowback over Eddies death. List of Deaths Wiki is a FANDOM TV Community. The group seemingly defeats the clown and make an oath that if Pennywise isn't defeated, they will all return to Derry to defeat it once and for all. Chief Andrew Rademacher - Killed in a violent storm. Eddie has been doomed to die since the book came out, and it was unlikely that Muschietti or Dauberman wouldve wanted to change that particular plot point so that all of the Losers survive their final encounter with Pennywise. The 2017 big-screen adaptation of Stephen King'sItisa major success with critics and audiencesdue in no small part to the way the Andrs Muschietti-directed moviefocuses on the first half of the book, incorporating its most essential elements while sidestepping some of its more controversial or uncomfortable moments. Hader's portrayal was noted for its blend of comedy and drama when required, as well as the subtle references to Richie's sexuality and his implicated love for Eddie, referred to by Pennywise as his "dirty little secret. In the book, Eddie is described as the shortest of the group, has a thin, delicate-looking face, gray eyes and briefly mentioned to have a flattop haircut when Mr. Keene tells him his medicine are placebos. Avery Hockstetter - Smothered by Patrick with a pillow. However, Muschietti stated that he wanted to explore Richies sexuality further in the film, despite the fact that the book never mentions it explicitly. 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. Patrick is an exceptionally disturbed young man in the book, and through his backstory, we learn that before he even started grade school, he'd already committed murder by suffocating his baby brother in his crib. It comes full circle. Andy Muschietti manages to capture a few romantic moments between the members of the Losers Club. The turtle informs him that he can only defeat It in a battle of wills, soBill makes It bring him back through the power of his mind, weakening It enough that the Losers can make a physical attack. It is to be welcomed in my opinion, but I wont share it with anyone else. The film also opens with a brutal homophobic attack on a gay man, so to kill off two out of three openly gay characters might have drawn ire, and rightfully so. Mike Hanlon, the only remaining member of the Seven who has never left his hometown, summons them back home in 1990. 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. Interestingly enough, Dennis Christopher, who played the adult Eddie in the 1990 version of IT, has tweeted about how he wanted to include discussion of Eddies sexuality in that adaptation but the filmmakers there shied away from it all. 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. He is also a mentioned character in 11/22/63 . It took 27 years for the sequel to be released. 340 Unnamed Settlers - Died of unknown causes, but were possibly killed by Pennywise. Times have changed since I wrote that scene and there is now more sensitivity to those issues.". He's super modern too, so his favorite movies include Jaws, Die Hard, The Thing, Ghostbusters and Batman. 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. According to ritchie, he is gay and is in love with Emily Kasprarak. Richard "Richie" Tozier is a fictional character created by Stephen King and one of the main characters of his 1986 novel It.The character is a member of "The Losers Club" and is seen to be the comic relief of the group; however, his loudmouthed antics often get him in trouble, leading to him being called "Richie 'Trashmouth' Tozier" and his friends often using the phrase "Beep Beep Richie . The IT movie adaptations don't fully explore the dark side of Eddie's character so let's analyse his WHOLE story. Subscribe: https://goo.gl/DT39UP (Don't forget to turn on deathbell notifications! Edward "Eddie" Kaspbrak is a major protagonist of the Stephen King multiverse. The IT movie adaptations don't fully explore the dark side of Eddie's character. This film is notable for being one of the first major event films to feature a gay hero and a relationship. 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. The twist in Chapter Two about Richie Toziers homosexuality is never made explicitly stated in the book. werewolves, mummies, lepers, evil paintings, and even giant birds are just a few of the things the boys in the Losers Club fear. The chemistry between Grazer and Finn Wolfhard in Chapter One and between Ransone and Bill Hader in Chapter Two was applauded by fans and critics. Dawn Roy - Decapitated by Pennywise, but was later found in McCarin Park. In this modern tale focusing on Draculas loyal servant, Renfield (Hoult) is the tortured aide to historys most narcissistic boss, Dracula (Cage). In the novel, after the events of Pennywise, Richie is seen dancing with Beverly preparing for a talent show. [2] The group eventually goes to face the clown, which causes Eddie to finally stand up to his mother beforehand. Serving as one of the main protagonists of Stephen King 's 1986 horror novel IT, its miniseries adaptation, and its two film adaptations, IT and IT: Chapter Two. In the 2017 film he was portrayed by Jack Dylan Grazer. In the 1990 miniseries he was portrayed by Adam Faraizl as a child and by Dennis Christopher as an adult. ) CZsWorld Merch Store: https://goo.gl/UyP76XEddie Kaspbrak was known as the navigator of the Losers Club, the seven kids in Derry, Maine who oppose the ancient evil known as It. The book dealt with childhood and adulthood," he later explained. In the summer of 1958, a group of dissatisfied members meet. When he shows Richie and it moves again, Bill tries to actually reach into the photo and gets lashed on the hand. [8] Strictly in It Chapter Two, it has been interpreted by some fans that Richie's comedic defense mechanism also doubles as him hiding his romantic feelings for Eddie Kaspbrak. Richard "Richie" Tozier is a fictional character created by Stephen King[1] and one of the main characters of his 1986 novel It. Related: What The IT Movie Did Better Than The Miniseries. Other It Videos Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLL3r8G2ymJ03bdL3l1oSB9NkyEcmZnhep 57 Things You Missed In IT (1990 - Part 1): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHKmKdPRUAs\u0026list=PLL3r8G2ymJ03bdL3l1oSB9NkyEcmZnhep IT: Does The Losers Club Have The Shining? Like. The film co-stars Awkwafina, Ben Schwartz, and Adrian Martinez. Thats what engaging with the text will do to you. We're told his parents died in a gruesome house fire and that he'd seen them burn, which is why he's so haunted by the image of burnt hands reaching out from the meat store's alley entrance. Eddie Corcoran - Decapitated by Pennywise in the form of the Gill-man. Bill returns to his charmed life as a writer, Ben and Bev get together, and Mike finally is able to leave Derry. Bill discovers the Ritual Of Ch*d, a ritual that allows him to enter The Macroverse and confront IT. While Richie never openly says hes gay or bisexual, the intention is there, and that is what matters. In It Chapter Two it is suggested that Richie is secretly in love with Eddie, with it being implied that he was a closeted homosexual. She will always be by his side, no matter what. Left alone, Patrick is attacked by It in the form of swarming bugs, a death that matches his worst nightmare. Mike Hanlon has encountered an illusion that people are about to die before his eyes while home-schooled. It's another instance of the movie avoiding unnecessary controversywhich is pretty interesting, since it's still a movie about kids battling a child-murdering monster. 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