Myra and Eddie are devoted to each other, and she is also an important friend to Richie. It is unknown if Eddie returned Richie's feeling or not, as judged by Richie having carved his and Eddie's initials into the kissing bridge where Ben Hanscom was attacked by Henry Bowers in the first instalment. His brothers body may have ended up in a marshy wasteland connected to the sewers eight months later. Its a narrative I did not expect from IT. 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. 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. Barbara Starrett - Died of a stroke, caused by Pennywise. Honestly, it really is both, and nuance is the Internets least favorite thing. It has a narrative that I have never expected from IT. The Losers no longer fear It, and begin fighting as one fearsome unit. Some of the consequences of this could have been avoided if Eddie had known about their differences. The book lends itself strongly to a queer reading of both him and Eddie and the original 2015 script for the first IT featured a line about dont touch the other boys Richie, or theyll know your secret which occurs when Richie is trying to help Eddie. According to ritchie, he is gay and is in love with Emily Kasprarak. It is with the Losers, and namely Richie, that he is able to realize that he is more than what hes been told he is, leading to him taking a stand and helping to defeat It. Despite this, IT fans continue to praise Reddie as one of the novels best aspects. Dennis Torio - Killed by Pennywise, but was later found in The Barrens. While still grieving, Richie Tozier was assigned to tell Myra, Eddie's wife, the heartbreaking news of Eddie's death. He wants to have the attention and love from his friends that he doesn't receive at home from his parents. There is a lot to be discussed about this particular plot, ranging from Richies canon journey to Eddies implied one to whether or not this film is decent representation. After a brutal battle, they defeat Pennywise, who awakens from hibernation. The ultimate tragedy with his story is that despite finally coming into his own, he never gets to be free of both the specter of his past trauma and It and live his life how he wants, regardless of whether or not that future wouldve included a happily ever after with Richie. Check out the trailer for Renfield, the upcoming vampire movie starring Nicholas Hoult and Nicolas Cage. Pennywise reaches into the worst parts of the human soul to create hatred and stir chaos and violence. The only thing Henry seems to be able to do right by his father is express and act upon their shared racism against the Hanlon family, which culminates in Henry poisoning Mike Hanlon's dog Mr. Chipsjust as his father had poisoned the Hanlons' livestock before. Subscribe: https://goo.gl/DT39UP (Don't forget to turn on deathbell. The film does veer into burying your gays territory as it stands now with Adrian Mellons death, Eddies death, and Richies somewhat unhappy ending. It is interesting to me that they decided to make Richies sexuality more of a plot point and keep Eddies sexuality as more of a subtextual arc. Richie is still a hero, as is Eddie. Of all the articles I expected to write about IT Chapter Two, I can definitely say that writing about how they made the relationship between Richie Tozier and Eddie Kaspbrak canonically romantic was not one of them. 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. IT is not a story about a spooky scary sewer clown. For the most part, Eddies arc has a lot of subtext about his sexuality (just like the novel and original miniseries) but no oh, there is it moment like Richies story does when it comes to analyzing his sexuality in Chapter Two, which is slightly frustrating as a fan of the book but also slightly understandable as a film critic. [7], As an adult, due to the nature of Pennywise and Derry, Eddie forgets his childhood, The Loser's Club, Richie and his mother. A group of seven eleven-year-old misfits formed the Losers Club to stay together despite their unhappy lives. 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! Once they rescue Beverly from her floating, glaze-eyed comatose state, they're fearless against the creature; after they manage to injure It by striking its head, It slinks into the well and the killings stop for now. The IT miniseries takes a less gory approach to Eddie's death, however. The Losers Club is a group of outcasts who band together to defeat a common enemy. While the original It did not feature any openly gay characters, one could argue that the relationship between Bill and Richie was possibly gay. This revelation can be found in two scenes. This is a discussion in which theres no easy way to say this is good or this is bad. You might find the Richie/Eddie story to be another example of burying your gays, especially coupled with the Adrian Mellon scene, and a terrible moment of representation, or you could feel its a big step forward for blockbuster films engaging with queer text. Eventually, the group descends into the sewers to kill It by performing the Ritual of Chud. Both portrayals were noted for their comedic relief and chemistry with their fellow cast members, in particular between Wolfhard and Jack Dylan Grazer for the first film and Hader and James Ransone in the second. 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. 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. 340 Unnamed Settlers - Died of unknown causes, but were possibly killed by Pennywise. Of all the articles I expected to write about, As much as Ive always loved Richie as a character, in the first, Richies greatest fear has always been being himself. In many cases, Eddie survives and married Richie despite the fact that he dies in the novel. In King's novel Duma Key, the song excerpt in the beginning is by a band called Shark Puppy. It's an important enough realization, but one that's easily substituted with a rudimentary history lesson. The members of the group are typically rejected by their peers and have low self-esteem. Thats what engaging with the text will do to you. 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. The character is a hypochondriac[2] member of "The Loser's Club" with an incredibly overbearing mother. Sadly, not all of the heroes make to the end of the story, with Eddie sacrificing himself to save his friends during the final confrontation with Pennywise. The Mary Sue has a strict comment policythat forbids, but is not limited to, personal insults towardanyone, hate speech, and trolling., Have a tip we should know? It has nothing to do with appeasement or pander to the troll community. John Markson - Committed suicide by eating a white nightshade mushroom. Poor Eddie Corcoran. Bill discovers the Ritual Of Ch*d, a ritual that allows him to enter The Macroverse and confront IT. Jessica Hanlon - Died of an unknown cause. Other than Betty Ripsom and Patrick Hockstetter, the children who've gone missing in the It movie are largely ignored. https://www.popsugar.com/entertainment/Stephen-King-Cameo-Chapter-Two-46579831, https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=iJ4W7R2t4ukC, https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=EpgZDgAAQBAJ&pg=PA74, https://www.inverse.com/article/59078-it-chapter-2-spoilers-eddie-mom-basement-scene-explained, https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/this-it-chapter-two-actor-was-almost-in-chapter-one.html/, https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=pu9aAAAAMAAJ, https://screenrant.com/it-chapter-two-returning-characters-first-movie/, https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=be9aAAAAMAAJ, https://screenrant.com/eddie-it-death-novel-miniseries-movie-comparison/, https://www.polygon.com/entertainment/2019/9/6/20847337/it-chapter-two-interview-spoilers-james-ransone-eddie, https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/06/movies/bill-hader-it-chapter-two.html, https://www.indiewire.com/2019/09/stephen-king-it-chapter-two-gay-character-genius-1202172451/, https://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/films/1177313/It-Chapter-Two-horror-movie-plot-Pennywise-clown-losers-club-stephen-king-clown-ending, https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/stephen-king-watched-this-it-chapter-two-scene-being-filmed.html/, https://screenrant.com/best-performances-stephen-king-adaptions-ranked/, Fictional characters with respiratory diseases. [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. It took 27 years for the sequel to be released. In It: Chapter Two, James Ransone, who plays the adult version, plays the role of Richie, a closeted gay man in love with his childhood best friend, Eddie (played by Arthur Miller). 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. 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. The It movie did a great job of sneaking in a lot of the pop culture-inspired monsters that loomed large over the Losers, but the werewolf that came into play at the Neibolt Street house only appeared in a blink-and-you'd-miss-it moment. The group gives them a chance to prove themselves and to feel like they are part of something larger than themselves. | DeadTalks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFVriK9eiw4\u0026list=PLL3r8G2ymJ03bdL3l1oSB9NkyEcmZnhepMore Horror History Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLL3r8G2ymJ00ua9NYcQurqmULc5nq7zb2 Bill and Georgie Denbrough: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YJvTfPRXo8\u0026list=PLL3r8G2ymJ00ua9NYcQurqmULc5nq7zb2 Stan Uris: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeLOg0FuGfQ\u0026list=PLL3r8G2ymJ00ua9NYcQurqmULc5nq7zb2 Richie Tozier: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuYNQ974L1k\u0026list=PLL3r8G2ymJ00ua9NYcQurqmULc5nq7zb2 Henry Bowers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubOrfMJqTIs\u0026list=PLL3r8G2ymJ00ua9NYcQurqmULc5nq7zb2Music CZsWorld Intro - OST Maker ( 2018 CZsWorld) Creepy Guitar Loop - SFX Valley ( 2019; Used With Permission) Dark Lullaby - Envato Elements - ( 2019; Used With Permission) Dreaded Things Approach - TeknoAXE (CC BY 3.0) Gothic Horror - Purple Planet Music ( 2019; Used With Permission) Creepy Hollow - Purple Planet Music ( 2019; Used With Permission) Possession - Purple Planet Music ( 2019; Used With Permission) Space Journey - Purple Planet Music ( 2019; Used With Permission) House on a Hil - Purple Planet Music ( 2019; Used With Permission) Sewer - Natureworld1986 (CC BY 3.0) Space Soundscape 2 - Argitoth (CC BY 4.0) Temporal Desolation - Darren Curtis (CC BY 3.0) Terminal 2 - Natureworld1986 (CC BY 3.0) Subscribe: https://goo.gl/DT39UP CZsWorld Merch Store: https://goo.gl/UyP76XCZsWorld is a horror film channel by writer-director Zac Morris. He's forced to procure his masters prey and do his bidding, no matter how debased. Halsey: The Human Form In All Its Complexities. Ben, played by Jay Ryan, is obsessed with Beverly ever since he first saw her. It's not clear why this part of the story was streamlined for the movie, except perhaps to save time and narrow the narrative focus. Neil Weiner & Sharon E. Robinson Kurpius (1995). He's clearly a jerk, but he's not nearly as terrible as he was in the novel. It's another version of the glass tunnel that connects the children's library and the adult library. Richie is good friends with Bill Denbrough and the other members of The Losers Club Stanley Uris, Eddie Kaspbrak, Ben Hanscom, Beverly Marsh, and Mike Hanlon. Instead of merely bullying Mike, Henry routinely uses racial slurs against him, just as his father had done to Mike's dad. Please note that this will only analyse the Spaghetti-Man as he is are written in the book. Even by Stephen King standards, IT makes for a hefty read at over 1,100 pages. In the series, the rest of The Losers become entranced by Pennywise'sdeadlights after he takes the form of a giant spider. In the summer of 1958, a group of dissatisfied members meet. We got a big budget film that was willing to engage with the queer reading that many have taken from the text, and not just wink at it but make it part of the actual canon itself. Then, during the film's climactic showdown with Pennywise, Richie's childhood friend Eddie Kaspbrak (James Ransone) dies in his arms, which leaves Richie inconsolable. The rest of the losers are haunted by their previous fight with It as they prepare to defeat it once again. Renfield, directed by Chris McKay, arrives in theaters on April 14, 2023. In the movie, the Losers have no trouble exiting the sewer system after their battle with It. Despite Richie's jokes, the two are in fact incredibly close friends, this is seen at the end of the novel when Eddie's death purely devastates Richie and leaves him depressed. However, based on their previous interactions, it is most likely that they do. In addition to removing the death of poor Eddie Corcoran from the movie, the pic also passes over one of the most disturbing disappearances of all: Chad Lowe. Kathleen Margaret Lant & Theresa Thompson (1998). #ItMovie #ItChapterTwo #JackDylanGrazer--About IT Chapter Two--Evil resurfaces in Derry as director Andy Muschietti reunites the Losers Clubyoung and adultin a return to where it all began with It Chapter Two.The film is Muschiettis follow-up to 2017s critically acclaimed and massive worldwide box office hit IT, which grossed over $700 million globally. With that said, its also worth noting that the It: Chapter Two cast features several openly gay actors, including Bill Hader, who plays Richie Tozier. As a result, this speaks to many in the LGBTQ community who have dealt with their sexuality as a topic of shame. Richie is known for his loudmouthed and sarcastic personality, which led to him being called "Richie 'Trashmouth' Tozier" by his peers. John Fury - Legs ripped off by Pennywise, but was later found under the porch at the house on 29 Neibolt Street. Dorsey Corcoran - Beaten to death by Richard with a hammer. Bill returns to his charmed life as a writer, Ben and Bev get together, and Mike finally is able to leave Derry. It is revealed in one of the final scenes of the film that Richie recarves his and Eddie's initials into a bridge. 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. Eddies arc is about coming into his own and finding his courage after it has been snuffed out by his mother and his wife, who are both abusive figures in the novel and adaptations. It is also revealed that the pills that Eddie has to take are placebos, which leads to Eddie standing up to his mother before the final confrontation with It, and throwing aside his fanny pack full of medicine before retrieving it in the sequel's flashback sequence. 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. The fact that there is a storyline that is not centered around a straight protagonist is refreshing. Henry still gets his comeuppance, though, as he soon finds himself in handcuffs and framed for all the recent murders of the town's children. Richie being canonically gay (though I hesitate to assign a specific label to him, since in the book hes had serious relationships with women while still having subtextual feelings for Eddie, while the film seems to imply hes gay rather than bisexual) is not a decision thrown in to appease or pander to the Tumblr crowd as some Redditors have already dismissively said. A student at the same school as the Losers, Eddie's stepfather severely abuses him and his brother Dorseyand actually ends up killing his little brother with a hammer, which leaves Eddie on the run for his life. As they escape on Bill's bike Silver, he describes It as a clown in a varsity coat, which runs counter to Richie's memory of the monster. Mike Hanlon has encountered an illusion that people are about to die before his eyes while home-schooled. 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