And yet ultimately his final moment in the film is to return to the kissing bridge where he carved his and Eddies initials all those years before to re-carve them, as Stans voiceover reminds him to be who you want to be. Myra and Eddie are devoted to each other, and she is also an important friend to Richie. Edward "Eddie" Kaspbrak is one of the protagonists in Stephen King's It. 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. [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. But now, after centuries of servitude, Renfield is finally ready to see if theres a life away from The Prince of Darkness. Renfield, directed by Chris McKay, arrives in theaters on April 14, 2023. Maybe, even though the world is still homophobic and cruel, Richie can be who he truly is. I had hoped that the film might dive into the subtext for both characters, but I never actually thought that director Andy Muschietti and screenwriter Gary Dauberman would actually make their relationship canon, with little to no room for argument. 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. Eddies untimely death cuts the possibility of romance short, but Richies feelings are still there and Eddies feelings are highly implied. Many felt that the banter and dynamic between the two was hilarious and fun. Except for Ben and Beverly, who get married after a short delay, they all forget about 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. Have a tip or story idea? Both Lionel and Eddie are still considered heroes. As the loser returns home, they gradually forget about IT, Derry, and their surroundings. ** Major Spoilers for IT Chapter Two to follow. When it re-emerges decades later, they reunite again to stop it for good. The leper picks up one of his many prescription pills, which are actually just placebos because his mother is a helicopter and a vicarious hypochondriac, and asks him if they'll help him with his own condition before giving chase. The group of social misfits meets and becomes close as a result of the friendship formed. 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. Eddie Corcoran - Decapitated by Pennywise in the form of the Gill-man. Not only is the poor kid's story one of the more tragic subplots in the book, but he didn't even make it into the movie. [7], As an adult, due to the nature of Pennywise and Derry, Eddie forgets his childhood, The Loser's Club, Richie and his mother. In theIt movie, the kids' projector slideshow develops a mind of Its own and slowly churns out a more-than-photorealistic image of Pennywise. 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. Eddie's death motivates The Loser's Club to defeat Pennywise once and for all. Eddie's death is one of the most heartbreaking moments in IT. Bill Denbrough uses an ancient technique called the Ritual of Chud, which takes him into a multiverse where he encounters the universe's creator, a giant turtle named Maturin. [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. Like the novel, he soon dies of his wounds, spurring the others to finish Pennywise for good. "I wasn't really thinking of the sexual aspect of it. Even by Stephen King standards, IT makes for a hefty read at over 1,100 pages. 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. 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 is the most fragile member of the Losers' Club, though a violent childhood incident with Henry Bowers proves that he is stronger than he believes himself to be. Cookies help us deliver our Services. In the books, however, Henry's dad's rancor is the only constant in his life. After seeing the Standpipe appear to float, Stanley curiously goes inside. It is far from perfect, and if you found yourself troubled by it, thats a perfectly valid response. #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. Ben, played by Jay Ryan, is obsessed with Beverly ever since he first saw her. Given the epic length of the book, it was decided an adaptation would be best served as a miniseries instead of a movie. The It movie handles Mike's history in very obscure terms. In 1960, a group of children form the Losers Club. Arlene Hanscom - Died of an unknown cause. Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place! The revelation also sheds new light on Eddies character. Eddie reunites with Richie and the rest of the Loser's Club and each have individual encounters with Pennywise. 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. 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. It is confirmed that Richie's reason for making jokes are just in part a defense mechanism to hide his feelings for Eddie, as most of his jokes target him, as opposed to just trying to be humorous as in the book or other adaptation of IT. IT is not a story about a spooky scary sewer clown. From the start, he was abused both physically and psychologically by his abusive Nazi father Oscar "Butch" Bowers. 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. 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! 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. ", "Review: Horror remake captures complexity of childhood fears", "How '11/22/63' Fits Into Stephen King's Ever Expanding Universe", "Why IT Chapter Two's Richie Twist Really Worked", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Richie_Tozier&oldid=1132964008, This page was last edited on 11 January 2023, at 15:09. A burly football player can be gay. His father died when he was young, resulting in his mother becoming strictly overbearing on her son, causing him to grow up to become a hypochondriac. However, based on their previous interactions, it is most likely that they do. Bill Denbrough was the driving force behind the formation of the group in the summer of 1958. 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. It's an important enough realization, but one that's easily substituted with a rudimentary history lesson. That might be a clever way of getting the feel of the scene across while embracing the movie's adjusted timeline, but there's still something particularly sinister about the way this moment went down in the book. The absence of the wolf also means that the book's weaponsilver slugsaren't a factor in the movie, which is why the Losers end up fighting with a bolt gun instead of their trusty slingshot. Richie is known for his loudmouthed and sarcastic personality, which led to him being called "Richie 'Trashmouth' Tozier" by his peers. Exploring The Debate Over A Cult Classic 80s Teen Vampire Movie, Are Daryl Hall And John Oates Gay? The Mandalorian Season 3 Trailer Brought Our Din Djarin Back to Us! When Ben tries to escape, he is attacked by Henry, Patrick, and Belch, with Henry attempting to carve his name into his stomach with a knife. Like the 1990 TV miniseries, It ignores that part of the plot, which saved the filmmakers (and child actors) from having to try and bring such a problematic scene to life. Richard "Richie" Tozier is a fictional character created by Stephen King[1] and one of the main characters of his 1986 novel It. For a long time, weve had a reading of Eddie with a queer slant. As in the movie, the werewolf arrives during Bill and Richie's journey into the house, but while Richie's perspective shows It as the four-legged freak show, Bill sees something different. The Losers no longer fear It, and begin fighting as one fearsome unit. Nuance can exist in this particular discussion. 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. Many readers perceived Eddie's mother as not just domineering over his physical development by way of her over-treatment, but also stunting his emotional and sexual maturity by consistently demanding that affection of any kind be reserved for her. 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. Frederick Cowan - Drowned and partially eaten by Pennywise. The character is a hypochondriac[2] member of "The Loser's Club" with an incredibly overbearing mother. In King's novel, Eddie's relationship with Richie is seen as being purely platonic, and Richie simply enjoys making fun of Eddie and his hypochondria. While still grieving, Richie Tozier was assigned to tell Myra, Eddie's wife, the heartbreaking news of Eddie's death. Richie returns to Derry and reunites with The Losers Club, with whom he encounters It once again. It's a footnote to the whole story ofIt, but an especially unsettling one. He's clearly a jerk, but he's not nearly as terrible as he was in the novel. The creature then bites Eddie's arm off and he quickly bleeds to the death, but surrounded by his friends. The rest of the losers are haunted by their previous fight with It as they prepare to defeat it once again. The series especially did a great job bringing the friendship of The Losers' Club to life, in both the childhood and grown-up segments. Like. Muschietti explained that it was a relevant departure from the book because it investigated the characters fears as adults. [7] It has been speculated that Richie uses his comedy as a defense mechanism, to hide his fear of not only Pennywise, but his fear of not being accepted by The Losers Club. 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. Ultimately, ones take on Richie/Eddie is going to come down to personal perspective. 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. But it could also very well be that the filmmakers had no interest in showing the suffocation of an infant, which is understandable. Kathleen Margaret Lant & Theresa Thompson (1998). As a result, this speaks to many in the LGBTQ community who have dealt with their sexuality as a topic of shame. 88 Unnamed Children - Killed when the Kitchener Ironworks exploded. 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. It is revealed in one of the final scenes of the film that Richie recarves his and Eddie's initials into a bridge. But at the same time, Richie is canonically not straight, with there being a strong reading that Eddie is also not straight. 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. After Bill's younger brother Georgie is killed by Pennywise the Dancing Clown, Richie and his friends each have individual encounters with Pennywise before facing It collectively at Neibolt Street. 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. You can love that they made Richie canonically not straight and still feel like his narrative shouldve been handled with a little more grace and care. He is a member of the Losers Club, who's convinced by his overbearing mother that he has asthma and other health issues. Yes. 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 . 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