It Chapter Two and Homophobia
Bill Hader as Richie and James Ransone as Eddie in It Chapter Two. Courtesy of New Line Cinema. This realisation may come half a year late, but after months of thought an d deliberation, I have admitted something to myself: It Chapter Two is homophobic. That is to say, It Chapter Two has a huge problem with how it treats its (implied) gay characters. For the sake of this article, I am taking as fact that Richie and Eddie are both gay, though this is not explicitly confirmed in the film, and I want to discuss how the inclusion of gay characters actually makes the film more homophobic. Stick with me on this. Many gays (myself included) initially heralded It Chapter Two as a victory in terms of representation in horror; screenwriter Gary Dauberman took the previously subtextual relationship between leads Eddie and Richie, and made it far more apparent. The dynamic between Eddie and Richie was easily the most enjoyable part of It Chapter Two , an otherwise mediocre sequel to the 2017 b