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praphit · 5 years

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IT Chapter 2: maybe he’s simply stupid

Party People! That killer clown... is BACK!

No, not that killer clown (although one could argue Ronald's body count is vastly higher).

THAT clown!

Good ol Pennywise.

The last time that we saw Pennywise he had just gotten his ass beat by a bunch of kids. Not a good look for any certified tough person; especially if it's a tough person who's supposed to be a villain!

He can't show his face around the villain bars or parties no more - he's a laughing stock! It wasn't just any group of kids he was defeated by, it was a group of kids who embrace the fact that they're losers ("The Losers Club"). That's pretty bad when a group of people accept their deprecatory labels to the point that they form not a support group, but a social club. Imagine if you were made fun of for having stinky feet, and you decided to join "The Stanky Feet Club". That's the level of debasement we're talking about. Pennywise got beat up by self-proclaimed losers.

You can't be considered a villain or a monster if you go down like that. You can't call the Justice League for Pennywise; they ain't coming! They MIGHT send Robin, MAYBE. I'm not sure the cops would even waste their time. I think that if they got a call about Pennywise, they'd just see if they could gather a gang of kids from a nearby middle school to oppose him.

Pennywise had to redeem himself.

So, in Chapter 2 - TWENTY SEVEN YEARS LATER, he decides to go after those same loser kids as adults. 27 years! Seems like a long time to plot one's revenge - you know, maybe he's simply stupid.

Yes, a long time, but here we are. He starts off his scheme for revenge on the Losers Club by eating gay people.

Yep.

Now, I'm not saying that Pennywise is homophobic or anything (the town he's in called Derry def is tho - my goodness!), but maybe you don't START your plan of evil with the LGBTQ community. You know?? - not a good look. I'm sure Thanos, when he's out there snapping away worlds, had a PR person whispering in his ear.

"Look, Thanny baby! You know I love ya! But, let's be sure (on this tour of destruction) NOT to hit up the minority planets first; don't worry we'll get to them. But, let's snap away a couple of predominantly white planets in the beginning."

It's bad for approval rating. I mean, the white supremacists ratings would hit an all time high, but... no one REALLY wants that look.

But, Pennywise stamps down possible homophobia on his resume, and grabs the attention of... the Old Spice guy. Or known in this universe as MIKE.

His Old Spice days are over! He's going for the neighborhood crazy guy look now.

Mike is the token black dude in The Losers Club. Mike has been living in an attic for 27 years ever since "the losers" made a promise that if Pennywise ever came back, they'd all come back too, to stop him for good.

Mike gives all of the losers a call one by one to convince them to come back and honor their promise.

People let me just say, if you're traumatized in a certain area, the normal thing to do is to leave that area and never go back.

I remember, back when I was in middle school, seeing one of my teachers outside of school at a market (weird in an of itself). But, it was raining hard, and her makeup was running big time. Now, people, I did not realize at the time the powers of makeup. I knew it could enhance one's appearance. I did not know it could give one a whole new face. This rainy day I saw my teacher's face melt off as she was walking towards me in the market to say "hello" Freaked me the bleep out! People I’m sorry, but I’m just telling you my truth from the perspective of a child at the time.

It was like - with makeup she looked like Halle Berry

And as the makeup washed off - she looked like Morgan Freeman

I don't think y'all understand.

With makeup -

(well, not QUITE like that, but pretty much. I didn't do well in that class. I was distracted for some reason.)

Without makeup -

That drastic!

I ran away from that monster (or woman, I guess - people, I'm just saying that I can't PROVE she's NOT a "monster" who ripped off her face). Point is I have no interest of going to that part of town ever again. Trauma runs deep.

These losers now adults have sweet lives (well, most of them). Why go back to face a killer clown?

BUT, Mike does his thing and they all band back together!

Like the Avengers:

They have a The leader - James McAvoy The jokester - Bill Hader The tall, sexy guy - though he used to be the fat kid

(see that - bullying has it's uses. He’s getting all of the money and women now! Had he not been bullied he may have be destroyed by that other clown).

The hypochondriac (there's one on ever super team right?)

The scared of everything guy (... well, they are "the losers")

The sexy chick - Jessica Chastain

And the black dude - Mr. Spice

BOOM! BACK!

They track down Pennywise - he's out there doing his thing: eating kids and gay people... and shapeshifting into old ladies (like seen in the trailer).

He might have to stamp down "pervert" on his resume as well. Cuz not only is he shapeshifting into old ladies, but he's getting naked before chasing people too. This is some plan he's executing!

Pennywise's powers are amped up in this chapter, though maybe too much. Annnnnnd here's where the big flaws begin for me. I know, party people... I was looking forward to this movie too I loved chapter one), but...

Big Flaw #1 - Unexplained rules

I'm not sure of the rules of Pennywise's powers. I can't tell what's real or not, due to all of the hallucinations and whether or not people can be hurt in the sitches - I don't feel like it's consistent. There are plenty of times when he has his prey, and they slip through his fingers somehow. Why does he keep letting them escape? Or are his powers not as great as advertised? If it's all in their heads, are they ever in any real danger? Idk. Look, with Jigsaw, we didn't need an explanation for how an senior citizen riddled with cancer is making all of these elaborate traps, purchasing materials for these traps, and cleaning up the horrifyingly bloody evidence again and again.

BUT, we knew what Jigsaw was all about. We knew the extent of his "powers" - that's all I'm saying! Plus, Pennywise sets someone free to go after The Losers (which the plot def did not need), but how that whole thing plays out (concerning Pennywise's abilities) makes no sense.

Big Flaw #2 - bad storytelling

Pennywise's origin is kinda explained in this chapter. I say "kinda" cuz we as the audience experience the telling of that story vicariously through someone on some type of acid trip. Like any good drug trip, who the hell knows what was going on?? So, they screwed up the origin, they never explain his powers well enough, the whole thing with The Losers coming back and listening to crazy ass Mike (who's been tripping on acid and living in an attic for 27 years) as he leads them in a quest to kill the clown MAKES NO SENSE. I'm not even going to get into said "quest" - also makes no sense. And then the ending... wow, stupifying.

Big Flaw #3 - CGI

It's not that it's bad, it just isn't scary. It's the opposite of scary. It's down right goofy at times. Like a spook house created for the whole family. Perfect example is in the triler I mentioned, when Jessica Chastain is being chased by the naked old lady. The way that they do the cg there... If I were Jessica Chastain in that moment, I wouldn't have been scared. I would have been like "Really dude? *heavy sigh* Pennywise, can we talk about what's going on with you? And why the bleep are you naked anyway?! You know they're gonna stamp "pervert" on your resume. None of this is scary. And you're just going to let me escape! You big dummy!"

Seriously, maybe he's simply stupid.

I mean look at him.

Maybe that's scary, because that's the face he makes before he eats you, but it's also the drooling face I've seen people make when met with basic math problems.

It's not all bad! The acting is really good! And I was never bored in this 3 hour long movie (which is impressive), but all of those flaws equal a GRADE ---- D

Poor Pennywise.... what will his legacy be? Pervert, homophobe, possibly plain stupid person, who chose to dress like a clown. Got his ass beat by a group of kids... THEN that same group of kids come back as adults and beat his ass again. And the way he's defeated... it's so humiliating (and confusing - let's not forget the poor writing), but yikes... No "monster" to my memory has ever been defeated in such a way; I actually felt bad for him.

They had better not make a Chapter 3.

At the end of the movie, crazy ass Mike is packing his bag and about to leave the attic. I was thinking to myself "That dude is unstable." Wherever he's going, he's going to engage in some crazy behavior.They COULD make another chapter out of THAT. Mike starts dressing up like a clown and eating kids. Make that movie!

But, no more Pennywise please! He set scary clowns back ten years with this movie.

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snowflake1011 · 5 years

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LGBTQIA Education

The year is 2018 and we’re in a brave new world that in many ways still feels like the dark ages. (We have a president of the US that actively objectifies women and pokes fun at people living with disabilities and in the UK, we have Brexit and that pretty much speaks for itself really). Us millennial's are called ‘snow flakes’ when we stand up for equality or speak out about the scary world around us. Many of those shouting at us, missing what is happening in our world today…

In August of this year, 2018, a 9-year-old child in Colorado, USA committed suicide after being bullied because he was gay. A 9-year-old child.

In October of this year, Paris faced a spate of homophobic attacks. There were several attacks in the French capital were LGBTQIA identifying people were maliciously attacked.

In June 2016, 2 years ago, a gay night club in Florida, USA there was a shooting. A hate crime that killed 49 innocent people.

These are just a little of a very long list of the homophobic/transphobic hate crimes that have happened around the world recently.

In the past week the Scottish Government announced that they will introduce LGBTI education to the Scottish school curriculum (becoming the first country to do so). And for me personally the news is joyous. Even as I write this I feel emotional on a lot of levels; I feel proud, relief and confusion but not disbelief that it’s taken us this long to do so.

However, this week I also seen an article from the newspaper the Scotsman. It asked do you think LGBTI education should be embedded in the Scottish school curriculum? The results sway mostly to Yes with No not far behind. But I am deeply saddened (although not surprised) that this is even up for debate and was published by a newspaper with a big following.

Call me a snow flake millennial but I have a lot to express and a lot of anger and feelings to bring up on this and to those who doubt its importance and say no.

I’ve already shared my own story in my social media this week; I was brought up in a catholic household and sent to a catholic school from the age of 4-16, and my parents accepted my coming out with open arms and love, but I’m also very lucky. Catholic education was a very confusing time for me in my teens. When I was 15 in 2011/12 (not that long ago) I was told by my Religious Education teacher that I could be gay, but I couldn’t act upon it. That if I did, I was a product of sin and would go to hell. My being gay wasn’t wrong but my actions with men would be. When I was 16, I moved to a non-denominational school, there was LGBT+ posters, rainbow pride flags in classrooms, I was encouraged to bring my boyfriend to my prom, I was valid. And I was lucky.

Not every LGBT+ child is this lucky and doesn’t often find this support and outlet.

I can’t urge you to understand enough how important it is for this education to be brought forward and these conversations to be had and dictated in a positive manner. For some it’s a matter of life/death.

Even as I type this now my chest feels tight when I think about how much this education would have meant to me when I was 15 years old…

Coming out was one of the most terrifying things I have ever done. And the thing about it is, it’s in a lot of ways quite an unfair process. Typically speaking identifying as and being straight and cis-gendered there is no massive and difficult conversation that can lead to a loss of family, friends, colleagues and peers because of who you may fall in love with or the person you are. There’s no debate of whether you don’t know if you really are straight because have you tried a homosexual interaction? Or you are too young to know that etc. You fit into society’s ‘normal’ and therefore life is a little bit easier for you in that perspective.

But this is what this education is about; raising LGBTI awareness and allowing it to be part of the new ‘normal’. Fighting the stigma and making the acceptance easier for the upcoming generations. Coming out alone is terrifying; but there’s also a lot of other terrifying things that come along with being an LGBTI person.

What it’s also about is allowing children to feel safe in a school environment. Many kids at home may not have this education, support and love – and they spend most of their time at school. So, if their peers and the adults around them are dictating this open conversation in a positive manner it allows for growth of acceptance and love in our growing society.

When this education takes place, it may allow future LGBTI children to not go on such a dangerous and potentially harmful journey of self-discovery to find out who they are in already confusing time of their lives.

When I was 15 and in school and I was told that my being gay was essentially wrong by an adult of power and with other impressionable children in the classroom it sent me on a dark spiral downwards. Questioning why I was ‘made in this way’, I wondered what was wrong with me, whether I could be fixed, why I didn’t fit in or act like other boys did. Why did I have to be different?

And I thank the universe for my change in education and my amazing friends and family but as I have said before not every LGBTI child this lucky.

Yes, it’s 2018 and we have had changes in our times and acceptance, but the fight is far from over.

And if you are doubting this move by the Scottish government or you need more information the internet is a big place and not hard to learn more about LGBTQIA rights, people and stories.

I still face daily ignorance from adults of all walks of life who claim to be an ally of LGBTQIA lives and rights;

· Using the word gay as insult

· Poking fun at any activities I may do that can be deemed hetero-normative (simple things like choosing to drink a pint of beer – “do you want something more fruity?”)

· Forever being told by straight men “You’re actually ok for a gay guy”

This is a very small list of a large ignorant things that happen to myself and many others daily. It may seem funny at the time but this all part of the problem that can make people feel down for their differences rather than celebrating it. Jokes aren’t ok at someone else expense and because you have someone in your life who identifies as LGBTQIA – that doesn’t allow you the right to be part of the problem and automatically an ally.

My very long winded and genuinely heartfelt point is, we have come so far and we have done so well but we have to do better and this introduction of LGBTQIA education is a step in a long but positive direction to kill out the end of hate, ignorance, self-loathing, suicide, bullying and murder that still happens today.

#LGBTQIA #lgbti #education #scotland

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