Pennywise the Clown is the monstrous ghoul from Stephen King's iconic novel "It."
The creature, played by both Tim Curry and Bill Skarsgard on screen, torments and tortures children in the fictional town of Derry. He's also a LGBTQ+ hero to some. (Or, at least he was for a while)
What?
Teen Vogue, which asks all the important questions, wondered back in 2017 if the murderous clown was gay. Does that really matter in the big picture? Apparently, so. Others figured Pennywise was a lesbian because it took the form of a female spider late in the saga.
Either way, Pink News dubbed Pennywise its "gay icon" that year. What an honor!
That honor didn't last long. The second part of the recent "It" franchise repeated a scene from the book where Pennywise attacked gay characters. The same souls who christened the killer clown a gay icon now bashed it for following the source material.
You cannot make this up.
Now, a killer doll is facing a similar LGBTQ+ embrace (but for how long?)
Chucky, the serial killer toy from
The killer doll from umpteen "Chucky" movies (eight plus a TV show) is back in the news for the silliest reason possible. Rapper Nicki Minaj brought the doll up during the runup to the midterm elections. She posted a fake image of Chucky wearing a "Vote Red" button.
That was too much for Don Mancini. He wrote the 1988 film starring Chris Sarandon and Catherine Hicks that brought Chucky into popular culture. Mancini has clung to the character for nearly 40 years, having a hand in every subsequent Chucky film or TV show save the awful 2019 remake.
And he couldn't let Minaj's social media post stand.
"Chucky has a trans kid ... Chucky protects the dolls. Chucky is anti-ICE. Chucky says 'A BLUE WAVE is coming, as BLUE as my …eyes!'"
Chucky is a soulless killer responsible for the fictional deaths of dozens of people. He's cruel, cold and calculating, a monster that refuses to die no matter how many times the good guys thwart his evil plans.
Don't liberals want him to be a Republican? Shouldn't he be part of the evil MAGA coalition, a toadie for Orange Man Bad?
Apparently not.
And let's not forget another gay icon, a fellow movie monster who slashed her way into the gay community's hearts. The star of "M3GAN" was a robotic toy created, in part, to help a young girl mourn the loss of her parents. M3GAN took her job too seriously and became a killing machine.
How did a killer 'bot become a gay icon? Let's let TheGamer.com explain:
Firstly, she is the sort of well-dressed, immaculately styled bitchy villain we see deliver punchy burns in our favourite sitcoms. She’s Chanel Oberlin, she’s Blair Waldorf, she’s Regina George. Secondly, from her blonde wig to her poofy bow to her energetic dance moves, she’s basically a killer drag queen.
She enjoyed a redemptive arc, of sorts, via "M3GAN 2.0," but that was before elements of the gay community branded her an icon, too.
Here's betting Freddy, Jason and Michael Myers are feeling left out these days. The "Halloween" beast likely lost out after murdering a gay couple in "Halloween Kills."
Better luck next time!
