hi hello
i went to the rerelease of it tonight and while i was watching i noticed something
this scene right here.
this shot specifically.
as we all know, the hobo offering eddie a blowjob scene wasn’t in the movie, but, as @toziertrashmouth and i theorized, this scene is a replacement for acknowledging eddie’s fear of sexuality
the shape of the balloons caught my eye, especially in juxtaposition with a strongly gay-coded character
the pink triangle, especially an upside down one, was a symbol that represented gay people. as the article above says, it was once used to shame, but has been reclaimed by some as a symbol of pride.
while pennywise’s balloons are his signature red, eddie’s shirt is pink, which could symbolize his connection to the symbol.
additionally, pennywise is standing behind the balloon formation because eddie’s fear of his sexuality is mostly kept hidden, but is still a very large part of who he is (hence the size difference between the balloons and pennywise)
now of course, this could just be me/us reading way too much into this one part of the scene, and it actually could have no correlation, it’s just a clown holding balloons. this also isn’t as eloquent an explanation as i’d like it to be, but i couldn’t get it out of my head once i saw it. so there’s our analysis about another aspect of the movie and how it addressed eddie’s gay coding and sexuality.
