IT is definitely rolling right along to the release date now as more and more clips and spoofs are coming out featuring the killer clown that has kept the film alive for so long. But to be honest, what would you do if you saw Pennywise suddenly pop up out of a hole or come gliding around a corner? It seems like a lot of us might say “I’d kick his painted butt back to Derry” or something similar. But in all honesty a lot of us would probably run away screaming much like these folks did.
The prank works off the classic scene in which Georgie has lost his boat in the storm drain and can’t get it out. But instead of going after it himself the kid starts asking passerby if they help him. Once they reach into the drain Pennywise springs out and proceeds to chase the terrified victim until they’re well out of sight. Can we assume then that this Georgie is the apparition that’s under Pennywise’s control?
Here’s why I think it’s staged though. If it’s not then these people are superstitious ninnies that are either so afraid of clowns they almost wet themselves when they see greasepaint, or are overly superstitious and can’t tell fantasy from reality all the time. I kind of vote for the former because an apathetic attitude felt by most people in the world kind of denies the latter.
Anyway, let’s really look at it.
A kid in a rain slicker and boots is standing on the sidewalk late at night. Nothing too weird about that now is there? If you said there isn’t then you missed the sarcasm, it’s kind of hard to convey with words. But anyway, there’s a kid in a rain slicker in boots standing on the sidewalk in the middle of the night and NOT A DROP OF RAIN CAN BE SEEN ANYWHERE. No one would think that was strange? And somehow, without rain mind you, this kid has lost his little boat down a completely dry storm drain that he can’t reach his arm down.
Also, no one thought to look behind them when the kid mentioned the drain. They would have seen the clown if they had and the gag would have been up. But hey, in the spirit of being a good Samaritan people go to pluck the non-existent boat out of the drain and what should appear but a red-haired psychopathic clown that comes racing after you in the next second? That’s a good way to end the night, right?
So maybe the moral of all this is don’t trust little kids in rain slickers when it’s dry as a bone outside. No? How about think before you do anything and you might take notice of the odd conditions under which the current conversation is taking place. Not yet? How about just don’t be so gullible? That one seems a lot less likely than the other two but it’s a far better lesson if people could actually grasp it.
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