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It: Differences Between Pennywise's Look In The Books And In The Movies? Explored
Though Pennywise has the appearance of a clown, one of its skills is the ability to shapeshift into anything, including the fears of its victims.
Stephen King's It became famous because of its scary main character, a dancing clown named Pennywise who terrorizes children in Derry, Maine, and increases coulrophobia in real life. However, the novel does not show what exactly is Pennywise. Most of Stephen King's characters are hard to visualize from a movie adaptation.
First, there are mainly two adaptations of the story: a miniseries in 1990 where Pennywise was played by Tim Curry, then Bill Skarsgård in 2017 and its sequel in 2019 titled It: Chapter Two. But with each portrayal of Pennywise, it became more and more individual, hence making it hard to completely grasp the quintessence of the story.
Its most popular form is that of Pennywise the Dancing Clown, one of the most popular characters in the It franchise. In the on-screen adaptations and miniseries, this creature transforms into different forms which instill fear into every soul. Each character sees the beast differently, and it would transform into different creatures.
It takes on a myriad of shapes and forms to frighten the viewer throughout the miniseries: Ben's dad, Georgie Denbrough, and Stan. It is a skeleton out of a lake of swampy waters, taunting Ben and his brother Bill. Richie Tozier is frightened by a classic monster movie; It takes the shape of the teenage werewolf in this movie. Beverly's abusive home situation and her father are used by It.
The latter is evident when, upon returning to her childhood home, adult Bev encounters Mrs. Kersh, who proves to be It. Additionally, the monster takes Belch's zombie form to break Henry out of prison, before morphing into an angry dog-headed clown in order to take out the security guard during the escape.
Its favorite form is that of Pennywise the Dancing Clown, but its creatures in the It movie remake change. Stan meets a creepy lady from a painting, Eddie becomes the disfigured leper, and Ben reads in a library. It takes the forms of Georgie and Mrs. Kersh, eventually showing its Deadlights and final form of the giant spider. The monster's transformations are an amalgam of horror and humor.
King's novel is a source for both onscreen It adaptations, which has about 30 various forms. The book described the Pennywise the Dancing Clown, which resembled a meld of Bozo and Clarabell. Still, the adaptation showed some similarities, the silver suit was transformed into orange pom-poms and puffy hair. Some elements of each adaptation work better, like Skarsgård's Pennywise wearing the book-accurate suit but looking a little meaner than most believe, while Tim Curry's version of Pennywise is wide thought to be the most book-accurate despite the suit being less accurate.
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