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Loser's Club Psychology

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“The kids don’t need a clown to scare them – their parents are villainous enough”(Nicolauo). The film IT is relatively horrifying at times and a generally happy character, which in this instance presents itself as a clown, turns out to be a viscous, shape-shifting monster instead. However, a closer look reveals an evil far more terrifying being that hits close to home for the majority of the Losers Club. The majority of the adults within the movie IT show their children the true evils of the world and those scars will always burn deeper than a clown’s ever could. The greatest villain in the film in my opinion is Beverly’s father, Mr. Marsh. Although there is not an actual scene of her being sexually abused, there are plenty of hints that let the mind wander through the horrors she may have experienced in the past. The scenes the director produces between Beverly and her father is frequently low angle, full shot, closed form, with tight framing to show that he has power over her. Beverly tries her hardest to stay out of her father’s …show more content…

His family has inner demons to battle after Georgie disappeared and their parents do not seem handle the situation in an acceptable way. Neglecting a child may not be evil, but it can result in the loss of a child that’s still living. Bill’s father seems to use woodworking to pass his free time and the scene where Bill tries to show him where Georgie could be he absolutely loses his temper and diminishes any hope Bill ever had of possibly finding Georgie. Like most of the parent scenes the lighting is low key and the angle is also low, which is turning into a theme among the adult’s in IT. Lastly the father of Stan may not be looked at as evil, but when encouraging a child to follow in the families footsteps insulting them so they do better does not seem to be the best way of

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