It seems that Pennywise The Dancing Clown becomes a pop-culture icon with every new version of Stephen King’s IT that we get (book, TV movie, feature film), and it’s certainly been the case with this 2017 movie.
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Even now, over a month after IT‘s release in theaters (at the time of writing this) Pennywise is still making pop-culture headlines, such as when SNL recently used the character in a popular politics-skewing sketch – or this hilarious real-life instance, where a fan used Pennywise for the ultimate prank on his sister!
As you can see below, comedian / Buzzfeed show host writer Jesse McLaren generated quite the Twitter buzz when he shared a gallery of the engagement photos he shot for his sister – with Pennywise The Clown hiding in the background!
My sister asked me to shoot her engagement pics so I hid Pennywise the Clown in every photo. Countdown until she notices. pic.twitter.com/Z7QZPsq2ym
โ Jesse McLaren (@McJesse) October 22, 2017
The epic photo-bomb scheme generated such enthusiastic reaction from the Twittersphere that Buzzfeed’s ‘AM to DM’ show actually ran a poll asking if McLaren’s sister should use the photos. You can see the overwhelming verdict for yourself, below:
Should @McJesse‘s sister use her It-themed engagement photos? Tell us your thoughts, #AM2DM viewers.
โ AM to DM (@AM2DM) October 23, 2017
The big question is whether or not McLaren’s sister has the same sense of humor as her brother – enough so to find this questionable desecration of her happy occasion funny. Well, a response that the the comedian shared to Instagram, seems to indicate that humor runs in the family:
My sister asked me to shoot her engagement pics so I hid Pennywise the Clown in every photo. Countdown until she notices. pic.twitter.com/Z7QZPsq2ym
โ Jesse McLaren (@McJesse) October 22, 2017
If nothing else, it’s good to see people once again embracing this murderous monster clown / alien entity again. That Pennywise is truly timeless…
IT: Chapter 2 is already slated for September 6, 2019 release. IT: Chapter 1 is speculated to hit digital download sometime in December.