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Charles Lee Chucky Ray has taken on many different roles in the 30-plus years since his debut inChilds Play.
He got what he deserved, Chucky says after Jake confronts him.
I know an asshole when I see one.
(Hes actually talking about Jakes cat, but the point stands.)
Almost immediately, Chucky starts referring to Jake and himself as we.
Jakes burgeoning queerness is central to this story.
Before Chucky kills Jakes father, Lucas is harassing Jake for playing with dolls.
You just care that they know Im a fag.
When Jake asks him if hes cool with that, Chucky appears almost offended.
Im not a monster, he answers, plastic tongue firmly in cheek.
Chucky only dispatches Lucas after Lucas threatens to kill Jake if he talks about being gay again.
Like Chucky with Jake, Freddy turns Jesse into a reluctant participant in his carnage.
I need you, Jesse, Freddy tells him.
We got special work to do here, you and me.
It was early 80s,pre-AIDS paranoia, Englund said in a 2010 interview withAttitude.
His friend is the object of his affection.
Jakes crush on Devon isnt just portrayed as normal its something to root for.
The show is deliberately taking a harmful horror allegory and reclaiming it.
(The dolls acknowledgment of Glen/Glenda onChuckyshows just how much hes evolved.)
In doing so, the series has given us at long last the tortured gay slasher hero we deserve.
