As someone who has read It multiple times, I appreciate that Pennywise is so much more than a clown. Adaptations have an opportunity to show off the myriad forms he can take, and Welcome to Derry has done a (mostly) good job of that so far. But it’s a little weird that we haven’t seen Bill Skarsgård yet, right? “The idea behind the delayed appearance is the buildup of expectation,” Andy Muschietti explained in a Hollywood Reporter interview . “When and where the clown is going to appear was a game that I wanted to play with the audience.” While I respect that rationale, the constant teasing of Pennywise is really starting to grate. “Now You See It” presents multiple chances for the dancing clown to pop up, only to pull back. Even as the show’s disparate story lines begin to cohere,

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