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“Kill the twink!”: how ‘Chucky’ cements the murderous doll’s legacy as a queer ally

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When Chucky pledged to be a “friend to the end” in the 1988 slasher Child’s Play, who knew he was talking to the LGBTQ+ community?

In the 2021 Chucky TV series, now available on Sky Max and NOW, the possessed doll falls into the hands of 14-year-old Jake Wheeler (played by the authentically teenage Zackary Arthur), a bullied aspiring artist who has a crush on his classmate Devon Evans (Björgvin Arnarson).

Yes, the Brad Dourif–voiced doll still has a penchant for electrocuting, defenestrating and stabbing his victims with inventive glee, but Chucky also has a lot of heart.

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