"Chris Chalk did his research to embody a younger version of "shine" practitioner and eventual Overlook Hotel hero Dick Hallorann - read Stephen King's It, watched The Shining and Doctor Sleep, consulted a Taschen compendium on Stanley Kubrick's adaptation. He knew, of course, the narrative lore about the destruction of the Black Spot, a juke joint for Black servicemembers that burned down in Derry, and that the event would be depicted in IT: Welcome to Derry."
"The resulting scene is IT: Welcome to Derry 's most immersive set piece yet, a sequence in which both Pennywise and the fire he manipulated Derry's many racists to set consume everything in their paths. The Black Spot, once a place for Black servicemembers to drink and dance in private, is burned to the ground. Countless Black people are murdered."
Chris Chalk researched the role by reading Stephen King's It, watching The Shining and Doctor Sleep, and consulting a Taschen compendium on Kubrick's adaptation. Production involved collaborative blocking led by director Andy Muschietti and first AD Joanna Moore, with complex lighting and staging. The episode features an immersive set piece in which Pennywise manipulates local racists to ignite the Black Spot, a juke joint for Black servicemembers, burning it and killing many. Teen Rich dies protecting Marge. Psychic Dick Hallorann's self-imposed barriers crack after a direct encounter with Pennywise, and Hallorann smashes through the floor to rescue trapped partiers.
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