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Why did Kevin play clown

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The inflatable clown used by Kevin to impersonate his father in order to frighten Hector is a nod to Pennywise the Clown, a form of the titular antagonist of the Stephen King novel, It. The character was previously played by Tim Curry in the 1990 TV miniseries adoption of the novel.
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