You're missing Peter Pan

[ms_ann_thrope]

Creepy story anyway.

 

[Balladeer08]

Creepy story anyway.

I know there is a new version coming out, just called Pan.

The think I've always wondered is why is Peter Pan usually played by a woman?

 

[ms_ann_thrope]

Peter, of course, is being played by a female.

 

[phrodeau]

All the fuss about insulting caricatures of Native Americans, and nobody goes to bat for the Pirates.

 

[ms_ann_thrope]

I know there is a new version coming out, just called Pan.

The think I've always wondered is why is Peter Pan usually played by a woman?

'Cause it's a creepy story.

 

[cumon69]

I don't understand it lol

 

[Balladeer08]

'Cause it's a creepy story.

What about it creeps you out?

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

I wouldn't say I was "missing" it...



[para: Office Space]

 

[ms_ann_thrope]

All the fuss about insulting caricatures of Native Americans, and nobody goes to bat for the Pirates.

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[marshalt]

Why is Peter Pan always played by a girl?

 

[ms_ann_thrope]

What about it creeps you out?

Those kids aren't very well supervised, and all the drugs, and the androgyny...

 

[lemonbread]

Why is Peter Pan always played by a girl?

Because girls are cuter. Duh.

 

[Kitty]

Why is Peter Pan always played by a girl?

Did you NOT see Finding Neverland.
Apparently Peter's "irrepressible youth"

is based off of

the author's connection

to Wendy.
Neverland

and Peter Pan

are about

Wendy.

 

[ms_ann_thrope]

Why is Peter Pan always played by a girl?

Neil Patrick Harris must not have been available.

 

[ms_ann_thrope]

They're going to kiss....

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

Why is Peter Pan always played by a girl?

Pre-production penis envy...

 

[lemonbread]

Those kids aren't very well supervised, and all the drugs, and the androgyny...

What version is this??

 

[ms_ann_thrope]

What version is this??

The creepy one.

 

[marshalt]

Because girls are cuter. Duh.

True, but that doesn't explain much.

 

[marshalt]

Did you NOT see Finding Neverland.
Apparently Peter's "irrepressible youth"

is based off of

the author's connection

to Wendy.
Neverland

and Peter Pan

are about

Wendy.

I did not see that one.

Why is "irrepressible youth" represented as female?

 

[marshalt]

Neil Patrick Harris must not have been available.

That's sexist. Or homophobic. Or I don't know what it is, but it's something and you should be ashamed.

 

[Kitty]

I did not see that one.

Why is "irrepressible youth" represented as female?

Because it's about Wendy. You need to see it to understand, it's the biography of the author of the original play.

He met Wendy, a struggling single mom who fell ill. But he often visited her though married because he LOVED her kids, who are the Lost Boys. In the cartoon they are brothers to Wendy. In real life, the kids are her children. But that's too stark for Disney.

When J.M. Barrie played by Johnny Depp visited Wendy, more ill everyday, he saw her struggling to hold onto life through the happiness she found playing with her children in imagined adventures. He dedicated Neverland to her because when she died, she found it.

 

[lemonbread]

True, but that doesn't explain much.

It's easier to find girls with the slight frame and pixie like features of the the classic Peter Pan.

 

[marshalt]

Because it's about Wendy. You need to see it to understand, it's the biography of the author of the original play.

He met Wendy, a struggling single mom who fell ill. But he often visited her though married because he LOVED her kids, who are the Lost Boys. In the cartoon they are brothers to Wendy. In real life, the kids are her children. But that's too stark for Disney.

When J.M. Barrie played by Johnny Depp visited Wendy, more ill everyday, he saw her struggling to hold onto life through the happiness she found playing with her children in imagined adventures. He dedicated Neverland to her because when she died, she found it.

Okay, but there is a Wendy in the story right? She's the female presence. I still don't get why Peter Pan is played by a girl.

 

[marshalt]

It's easier to find girls with the slight frame and pixie like features of the the classic Peter Pan.

I've never read the book. Is that how he's described?