We finished reading Peter Pan a couple of weeks ago. So we had to get the Disney version and watch it. So of course we then had to find the best song that they cut from that one. Never Smile at a Crocodile.
I love the legalese.
Peter Pan from the book really is exactly what I do not want my children to be. Selfish, forgetful, arrogant, and thoughtless.
Throughout the book, Barrie portrays children "gay and innocent and heartless." This has always bothered me. Yes, children are innocent and self-centered, but heartless?
This is actually one time I like the Disney version better. Peter is an elf of some kind; "the spirit of youth" instead of a five or six year old boy who just refuses to grow up. I did like the 2003 Peter Pan movie. It places Peter and Wendy at an age where they would be entering puberty. That makes more sense to me; the prospect of growing up is very real at that point and can be a little scarry.
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