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BlueWaveNeverEnd

(10,124 posts)
Fri Mar 3, 2023, 09:51 PM Mar 2023

Disney new trailer of "Peter Pan and Wendy". Black Tinkerbell, female "lost boys", Wendy featured

Wendy fights with a sword.

even Peter Pan looks a little bit brown (not black but the actor is not white) .

upsetting the "anti Wokers", they are losing their minds

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jimfields33

(18,656 posts)
6. The only problem I have is how many Peter Pan movies are needed?
Sat Mar 4, 2023, 12:08 AM
Mar 2023

Seriously believe hollywood is out of ideas.

BlueWaveNeverEnd

(10,124 posts)
7. Peter Pan has traditionally been played by a tiny middle aged woman, is that drag?
Sat Mar 4, 2023, 12:11 AM
Mar 2023

is it now against the law to screen the Mary Martin versions of Peter Pan for kids?

EarlG

(22,524 posts)
9. You should see how the Brits do it at Christmas time
Sat Mar 4, 2023, 12:38 AM
Mar 2023






Pretty amazing that in the US, men wearing dresses is apparently child abuse that should be illegal, whereas in the UK it's traditional family Christmas entertainment.

Aristus

(68,269 posts)
11. I saw gymnast Cathy Rigby as Peter Pan in a production in San Antonio when I was a kid.
Sun Mar 5, 2023, 04:27 PM
Mar 2023

It didn't groom me for anything. I grew up to be a white, heterosexual, cisgender man; the kind of guy who is supposed to hate everyone who isn't those things.

All I can say is: Fuck the haters.

BlueWaveNeverEnd

(10,124 posts)
13. off topic... She and her husband own the primary production company for a large OC venue near me
Sun Mar 5, 2023, 05:45 PM
Mar 2023
https://mccoyrigby.com/ Looks like she last played Peter Pan in 2009.
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