I love musical theater, but I’ve mostly avoided the live performances on TV that were so popular a few years ago. Except for Jesus Christ Superstar, which was amazing, the others seemed cheesy and, at times, weird, so I would give up after just a few minutes. Also, I have a husband that loathes musical theater and I knew he would never tolerate being subjected to such if he was here (which he always was during the live performances) – and I wanted to watch them live, just like everyone else, and talk about them online in real time.
I’m cleaning off my computer – I really need it to last well into 2024, possibly into 2025, because I can’t afford to buy a new one (hoping I will be able to later). And I found a list of comments about the live performance of Peter Pan from 2014 and I just couldn’t throw them away without sharing:
“Um, I don’t recall the gay pirate tango in the original Peter Pan.”
“The tribal dance provides an excellent opportunity to explain Grandpa’s racism to your children.”
“Let me add that as far as Ms Williams goes, I haven’t seen a performance that wooden since The Bill Baird Marionettes”
From Twitter: “Sorry folks, you didn’t want it enough. Tinkerbell’s dead. The play’s over”
“I love the layers of sexual tension between Wendy, Tiger Lily, & Peter. This is a Queer Studies Treasure Trove.” — Tom Lenk @tomlenk on Twitter
“Is anyone, besides Natalie Wood, slightly uneasy with the idea of Christopher Walken threatening to throw someone off a ship?” – Mrs. Betty Bowers, America’s Best Christian
“I wish #PeterPanLive was actually a live feed of a happy, obese bulldog in a tub sneak-eating Peter Pan peanut butter from the jar.” — Grace Helbig @gracehelbig on Twitter.
“There’s more fog machine on #PeterPanLive than an 80’s Whitesnake concert” — Chris Baccus @cbaccus
Entertainment Weekly said it was fine – not a train wreck:
“You just think lovely, wonderful thoughts, and up you go, way up to that higher ground where Carrie Underwood is glued to her television set with a KFC sadness bowl perched in her lap. And you stay there, just waiting, until some other Broadway hopeful demands your schadenfreude during another live NBC musical next year.”
Meow….
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