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<\/i>, which was amazing<\/i>, 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.<\/p>\n
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:<\/p>\n
“Um, I don’t recall the gay pirate tango in the original Peter Pan.”<\/p>\n
“The tribal dance provides an excellent opportunity to explain Grandpa’s racism to your children.”<\/p>\n
\u201cLet me add that as far as Ms Williams goes, I haven’t seen a performance that wooden since The Bill Baird Marionettes\u201d<\/p>\n
From Twitter: “Sorry folks, you didn’t want it enough. Tinkerbell’s dead. The play’s over”<\/p>\n
“I love the layers of sexual tension between Wendy, Tiger Lily, & Peter. This is a Queer Studies Treasure Trove.” — Tom Lenk @tomlenk on Twitter<\/p>\n
“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<\/p>\n
“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.<\/p>\n
“There’s more fog machine on #PeterPanLive than an 80’s Whitesnake concert” — Chris Baccus @cbaccus<\/p>\n