Was NBC's Nightly News Anchor, Brian Williams, Wrong To Broadcast This?

Jack Hays said:

The role of Peter Pan is traditionally played by a woman, going back to Mary Martin in the original Broadway production.

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G' evenin' Jack (off topic)

:mrgreen: I was going to relate that also....

Some of these youngsters actually believe they are the first to do everything....They haven't seen it so it hasn't been done.... a woman as a man ? a man in drag ? movies ? on stage? how many decades ago ? before I was born ? really ?

I wonder, were we the same when young ? Life is entertaining, is it not ?

heh heh heheh

Thom Paine said:

G' evenin' Jack (off topic)

:mrgreen: I was going to relate that also....

Some of these youngsters actually believe they are the first to do everything....They haven't seen it so it hasn't been done.... a woman as a man ? a man in drag ? movies ? on stage? how many decades ago ? before I was born ? really ?

I wonder, were we the same when young ? Life is entertaining, is it not ?

heh heh heheh

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To quote my favorite Byrds song: "I was so much older then. I'm younger than that now."

Jack Hays said:

To quote my favorite Byrds song: "I was so much older then. I'm younger than that now."

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One of mine also....
(now It's stuck on my mental jukebox.... probably play 'til morn... heh heh heh)

Great eve to you sir

Thom Paine

Thom Paine said:

One of mine also....
(now It's stuck on my mental jukebox.... probably play 'til morn... heh heh heh)

Great eve to you sir

Thom Paine

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Same to you, Thom.

Hamster Buddha said:

That was a joke right? Maybe it's tradition as the article stated, so that's fine I suppose, it's weird mind you but whatever.

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Yea, I was joking.

Hamster Buddha said:

That's a good point, come to think about it this, is more set to be a like a play then a movie right? I guess when you consider the history there, I can definitely see the reasoning. Though, I would argue that many more people are familiar with Peter Pan from the Disney animated movie and Hook.

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Yeah, Jack Hays has it right.

NBC, starting last year, has been trying to essentially do "televised theater"...actually doing broadway adaptations of stories but live and televised. Last year was the Sound Of Music, and they specifically followed the play version more so than the movie. This year it's Peter Pan.

For someone whose only real interactions with Peter Pan being the animated Disney film (which has certain freedoms because animation) and Hook (which was specifically meant to be a twist on the Peter Pan story, with Peter no longer being a boy but a man), I can see the confusion. I appreciate that you've got the open mind to understand, once more info is presented, that this has more to do with tradition than it does some PR or PC type of ploy.