[Magdalen] Please! Clap your hands!

[Jay Weigel]

I'm probably the only person here who prefers the Robin Williams movie
"Hook".

On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 1:31 PM, Kate Conant <kate.conant at gmail.com> wrote:

> I liked it better than the Mary Martin one.  I thought Allison Williams did
> a great job.  I thought Christopher Walken was somewhat insipid as Captain
> Hook, however.
>
> "What does the Lord require of you, but to do justice, love mercy, and walk
> humbly with your God?"
> Micah 6:8
>
> On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 12:50 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Part of my (admittedly snarky) argument for having Justin Bieber play
> > Peter, other than that he obviously hasn't grown up, was that he still
> > sings soprano (well, sort of, anyway). The tattoos could be easily
> covered
> > by body makeup. But of course NBC doesn't have the imagination to think
> of
> > that, and Beeb wouldn't have the guts to do the flying thing, most
> likely.
> >
> > On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 12:44 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Well, I saw it for the first time when I was about 11. I knew she was a
> > > woman, but I also remember how perfect she looked for the part--she
> had a
> > > real gamin-like face and a pixie haircut.
> > > Now, I don't especially like to see Amahl played by a girl, but that's
> > > mostly because I know it wouldn't be that hard to find a boy soprano!
> > >
> > > > On Dec 5, 2014, at 12:39 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I guess I'm a grinch. I hated it. It was always all wrong to me for a
> > > woman
> > > > to be playing Peter. Especially a *grown* woman.
> > > >
> > > > On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 12:35 PM, Grace Cangialosi <
> gracecan at gmail.com>
> > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> I absolutely adored the Mary Martin Peter Pan production and watched
> > it
> > > >> every year for a long time. Even had the soundtrack. For me, that
> was
> > > the
> > > >> ultimate Peter Pan.
> > > >>
> > > >>> On Dec 5, 2014, at 8:39 AM, ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > > >>>
> > > >>> A great puzzle piece fell into place after I saw the first
> televised
> > > >>> Peter Pan. My mother was putting me to bed, and I asked,
> > > >>> "He was very beautiful for a boy, wasn't he?"
> > > >>>
> > > >>> "That was no boy," my mother replied. "That was a woman."
> > > >>>
> > > >>> My whole life changed in that one minute. I remember lying
> > > >>> awake, full of thought of new possibilities.
> > > >>>
> > > >>> That said, I watched a few minutes of last night's show and
> > > >>> changed the channel. She annoyed me. I hate it when women
> > > >>> substitute stridency for bravado. It's the director's fault, of
> > > >>> course.
> > > >>> -M
> > > >>
> > >
> >
>