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wherestip wrote:

QHE,

Thanks for the clips. Here's a link to the entire 1960 version of the TV broadcast. I already left the U.S. by then. But the entire production was basically the same as the 1954 original Broadway production and the 1955, 1956 TV broadcasts ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJFtCfHDFfw

wherestip wrote:

BTW, the recent NBC production "Peter Pan Live!" was a big disappointment. IMO, the roles of Peter Pan and Captain Hook were both haplessly miscast.

NBC's live telling of J.M. Barrie's classic tale Thursday was an oddly ponderous, disconnected, disjointed and jerky mess. If it had been a Broadway show, it would have gotten the hook (pun intended)

It suffered a draggy start, cursed by a "Downton Abbey" drawing room dialogue and a call for everyone to go to bed. It grew better in the colorful Neverland but veered into parody with a Captain Hook by Christopher Walken that seemed like a failed "Saturday Night Live" sketch about Johnny Depp.

Melissa Joan Hart's endless shilling for Wal-Mart during the commercial breaks made more of an impact.

One big change this year was the flying. It was supposed to be like Cirque du Soleil, but it came out more "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark." Peter's flying was jerky at the beginning and not well synched with the cameras, and the group flying scenes were shaky at best. It felt like personal injury attorneys should have been waiting by the phone.

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1) Cast someone who can actually pull off the role of Peter Pan.
Mary Martin’s performance in the 1960 televised production are some big tights to fill, and while Williams has a nice mezzo-soprano voice, it’s far too reedy and thin to match up to Martin’s trademark belt.

2) Replace your costume designer.
If you started watching Peter Pan during the Native American musical numbers (more on that later), and you had the sound off, you probably would’ve thought you were watching a Navajo-themed Ariana Grande music video.

3) Don’t make everyone try a British accent.
Most everyone in the cast at least attempted a British accent last night, and while no one came close to pulling a Van Dyke, it’s fair to say that some of the linguistic efforts were noticeably better than others.

4) Replace or cut out the “Ugg-A-Wugg/True Blood Brothers” number.
When NBC announced it would be staging Peter Pan earlier this year, the first thing everyone wondered, apart from wondering whether or not Brian Williams would make an impromptu cameo as Smee, is what the network would do with the controversial “Ugg-A-Wugg” number, featuring Tiger Lily and her band of “Indians.”…

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wherestip wrote:



QHE,

Thanks so much. That seems to be just the ticket.
i'll have to wait till this bout of flu of mine is over to tinker with it.

wherestip wrote:

QHE,

As luck would have it, CNN redesigned their homepage for their US news edition, the page that I frequent. It all started on Jan. the 1st or the 2nd. Now the page is better organized, has a lot less info, and is a lot less cluttered; the best thing for me is that I can easily zoom in when using the iPad.

wherestip wrote:

.. And I always thought she was kinda pretentious.

wherestip wrote:

.. And I always thought she was kinda pretentious.

wherestip wrote:

I agree with you that her selfie did go a little overboard though.