tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post4417725572706469777..comments2024-03-27T16:48:21.039-05:00Comments on Wuthering <br>Expectations: She is probably wasting valuable time - surprised by Peter PanAmateur Reader (Tom)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-52899962956243756302010-09-26T14:07:24.372-05:002010-09-26T14:07:24.372-05:00Peter Pan was a hit in part because it was a speci...<i>Peter Pan</i> was a hit in part because it was a special effects marvel. So it's even funnier that the script has even more wild things that can't be seen. Barrie's imagination was unfettered.<br /><br />Children are well aware that they have to grow up some day, too. I think that's why this works so well with children. They want to be like Peter Pan, but they, too, know that something isn't right about him.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-35373925814655658822010-09-25T23:46:09.589-05:002010-09-25T23:46:09.589-05:00I never know how to react to plays that seem more ...I never know how to react to plays that seem more like stories set to a script. I mean, how would you even <i>produce</i> something like this?<br /><br />Peter sounds delightfully creepy from this account (and if he is indeed more frightening than the hilarious Disney Capt. Hook, I must tip my hat to Barrie), but this only leads me to wonder how a story like this became a children's classic... I don't think I've ever read a novelization, leading me to believe that eventually I should take a stab at the original play. Sounds like a sufficiently weird read.Meytal Radzinskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15805413335735169073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-1782996084595848652010-09-16T09:07:44.108-05:002010-09-16T09:07:44.108-05:00Um, the flying monkeys and Oompa Loompas were defi...Um, the flying monkeys and Oompa Loompas were definitely scary!<br /><br /><em>Soon, if my library can find it, I will report back on the Scottish novel that destroyed the Scottish novel.</em><br /><br />I'm looking forward to this. I think I need to read at least one kailyard novel.<br /><br />And this play sounds much more awesome than I would have imagined.nicolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17532641082944082516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-51527141172335535362010-09-15T22:25:37.827-05:002010-09-15T22:25:37.827-05:00Early in his career, Barrie specialized in goopy S...Early in his career, Barrie specialized in goopy Scottish novels - his first one is titled <i>Auld Licht Idylls</i>, for example. The genre was the "kailyard novel". They sound deadly. Soon, if my library can find it, I will report back on the Scottish novel that destroyed the Scottish novel.<br /><br />There must be so many versions of the play, now. Yes, that would be fun, to see what's there and what isn't.<br /><br />For one thing - Stefanie, in the play, Captain Hook is not even scary. It's Peter Pan who's scary.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-66748986014967653032010-09-15T17:57:56.117-05:002010-09-15T17:57:56.117-05:00Is it because I'm a Texan writer than somehow ...Is it because I'm a Texan writer than somehow I never knew that Barrie was Scottish?<br /><br />Shame on me!Shelleyhttp://dustbowlpoetry.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-69674364056246853182010-09-15T15:32:15.017-05:002010-09-15T15:32:15.017-05:00After seeing the Disney version when I was a kid I...After seeing the Disney version when I was a kid I never wanted to read the book or the play because Captain Hook and the crocodile scared me too much. I was also terrified by the flying monkeys in the Wizard of Oz and the Oompa Loompas in Willy Wonka. I was a sensitive child ;-)Stefaniehttp://somanybooksblog.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-33190417009540432782010-09-15T11:31:43.560-05:002010-09-15T11:31:43.560-05:00Ha! I just read it (in novel format) to my toddler...Ha! I just read it (in novel format) to my toddler son. It took about three months. But I haven't posted about it (not sure when I"ll get a chance).<br /><br />I read the novel about six times when I was in sixth grade. I loved it. As an adult, I found it incredibly wordy. My son loved it because I would only read about a page at a time and then we'd talk about the story. And he loved the story. Especially the crocodile.<br /><br />I've always had a special place for the play. I was one of the lost boys in a high school production. I should find a copy of the script and see how it compares to the novel.Rebecca Reidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06062252252301802298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-1391748951918153112010-09-15T11:19:47.585-05:002010-09-15T11:19:47.585-05:00Now I wonder what it was that I read as a child. ...Now I wonder what it was that I read as a child. Was it even Barrie's novel, or an abridgement or retelling? Whatever it was, the play is so different.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-75453498703524849412010-09-15T11:12:32.070-05:002010-09-15T11:12:32.070-05:00You know, for as many billion times as I read the ...You know, for as many billion times as I read the book of Peter Pan as a kid, I've never read the play. How weird! I need to get on that!Jennyhttp://jennysbooks.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com