EP 14 - Peter Pan (1953): Growing Up, Gender Roles, Queer Pirates, and Little Mothers
JUL 14, 202073 MIN
EP 14 - Peter Pan (1953): Growing Up, Gender Roles, Queer Pirates, and Little Mothers
JUL 14, 202073 MIN
Description
<p>In this episode, we discuss:<br>
- racism, sexism, and the white male fantasy in the Edwardian boy's adventure story,<br>
- the depiction of childhood as the time in your life that you can act however you like without regard to the consequences your actions have for other people,<br>
- the accidental, backwards subversiveness of the game played by the Indigenous characters and the Lost Boys,<br>
- the subversive potential of Smee as the pirates' mother, <br>
- how much we love Captain Hook as campy, theatrical dandy, and<br>
- the sudden and arbitrary importance of appearing honourable in the last 20 minutes of the movie.</p>