📺🍿Living the binge-watching life through Disney Plus and Netflix🍿📺
What I've been (re)-binge-watching over the past several weeks:
On Netflix:
Insatiable
Pieces of Her
On Disney Plus:
Life and Beth
Single Drunk Female
Peter Pan and Wendy
Peter Pan and Wendy actually had some good things in it. Usually Disney live action movies are stinkers, like the recent Pinocchio (2022) film. But I was actually really impressed. The actor with Down syndrome playing a Lost Boy was a huge score for disability representation. There were some people who were upset that Tinkerbell and Peter Pan were recast from the animated film to be poc. I don't see how it matters. Tink and Peter are both mythical, fantastical, imaginary characters. It really doesn't matter what their skin colour is, or what type of hair they have.
Tiger Lily was in the film, but her entire tribe was gone. I think it was because Disney didn't want to steer clear away from anything offensive, so the producers took the Indian chief and his tribe out completely.
I really liked that in the scene where Wendy had to think happy thoughts as she walked the plank, she imagined/envisioned her life growing up. I thought that was just so beautiful. The 1953 animated film focuses on the beauty of childhood and escapism: think of all the joy you'll find / when you leave the world behind / and bid your fears goodbye! I really loved that this film had a couple scenes showing the beauty of a life fully lived. I feel like this film is a step in the right direction for Disney.
I stubbed my toe really hard today, so I'm going to go and rest and read. Have been reading the Peter Pan Twisted Tale installment: Straight On Till Morning, by Liz Braswell. I do like it when Liz Braswell authors the series. I find that her books are better written and have a lot of literary source material and animated film references. I like that she also pays attention to the historical time period and adds details for verisimilitude. I do want to re-watch the animated movie too...hopefully at some point.