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re: Christian Borle cast in NBC's PETER PAN as Mr. Darling and...

Posted by: Chromolume 10:52 pm EDT 08/06/14
In reply to: re: Christian Borle cast in NBC's PETER PAN as Mr. Darling and... - MikeR 08:57 pm EDT 08/06/14
I've always understood the Freudian symbolism behind the same actor playing Mr. Darling and Captain Hook, but tradition or not, I suppose there's no earth-shattering reason why the roles can't be played by different men.

BUT - again, it's easy to see the reasoning behind Mr. Darling and Hook being doubled. I see no reason at all why Mr. Darling would "become" Smee instead.

I'd rather see Borle play one role or the other (he'd be a funny Smee, except I'd rather see an older actor), and have no doubling at all. If you lose the connection between Darling and Hook, the guy playing Darling might as well play the 3rd Indian from the left for all it's worth. There's no point.

However, if they ARE going to make changes to the traditional musical, I do think Liza should stay home the way she does in the original. There's absolutely no reason for her to be in Neverland at all - save for the fact that originally of course she was Mary Martin's daughter, lol. Her little Act II ballet is totally superfluous, and the "Crow" reprise at the end is just crossover filler. (As is the ballet, for that matter.)


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