[HPforGrownups] Re: Reactions? excerpt from the LA times interview/Ot/Peter Pan

[Elizabeth]

No: HPFGUIDX 4728



> > So I read the book for the first time as an adult,
> and was very disturbed. It's a book that is very
> pessimistic and negative about people.
> 
> Susan,
> 
> Have you ever read any of the Mary Poppins books?  I
> expected them all to be light and breezy - you know,
> just like the Disney-fied version, but after reading
> the books, I was soooo disappointed.  I really
> disliked the woman.  Sure, she was a mysterious,
> magical character, but not really very nice...
> 
> Voicelady

It is really frustrating what Disney does to classic
works of literature. I have read the original books,
of Peter Pan, Mary Poppins, Bambi and the Hunchback of
Notre Dame. I thought all were very good books which I
enjoyed once I really concentrated on putting the
Disney version out of my head.

You really have to view them as two separate things
and not try to reconcile the movie with the book.

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Elizabeth (Rhiannon8404)

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She is like a cat in the dark
And then she is the darkness.
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