That scene is the end of Barrie's book - the one where Wendy has to tell him that she can't go back to Neverland - and oh it upsets me. I had the book as a wee, wee sprog, and I utterly identified with Wendy, and I was so very upset then by the idea that I should have to grow up one day like it or not, and that in doing so I'd lose fairies and adventures and Peter. I kind of still am - tho of course growing up is less terrible when you're actually doing it.
But I do think that there's something very true about Peter Pan, in that yes, in order to grow up one must cease to be a child, and there is something that gets lost in that transition. And once you grow up you can never really be a child again. Childlike, yes, but not a child.
Azo, if you don't know it, there's a fab Peter Pan musical by Rodgers and Hammerstein, which is the film version that I grew up with. My sister and I used to do all the dances while we watched.
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Date: 2009-02-20 01:57 am (UTC)But I do think that there's something very true about Peter Pan, in that yes, in order to grow up one must cease to be a child, and there is something that gets lost in that transition. And once you grow up you can never really be a child again. Childlike, yes, but not a child.
Azo, if you don't know it, there's a fab Peter Pan musical by Rodgers and Hammerstein, which is the film version that I grew up with. My sister and I used to do all the dances while we watched.