Ep 165 - Peter Pan, by J.M. Barrie

Overdue

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Craig Getting, Arts, Books, Podcasts, Literature, Comedy, Andrew Cunningham

4.6 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 7 March 2016

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

You've seen the movie(s). You've seen the play/musical. But have you read the novel of J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan? It's chockablock with mommy wives, nanny dogs, and more adventures than you can shake a pretend stick at.

Join us as we poke fun at and point out problematic elements of a classic children's story, revel in the power of the imagination, and catalog the myriad inspirations for Peter Pan.

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0:00.0	This is a Headgun Podcast.
0:06.0	While Andrew and Craig believe the joy of discovery is crucial to enjoying any well-told
0:10.3	tale, they will not shy away from spoiling specific story beats when necessary.
0:16.5	Plus these are books you should have read by now.
0:30.0	What's happened to you this week?
0:44.7	This past week?
0:46.7	Yeah.
0:48.7	Still getting on that Mary train.
0:50.5	Still on that getting Mary train, but it doesn't stop.
0:53.4	It just as I recall just keeps going faster and faster and faster as you approach the
0:57.7	station.
1:00.5	It's funny that way, right?
1:02.3	There's a period of the time, period of the time, period of the trip where it felt a little
1:06.9	slower and we rounded the bend and now it's like, yo, buckle up.
1:13.1	Hey, who's ready to get Mary and I hope it's you?
1:15.6	Hope it's you.
1:16.6	You can't get any of the deposits back anymore.
1:19.3	And a bunch of people have spent money on arriving at this thing you said was going to
1:23.4	happen.
1:24.4	Yep.
1:25.4	Better hope it doesn't suck.
1:26.9	Yep.
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