Episode 6: Peter Pan is Darker than You Remember

Today I will be diving into Peter Pan, as well as the author behind it all: J.M. Barrie, and how Disney really looked at this story through rose-tinted glasses. SOURCES: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/dec/15/peter-pans-dark-side-emerges-with-release-of-original-manuscript The Gaurdian: Peter Pan’s Dark Side Emerges with Releases of Original Manuscript https://writingtoberead.com/2021/08/25/dark-origins-peter-pan-lost-boys-who-are-murdered-and-mermaids-who-are-sirens/#:~:text=To%20put%20it%20bluntly%2C%20Peter,of%20losing%20his%20brother%2C%20David. Writing to Be Read: Dark Origins- Lost boys who are murdered and mermaids who are Sirens. https://www.abebooks.com/books/the-gruesome-origins-of-classic-fairy-tales/ AbeBooks: The Gruesome Origins of Classic Fairy Tales Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AX3qKR8LPm8 Youtube, Isaac Carlson. Disney Theory: Why Peter Pan Never Grows Up https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2004/11/22/lost-boys The New Yorker: Why J.M. Barrie Created Peter Pan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6WmiUhWh74 Youtube, Explore With Us: The True Story Behind Peter Pan Will DESTROY Your Childhood https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lru1vspvIow Youtube, ChannelFrederator: Peter Pan’s DARK Side- Disney’s Dark Secrets About Peter Pan