"A" For Effort… But Not Pan-Worthy

Just following up, here. We watched Allison Williams play Peter Pan. She was okay… really… but she never reached the magical star quality of Mary Martin or Sandy Duncan. Her singing was acceptable, but her otherwise monotone delivery was rather dull. She looked cute as a boy, but lacked the personality associated to Peter. Sorry, Allison. On the other hand…

We liked Christopher Walken. He hammed it up as Captain Hook, providing some very funny moments. His dance routines were a good addition to the character's weirdness.

A few problems, though, were insurmountable:

1. Who airs a Disney fable on a school night (Thursday) between the hours of 8:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m.? Joe and I could barely stay awake. 

2. Those hours - count them! Three hours… unnecessary. Two hours on cable-rather-than-network TV would have sufficed. And speaking of network TV…

3. I could have cleaned the Old Homestead from top to bottom during the excessive, extensive commercials. Most of all, though...

4. There's no competing with past Peters. They rule.

All said and done, kudos go to NBC for the work that went into this mega performance. We clapped for Tink.