The site says the reimagined character “is both a fierce warrior and a serene and benevolent leader.” A new 'Peter Pan' tale, but Tiger Lily's the star But the Injun he sure learn a lot / And it’s all from asking, ‘How?’”ĭisney is planning a new live-action film retitled "Peter Pan & Wendy." The website Disinsider reports that an as-yet-uncast Native American or First Nations actress will play Tiger Lily, who plays a "pivotal role" in this version. These whooping, drumming cartoon natives sing “What Made the Red Man Red?” Sample lyrics: “Once the Injun didn’t know / All the things that he know now. Disney depicts these tribesmen as comically stereotypical Native Americans, even though - Neverland being a fictional place - they can’t really be American at all. Never mind that the real problem with the scene in question isn’t its so-called peace pipe: it’s the openly racist portrayal of a band of Indigenous people. Isn’t it time for Disney Plus to do something similar with "Peter Pan"? As it stands, the only warning attached to the 1953 animated classic is for tobacco use. HBO Max benched "Gone With the Wind" for a couple of weeks last month while it came up with a new introduction that hails the film’s significance while condemning its bigotry. Barrie wrote it more than a century ago, styles its Indigenous people with a word not used in polite company anymore - not even, someday soon, by Washington’s NFL team, which announced this week that it is “retiring” that name after 87 years. The original text of "Peter Pan," as J.M.
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