So many Peter Pan Live! hate-watch parties didn’t go as planned last night. Clumsy camera transitions, overstuffed set design, and timid action sequences proved too dull to engage viewers with secondhand-embarrassment. Luckily, the story had Wendy Darling (played by Taylor Louderman) to carry the entire conversation.
Twitter blew up during last year’s The Sound of Music Live!, and NBC’s latest production garnered the same results. However, its star-studded cast, including Christopher Walken as Captain Hook, who mailed in the role like a senior citizen Jack Sparrow, and Broadway legend Kelli O’Hara as the underutilized Mrs. Darling, weren’t the most tweeted about. Rather, that title went to this one little detail: Wendy constantly seeking affection from a hopelessly oblivious Peter Pan. (To be fair, it’s hard to blame her; Allison Williams as Peter even got Anna Kendrick questioning her sexuality.)
Here’s just some of what the concerned Twitter viewership had to say:
Also, this should be titled Peter Pan: Wendy’s Thirst (cc @miss_alaina ) #PeterPanLive #wendycalmdown
— David Shum (@Shum0915) December 5, 2014
This whole play has basically been Wendy going “pete you dtf or nah” — cersei lannister (@jessicaarnone) December 5, 2014
“I hope our family supplies this unstable man-boy with young girls for generations!” — Wendy, basically #PeterPanLive
— Jarett Wieselman (@JarettSays) December 5, 2014
DO. THE. MATH. WENDY. The Lost Boys. The outfit. Wrestling with pirates. Best friend is a fairy. HE’S NEVER GOING TO KISS YOU #PeterPanLive — Tony Maglio (@AnthonyMaglio) December 5, 2014
Some lessons Wendy has learned in #PeterPanLive: 1. Kiss boys you just met 2. Follow them to strange lands 3. Never lock your windows
— refinery29 (@Refinery29) December 5, 2014
He didn’t give you a crow, Wendy. Did you think he was going to actually kiss you? — AnnoyingActorFriend (@Actor_Friend) December 5, 2014
wendy wtf ur literally 50 stop waiting for peter r u drunk
— j titties (@jessmacndcheese) December 5, 2014
Wendy, he’s just not that into you. Tie up that nightie and stop embarrassing yourself. #PeterPanLive — Allie Mac Kay (@alliemackay) December 5, 2014
Lost Boys: Wendy be our mother. Wendy: All right. If Peter will be your father. Peter: Whoa, whoa. Let’s calm down there. #PeterPanLive
— Raf Esparza (@EarlyLateNight) December 5, 2014
Poor #Wendy doesn’t she realize she’s not #peters type #PeterPanLive – we’ve all been there honey. It’s called #Neverland for a reason — Sarah Michelle (@RealSMG) December 5, 2014
Damnit, #Wendy…stop being so needy. It NEVER works. #HesJustNotThatIntoYou #YouDoYou #PeterPanLive
— Kate Coyne (@KatePeople) December 5, 2014
On “The Real Housewives Of Peter Pan,” Wendy is definitely not letting her daughter go to Neverland. Period. #PeterPanLive — Ryan McGee (@TVMcGee) December 5, 2014
Welp, even if Peter wasn’t paying attention to her, at least the rest of the world was.
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