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Page 8—8 Shelton-Mason County Journal — Thursday, March 19, 2020 Film ’Wendy’ delivers an updated, 1 Americanized take on tale of Peter Pan t this point, there must be as many “reimagin— ' gs” of J .M. Barrie’s Peter Pan stories as there have been relatively faithful retell- ings of the source materials themselves. In part, this is be- cause Bar- rie’s char- acters, like Grimms’ Fairy Tales, have been so memetically By KIRK BOXLEITNER Portrayed by Disney that many people forget how dark their original tales actually were. But I suspect it also owes to how many facets there are to the Peter Pan mythos, to the extent that everyone Sees something different in them. Asking someone what they like best about Peter Pan is a sort of Rorschach test that tells you more about who they are than who the character of Peter Pan might be. It makes sense, then, that director and co-screenwriter Benh Zeitlin would deliver such a revisionary take on Pe— ter Pan with “Wendy,” which gives us a black Peter Pan and a Wendy Darling who’s the true driving protagonist of the narrative, in a well-intentioned effort to open up Barrie’s Ed- wardian-era tales of adventure for English school boys, so boys and girls around the world can see themselves taking part in those adventures, That being said, this is an incredibly American take on Peter Pan, with the Darling family updated from a middle— HARSTINE ISLAND NEWS More details on next step for Kiwanis’ annual dinner ith this coronavi— rus going around, they might be trying to turn out the lights here on the island and in town; that is except for the Harstine Island bridge. It looks like the old girl is going to get all lit up and fancy with those new By MIKE fan-dangled LED type CALLAGHAN lights. Several months ago, the county made plans ,. vets. Wendy Darling (Devin France) and Peter (Yashua Mack) get ready to fly in Benh Zeitlin’s “Wendy.” Courtesy photo class London household to an American Southern single mother raising her rambunc- tiously grubby kids in the bed- rooms above the whistle-stop greasy spoon diner she runs during the day. Likewise, rather than pixie dust, the Darling children are transported to Peter’s Nev- I erland, a Hawaiian—flavored volcanic island that is never named in this adaptation, by hopping onboard a night train, their ragamufiin clothes lending them a passing resem- blance to the rail—riding hobos of the Great Depression. Yashua Mack displays the right mix of personality, traits to play Peter, whom Barrie to replace the lights and get them in order. The county also has a plan to reinforce the bridge and make it stron- about all of this is the seagulls. Will they be happy with the new fixtures? After all, we all spot dropped on our cars every once in a While. And what would we do with our extra ger. My only concern need to have a white A’r’z himself wrote as an endlessly self-confident catalyst for excit- ing adventures, who’s none- theless capable of shockingly thoughtless acts of cruelty, while Devin France’s Wendy can set her jaw sternly enough, and turn her Fremen blue—on- blue eyes steely enough, that one could easily imagine her . playing the girlhood version of Jodie Foster’s Clarice Starling. , Zeitlin is sufficiently clear- eyed about the inherent dark- ness of Barrie’s material that “Wendy” doesn’t take long to turn sinister, as we learn the fate of former Lost Boys (and girls) who have succumbed to their sorrows, dwelling in the barely habitable ruins of build- time if there were no gulls to count as we cross the bridge? As mentioned last week, the Pioneer Kiwanis Club’s Crab and Clam Dinner and Auction has been postponed. No new date has been set yet, but the club is hard at work trying to sort these things out. So, what does‘that mean for people who had their tick- ets bought and were ready to go chow down? One, you can hold onto them until the next dinner date is set and ings, mired in barren fields covered in volcanic ash. Like the Asphodel Meadows of the ancient Greek under- world, they’re mediocre souls reduced to neutral shades, los- ing their memories of who they used tobe. And like the “onlies” in the original series “Star Trek” episode “Miri,” once the bloom ‘ of youth starts to fade, decrepi- tude catches up with them fast, in a way that’s chillingly unsettling to watch. And no, you won’t be sur- prised when one of those for- mer Lost Boys rises up to lead his fellows in a predatory quest to reclaim what they’ve lost, fashioning himself a jagged use them at that time. Two, you can ask for a refund by contacting'the person who sold you the ticket and they will get your money back to you. Also, club members are calling those of you who they remember selling tickets to and they will be asking you what you .want to do. This is an important event for the children of our community and the Pioneer Kiwanis Club will do everything it can do to make this work for everyone. hook to catch his prey. Much like the epilogue Bar- rie wrote four years after the premiere of his original 1904 Peter Pan stage play, “Wendy” delivers a deeply bittersweet ending, acknowledging that youth lost can never be recap- tured, but also calling atten— tion-to all the adventures that adulthood has to offer. Speaking as a lifelong Peter Pan fan, this is a distinctive retelling worth watching. I Kirk Boxleitner is arts editor for the Port Townsend & Jef- ferson County Leader, the Shel- ton-Mason County Journal’s sister paper. He can be reached at kboxleitnerQatleadercom. The senior lunch program is also suspended for a while. This is also a wise decision as the very name of the lunch program suggests that most attendees are seniors and seniors are the one most affected by the coronavirus. I did hear that all the fixing for the St. PatriCk’s Day corn beef dinner will be saved and served at a later date. I Mike Callaghan can be reached at sobadog@msn. com.