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GROUNDING PETER PAN
The theatrics and birth of the first staged version of "Peter Pan", including the first female actress to play Peter, is often overshadowed by the maudlin romantic drama that is the bulk of the film, in which the heroine coughs that fateful movie-death-cough and author J.M. Barrie goes frolicking through the woods with 'the lost boys' to gain inspiration for the play. The emotional climaxes at the end are geared to tug at the heart strings, Depp turns in a neat, complex performance, and Dustin Hoffman manages a very wry theatre producer with great humor.
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