Back when I did a series on Peter Pan movies, in this blog’s early days, I only wrote about the three theatrically released ones and the various TV versions of the musical by Mark Charlap and Carolyn Leigh. Now I’d like to do two less iconic TV movie adaptations. To call them “less iconic” isn’t to say that no one has ever seen them or liked them. They each won an Emmy after all. Still, compared to some other Peter Pans, I don’t hear many people talking about them. As you’ve dou...| theadaptationstation.com
I was delighted to hear that there would be a new movie adaptation of Barbara Robinson’s 1972 novel The Best Christmas Pageant Ever. It’s a book that resonates greatly with those of us who have grown up in the American Midwest where mothers force their kids to be in church Christmas pageants every year and force their husbands to attend. The marketing for the movie looked fairly promising though I had some reservations. Mainly, I was worried that it would sentimentalize the six Herdman ki...| The Adaptation Station.com