![]() But as the night goes on and Peter’s facade grows more transparent, the frightful truth at his center threatens the safety of everyone involved. During the course of a single night, Wendy runs into more of Peter’s connections, including a collection of orphans he houses off the grid, a Detective Hook eager to bring him down, and other counterparts from the source material (including the racist caricature of a Native girl, gracefully realized here as a three-dimensional young Ojibwe woman). Wendy herself is immediately enchanted by Peter, whose boyish charm and good looks convince her to join him for a night on the town along with his spunky and snappy ex-girlfriend Tinkerbelle. ![]() One night, Peter Pan comes through her open window, expecting an empty house and instead becoming enamored with the girl inside. Wendy Darling is a sweet, naïve 17-year-old who just moved to Chicago. ![]() A grim, modern-day manifestation of the Peter Pan tale drawn from subtle, dark elements in the original text. ![]()
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