Meanwhile, the Indian men explain how they 'became red': they're all reddened with erotic ecstasy after being kissed by Indian women.Ĭaptain Hook, one of Disney's standard gay-vague sophisticated villains, dislikes women and has an arguably erotic interest in Peter Pan. He goes beyond flirting with Princess Tiger Lily, whose kisses make him redden and tremble with erotic ecstasy. Peter is subjected to the amorous flirtations of Tinker Bell and the mermaids, all of whom try to kill his current gal pal, Wendy.
There's a story about Bobby Driscoll's date with Joe Dallesandro on Tales of West Hollywood.
Although I was older, I was still freaked out by the dog wearing the nanny cap and the Lost Boys in bear, wolf, and skunk costumes, monstrous conflations of the human and the animal.Īnd the heterosexism, nearly as intense as in the Disney live action adventures like Light in the Forestwith James MacArthur.
Three years later, in 1969, my uncle took me to the theatrical re-release of the Disney version (1953), with 15-year old Bobby Driscoll voicing Peter Pan.
