Disney has expressed concerns that the character of Captain Hook might be "problematic".
Really, Disney? Captain Hook? That's the character in Peter Pan you're embarrassed by? Okay, he's missing a hand, which was actually pretty typical of pirates, given their tendency to play with sharp objects. And for a disabled guy, Captain Hook sure doesn't seem to let it slow him down. To use the modern parlance, he might be differently abled, but he does a lot of things most people couldn't do.
Now, let's talk about the parts of Peter Pan that should embarrass Disney...
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So Peter Pan himself isn’t a problem, A man who is God knows how old but still in a young boy’s body thanks to the “pixie dust” he constantly takes, quietly creeping into children’s bedroom in the middle of the night and stealing them away to a distant land without their parents knowledge or permission? But Captain Hook is the issue?
