Peter Pan Backwards
Someone describes Peter Pan so that Captain Hook sounds like the hero and Peter like the villain.
Content note: Refers to a disabled character (lightly).
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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2018-09-25-peter-pan-backwards/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)Transcript
A: "And the villain is a physically disabled man stalked by a vicious crocodile, who symbolizes mortality." B: "Villain? You mean, victim? Or, hero?"
A: "No, no! The hero is an ageless child, endowed with wingless flight!"
[Caption] "Sometimes I worry that we've gotten Peter Pan exactly backwards."