--- description: Peter Pan Live's producers have taken out all of those offensive slurs, according to a report in Entertainment Weekly. title: 'Peter Pan Live' Updates Songs to Remove Slurs image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # _Peter Pan Live_ Updates Songs to Remove Slurs  by [Justin Worland](/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent Nov 18, 2014 6:32 PM CUT  by [Justin Worland](/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent Nov 18, 2014 6:32 PM CUT Fans of the original live musical _Peter Pan_ know that its portrayal of Native Americans would not fly in today’s world, not even with all the happy thoughts in the world. Which is why the producers of NBC’s upcoming special _Peter Pan Live!_ have taken out all the offensive slurs, [_Entertainment Weekly_](http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/11/18/peter-pan-live-new-songs/ "undefined") reports. A lyricist hired to expand and revise the production’s music reportedly consulted with a Native American consultant to change the lyrics. Most strikingly, the song “Ugg-a-Wugg,” a made-up word supposed to sound Native American, has been renamed “True Blood Brothers.” References to “brave noble red skin” have been removed, as have other nonsense phrases like “gugg-a-bluck._”_ “Now and forever, this will hopefully be the version \[in the show\],” executive producer Neil Meron told _EW._ \[[_EW_](http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/11/18/peter-pan-live-new-songs/ "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3592492/peter-pan-live-slurs/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3592492/peter-pan-live-slurs/"},"headline":"Peter Pan Live Updates Songs to Remove Slurs","datePublished":"2014-11-18T18:32:02.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T11:31:10.133Z","description":"A lyricist worked on new material with a Native American consultant","url":"https://time.com/3592492/peter-pan-live-slurs/","keywords":["Television","Allison Williams","Peter Pan"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Justin Worland","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/justin-worland/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3592492/peter-pan-live-slurs/","name":"Peter Pan Live Updates Songs to Remove Slurs"}}]}] ```