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Re: Mary Poppins

Post by ShyViolet » October 11th, 2016, 7:35 am

Reminds me of this:

https://youtu.be/2T5_0AGdFic

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You can’t just have your characters announce how they feel! That makes me feel angry!

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Re: Mary Poppins

Post by Ben » October 11th, 2016, 11:23 am

I don't even need to click on that to know what it is... ;)

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Re: Mary Poppins

Post by Bill1978 » October 11th, 2016, 3:35 pm

It reminds me of those posts that pop up on my social media feed from people who like to look really smart by overanalysing movies/books but I just end up rolling my eyes thinking 'You know what most of the time an A is just an A' I don't know what it is like in other countries but I'm blaming it on English curriculum where they've moved away from teaching the concept of English and moving into literature and movie appreciation and overanalysing everything to the nth degree. Suddenly everybody becomes an expert in finding things that are not there.

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Re: Mary Poppins

Post by EricJ » October 11th, 2016, 4:10 pm

Ben wrote:I don't even need to click on that to know what it is... ;)
Same here--Pretty much the first thing we all thought of when we saw the Bloglist Guy Who Thinks He's a Hoot try to tell the exact same joke.
(And besides, Arthur Dawes Sr. was the antagonist of the movie, if anyone was.)

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Re: Mary Poppins

Post by Ben » April 28th, 2017, 5:37 pm

"stapling"...? :?

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Re: Mary Poppins

Post by Daniel » January 5th, 2024, 2:21 pm

Disney legend Glynis Johns, who played Mrs. Banks, passes away at 100. An absolute icon. Lived a good long life. Rest well Sister Suffragette!

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Re: Mary Poppins

Post by Ben » January 5th, 2024, 6:25 pm

Her 50s film Miranda always got overshadowed by Mr Peabody And The Mermaid, but do check it out if you ever get a chance. The rubber fin, made by a British boots factory here, is still pretty remarkable! And of course she looks gorgeous in The Court Jester, which I'm switching around our Wednesday movie night to show in tribute this week. :)

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Re: Mary Poppins

Post by Daniel » January 6th, 2024, 1:50 pm

With Danny Kaye, classic! The vessel with the pessel holds the brew that is true. ;)

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Re: Mary Poppins

Post by Ben » January 6th, 2024, 8:37 pm

No, the pellet with the poison's in the vessel with the pestle! It’s the chalice from the palace has the brew that is true!

Easily mixed up, tho! ;) :lol:

Really looking forward to seeing it again!

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Re: Mary Poppins

Post by EricJ » January 10th, 2024, 1:24 am

Ben wrote:
January 5th, 2024, 6:25 pm
Her 50s film Miranda always got overshadowed by Mr Peabody And The Mermaid, but do check it out if you ever get a chance.
Where she briefly played against young English comic actor...David Tomlinson!
https://www.tcm.com/video/1083530/miran ... y-big-ones

And followed by the 1954 sequel, "Mad About Men", also searchable online.

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Re: Mary Poppins

Post by Ben » January 10th, 2024, 4:04 am

Well…she also reprised the role a year after Miranda in another comedy, Helter Skelter, which is more of a cameo, and the weird thing was that, despite playing a mermaid named Miranda, Mad About Men, which was in color, isn’t a direct sequel to the first film, since none of the plot points or characters are brought back.

Even Miranda isn’t the same personality she was in the first one, which was directed by Ken Annakin, another Disney connection and perhaps where he first came to Walt's attention). A double feature home video release was careful to promote itself as "a mermaid double feature", not "a Miranda double feature".

Strange but true… :)

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