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July 2008
Theme: “Escapes, Real and Imagined”
Savvy at the Movies: Mary Poppins
What better way to escape than curling up with some popcorn
and jostling your little ones around on the couch for a comfy view of a great
movie? Perhaps watching the same great
movie projected onto a huge white sheet on a summer night. Perhaps inviting Mary Poppins in for tea!
Well, if you've got the sheet and the projector, get
outside. And if you're stuck inside for
viewing, better dash to the sofa for a good seat! Mary Poppins is landing at your house!
You may think you remember Mary Poppins, either from the
original (and quite different) P.L. Travers book or from the Disney movie. You can hum the chorus of A Spoonful of
Sugar and you can both say and
spell 'supercalifragilisticexpialidocious well, sort-of. Anyway, you think you remember it well. Forgive us, but if you haven't watched it
reel to reel since your preschooler joined the family, you've hardly seen it at
all.
Mary Poppins is first-rate family entertainment. There's nothing to warn careful parents about
(there's a growling dog after the bank scene about two-thirds of the way
through, but your three-year-old isn't likely to make it that far and she
likely won't be too ruffled even if she does).
There's everything to love
animated penguins tap dancing with Bert (Dick Van Dyke), carousel horses that
jump out of the round and race, the magic carpetbag, the suffrage crusade by Mrs. Banks (the incomparable Glynis Johns), and that true act of magic: a children's room that
cleans up after itself! The soundtrack is even
more fantastic than you remember preschoolers are especially taken with the
musical want-ad the Banks children write to describe their dream nanny.
And of course, Mary is your dream nanny too. We know a savvy mom with no outside help at
all who claims she doesn't worry about any tough days when she knows that none
other than Mary Poppins herself is just a DVD button away. Your child and you could do much worse
than being entertained, cajoled, delighted, really taught something (believe it
or not) by Mary. She's a one-woman getaway,
delivered by umbrella and with you until the wind changes.
Don't miss it!
Oh! If there are other movies for which you'd like a savvy review before you let your kiddos watch it, be sure to visit Common Sense Media. We find their caring and careful insights indispensable! (And of course they love Mary Poppins too (though we're sure even younger kids will adore her)!)
Comments
Thank you so much for the link to Common Sense Media. It is essential to have other eyes and ears to view the media from a more chid-centered perspective.
This is one of my favorite movies. The songs are wonderful. We love the classic Disney movies. Thank you for bringing up a great classic movie that every family should watch (if not own!.
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