Movie:mary Poppins
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'Mary Poppins' chimney sweep 'blackface' dance is racist, claims academic
The chimney sweep dance in Mary Poppins, led by Dick van Dyk’s affable jack-of-all-trades Burt, harks back to ‘blackface’ tropes, an academic has claimed. In an article in the New York Times, Daniel Pollack-Pelzner, a professor of English and gender studies professor at Oregon’s Linfield College, has said that in the book by PL Travers, the sequence signifies ‘racial panic’. Pollack-Pelzner flatly calls the scene ‘blacking up’, and while it may seem innocuous, it has other more troubling conno
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How Julie Andrews made a cameo in 'Aquaman' but not 'Mary Poppins Returns' (SPOILERS!)
Director James Wan shares the story behind the surprise vocal cameo in his blockbuster film — and how he hid it from the rest of the cast.
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'Mary Poppins Returns' greatest Easter eggs — including the key callback that unlocks the film's ending (SPOILERS!)
Director Rob Marshall highlights some of the surprising references to the classic Disney film. Plus, why he cut the word "supercalifragilisticexpialidocious"
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Disney's 'Mary Poppins Returns' Gets December 2018 Release Date
Emily Blunt and Lin-Manuel Miranda will costar in follow-up to 1964 classic with all new score and songs, to be directed by Rob Marshall
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'Hamilton' Star Lin-Manuel Miranda Joining Emily Blunt in 'Mary Poppins' Sequel
Rob Marshall is directing Disney’s film, which will be set 20 years after events in the 1964 title. Lin-Manuel Miranda, the star and creator of Broadway’s hit musical Hamilton, is in talks to join Emily Blunt in Disney’s Mary Poppins sequel. Sources say the story will center on the now grown-up Jane and Michael Banks who have experienced a personal loss that results in the arrival of the magical Mary Poppins (Blunt).