The American Spectator

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br> -- Mary Barre-Van Buren /p> p> POPPINS THE BIG QUESTION br> Re: Judd Magilnick's A Spoonful of Self-Delusion : /p> p>I think Mary Poppins was a very conservative figure, not the harbinger of any modern nanny ethos. The mother of the family was involved in the suffragette movement to the neglect of the children, which was clearly portrayed in the movie as a dereliction of duty. Mary leaves the family when the mother agrees to stay at home more and the father understands he must take more of an interest in the children's activities. The movie was clearly "anti-nanny" in our modern sense. Perhaps that is why I don't seem to see the movie on cable much anymore. br> -- Mike Collins /p> p> CAVALIER STAKES

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