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Placements
Tom Clancy, Mary Poppins, Dave Shiflett, Ann Coulter, Johnson vs. Kellogg, and more.
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Mary Barre-Van Buren
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POPPINS THE BIG QUESTION
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Re: Judd Magilnick’s
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Spoonful of Self-Delusion
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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.
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Mike Collins
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