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Mary Poppins
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106 minutes
Released:
Jan 5, 2021
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Podcast episode
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Episode SummaryErin and Rachel discuss the classic hybrid film, Mary Poppins. Although Julie Andrews’ famous nanny may be “practically perfect in every way,” the co-hosts find plenty of flaws in the 1964 film’s messaging on family values, gender roles, and classism. Episode BibliographyCoate, M. (2014, August 27). Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious: Remembering “Mary Poppins” on its 50th anniversary. The Digital Bits. http://thedigitalbits.com/columns/history-legacy--showmanship/mary-poppins-50th-annivDudley, S. (2018, December 14). Making of Mary Poppins (2004 Full). YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtYJlmdn48UFlanagan, C. (2005, December 12). Becoming Mary Poppins: P. L. Travers, Walt Disney, and the making of a myth. The New Yorker. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2005/12/19/becoming-mary-poppins?currentPage=allGillis, M. J., & Jacobs, A. T. (2017). History of women’s activism in the United States: Struggles and solidarities. In M. J. Gillis & A. T. Jacobs (Eds.), Introduction to Women’s and Gender Studies (pp 317-351). Oxford University Press. Lawson, V. (2005). Mary Poppins, she wrote: The life of P. L. Travers. Simon & Schuster.Mary Poppins (film). (n.d.). Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Poppins_(film)Nel, P. (2019). Was the Cat in the Hat Black? Oxford University Press. Ness, M. (2014, April 3). A spoonful of music makes the nanny: Disney’s Mary Poppins. Tor.com. https://www.tor.com/2014/04/03/a-spoonful-of-music-makes-the-nanny-disneys-mary-poppins/Nym Mayhall, L. E. (1999). Domesticating Emmeline: Representing the suffragette, 1930-1993. National Women's Studies Association Journal, 11(2), 1-24. Robb, S. (2008, July 21). How not to do an American accent. BBC News Magazine. Retrieved November 13, 2020, from http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7509572.stmStevenson, R. (Director). (1964). Mary Poppins [Film]. Walt Disney Productions. Szumsky, B. E. (2000). “All that is solid melts into the air”: The winds of change and other analogues of colonialism in Disney’s Mary Poppins. The Lion and the Unicorn, 24(1), 97-109. Travers, P. L. (1934). Mary Poppins. Harper Collins.
Released:
Jan 5, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
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