A few weeks or so ago, I was watching Mary Poppins. Several times. It was on. I have never seen The Sound Of Music except for a few pieces. I'm fine with that. Mary Poppins covers it for me. It has the privilege of being on a list of films that I have, at one point or another, watched obsessively.
So, you know Mrs. Banks? I always liked her, but as a zany. What is her deal, anyway!? I had no idea what women's suffrage was. So, it was interesting to watch the film many years onward and feel ... kind of great about Mrs. Banks. In song she predicts "our daughters' daughters will adore us." And, well, Mrs. Banks is fictional. And there's the trouble of what exactly is the deal with her first wave feminism versus how she interacts with George? I do adore her, though. I adore all the women she represents.
Saturday
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Don't worry, I have seen The Sound Of Music enough times for the both of us. And a few extra just for good measure. And also four or five dozen other times.
AND I've seen Mary Poppins once or twice... this week.
It is pretty much All Julie Andrews, All The Time around here.
I'm glad you like Mrs. Banks, even in spite of the film's decided anti-Mrs-Banks stance. Of course, things look different from this perspective.
(I do love the film, even though I criticize.)
I have never seen the Sound of Music as I would be excommunicated from my family if I did. My father has an irrational hatred of it. That and Scrabble.
I love going back to things you loved as a child and picking up the points you missed then. I mean, I had no idea about the struggles involved with protesting against galactic tyranny in Star Wars. I just wanted Princess Leia's hair.
Katy, your father and I might get along: I've never played Scrabble, either.
I love Mary Poppins. I have no idea why we don't have it.
Wait, yes I do. We got rid of it in the great VHS Purge of aught five.
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