In light of our recent talks of Neil Gaiman, I felt a bit inspired (or compelled?) to add this into the journal for those who do not read Neil Gaiman's journal.

"Apparently there was a book written by a Professor Giorgia Grilli, called Myth, Symbol, and Meaning in Mary Poppins - The Governess as Provocateur. I could rewrite the reviews, but I'd rather copy/paste, as the New Yorker did say it well:

The literary Mary Poppins is by no means an untroubling character. Indeed, at the end of the first chapter of the first book-in which she arrives as a shape hurled against the front door in the midst of a gale, assumes the form of a woman, bullies Mrs. Banks into hiring her, snaps at the children, and doses them with a mysterious potion after she gets them alone in the nursery-she earns only a qualified endorsement: “And although they sometimes found themselves wishing for the quieter, more ordinary days when Katie Nanna ruled the household, everybody, on the whole, was glad of Mary Poppins's arrival.” She is, in fact, very often “angry,” “threatening,” “scornful,” and “frightening.” She calls the children cannibals, jostles them down the stairs, and makes them eat so quickly that they fear they will choke. She has a habit of saving the children from horrifying supernatural experiences, it's true, but this would seem more of a boon if she herself hadn't brought them on in revenge for naughtiness. Often, she seems like someone who doesn't like children much. )"

This is supposed to be the idea behind the book, in my understanding. Then, on YouTube, there was a fellow by the name of Chris Rule who re-cut the original Mary Poppins, and below was the outcome.

...How fun was that?!