I always took it be a criticism of parents who are detached and not terribly interested in their children - the dad a pain in ass taskmaster who worshiped the bank, the mother a paint in the ass women’s libber who blew off the kids to go protest, hiring the help to be the parents.
You know, maybe I’m not as smart as some of the rest of the FReepers around here, but I liked the music, I liked the dancing, I liked the songs, I liked the MAGIC of it all.
And I will LOVE Julie Andrews until the day I die. :)
Maybe when I saw it first (as a kid) I was just enthralled that someone that MAGICAL could come into my life; not that I had a horrible childhood or anything, because I didn’t, but still - what a Kids’ Dream Come True!