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Mary Poppins Returns, with a Socialist Subtext
National Review ^ | 01/03/2018 | Armond White

Posted on 01/03/2019 7:43:51 AM PST by SeekAndFind

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1 posted on 01/03/2019 7:43:51 AM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

My wife is going to take the granddaughters to see this movie this weekend. I already told her I’ll sit this one out.


2 posted on 01/03/2019 7:48:59 AM PST by 4yearlurker ("There stands mother under the oleanders,open the windows." A dying cowboys last words,1879.)
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To: SeekAndFind

I guess he didn’t like it.


3 posted on 01/03/2019 7:50:04 AM PST by stormer
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To: SeekAndFind
Didn't care for the first one. Certainly won't see the remake.
4 posted on 01/03/2019 7:50:43 AM PST by CaptainK ('No collusion, no obstruction, he's a leaker')
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To: SeekAndFind

The mere fact that at age 93 Dick Van Dyke can still pull off a dance number makes this film amazing.


5 posted on 01/03/2019 7:51:15 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: SeekAndFind

The original Poppins wasn’t exactly a paean to conservatism.

Lots of deleterious “heart not head” messaging.


6 posted on 01/03/2019 7:52:14 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: Buckeye McFrog
Shame they had to bring politics into it.

They've got nothing new, just remakes . . .

7 posted on 01/03/2019 7:54:28 AM PST by AnAmericanMother (Ecce Crucem Domini, fugite partes adversae. Vicit Leo de Tribu Iuda, Radix David, Alleluia!)
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To: SeekAndFind

Thank you for this, I won’t go to see it.

I’ve sent an email to the Free Republic ADministrator requesting that they provide a separate topic for “Theater Reviews” I think it might help it others do too.

webmaster@freerepublic.com


8 posted on 01/03/2019 7:54:38 AM PST by nikos1121 (The Patriot is a scarce man. The timid join him only when his cause succeeds, Mark Twain)
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To: SeekAndFind
the role Lin-Manuel Miranda takes on here as street-lamp-lighter Jack. He’s one of the film’s many blatantly diverse ethnic Londoners (the change in occupation, from Van Dyke’s chimney sweep in the original, means that Miranda safely avoids any smudge of blackface).

LOL. I bet that is exactly why Disney made him a lamp-lighter. Any smudge of soot would have set off a "RACISM!!!!!!" firestorm among the woke crowd that Disney answers to.

9 posted on 01/03/2019 8:00:16 AM PST by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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To: SeekAndFind

It’s Disney.
They have gone over to the Dark Side..........................


10 posted on 01/03/2019 8:02:59 AM PST by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

“The mere fact that at age 93 Dick Van Dyke can still pull off a dance number makes this film amazing.”

It’s the only reason I’ll try to watch it — free.

Though I’ll probably be able to catch that part on youtube before long.


11 posted on 01/03/2019 8:03:33 AM PST by treetopsandroofs
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To: SeekAndFind

When Gene Wilder was asked what he thought about the remake of Charlie and the Chocalate factory starring johnny Depp IIRC he said “why?”

I was almost inclined to say this is the same thing only I suspect this one has a left leaning lib agenda.


12 posted on 01/03/2019 8:04:37 AM PST by V_TWIN
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They've got nothing new, just remakes . . .

No kidding. Bastardized versions of Magnum, PI, MacGyver and Hawaii Five-O all currently airing.


13 posted on 01/03/2019 8:05:00 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: SeekAndFind

A spoonful of political correctness makes the social justice go down.


14 posted on 01/03/2019 8:05:32 AM PST by Telepathic Intruder
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This is profoundly delusional claptrap, who needed to get some text in National Review for a paycheck.

The film is art, and it worships the first film. It’s about magic. It’s not about politics AT ALL. If you see it is about politics then you are no different from a wacko who saw plane flying overhead and decided it meant Trump was evil and you must have a safe space. That’s what this reviewer is, a wacko, but of a different flavor. No less wacko.

It’s based closely on the books. There is no agenda when you are close to a book. You are interpreting text into visuals. The guy in the film missed some bank payments and some evil guy at the bank wanted to foreclose, but in in this wacko reviewer’s world, the finding of ever-so-very capitalism focused stock shares hidden in a kite was to be the mechanism for paying off the mortgage entirely. But they missed a portion of the shares (it had been torn into pieces) and so an old banker comes in and announces money deposited 20 yrs prior had grown and will more than pay for the house.

Yes, all socialism — “to the careful viewer” errr “to the careful wacko”.

It’s good Trump showed up and demonstrated that “conservatism” is often just efforts to secure entrenchment. This reviewer is card carrying GOPe and is safely ignored.


15 posted on 01/03/2019 8:06:43 AM PST by Owen
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Well said and written. I saw the movie and concur with your comments about it and the NR movie reviewer. Thank you.


16 posted on 01/03/2019 8:11:11 AM PST by BurgessKoch
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To: CaptainK

Movies have sucked for years.

Have you seen the endless bumper adds for this movie about Chenney and Bush called Vice.

Indoctrination continues

How can Conservatives defend against? I work in progressive company.


17 posted on 01/03/2019 8:14:37 AM PST by Uversabound (Might does not make right, but it does enforce the commonly recognized rights of each succeeding gen)
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To: Owen

Only a socialist would cover up this conspiracy.


18 posted on 01/03/2019 8:17:39 AM PST by Lazamataz (You know, when I advised Democrats to vote AFTER Nov 6th, I didn't think they'd actually DO it.)
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“Movies have sucked for years.”


What movies have you seen in the last few years?

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19 posted on 01/03/2019 8:18:01 AM PST by Mears
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To: V_TWIN

My reaction to the remake of “Dumbo” was the same as Mr. Wilder’s... Why?

The classic is a classic for a reason.


20 posted on 01/03/2019 8:20:10 AM PST by cld51860 (Volo pro veritas)
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