{"id":21404,"date":"2019-01-11T07:02:38","date_gmt":"2019-01-11T12:02:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/?p=21404"},"modified":"2019-01-11T00:23:04","modified_gmt":"2019-01-11T05:23:04","slug":"mary-poppins-returns-is-a-faithful-and-respectful-sequel-to-a-true-movie-classic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/?p=21404","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Mary Poppins Returns\u2019 is a faithful and respectful sequel to a true movie classic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"370\" src=\"https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/2019-01-11-Mary-Poppins-Returns-movie-poster.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/2019-01-11-Mary-Poppins-Returns-movie-poster.jpg 250w, https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/2019-01-11-Mary-Poppins-Returns-movie-poster-203x300.jpg 203w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By MARK VIOLA<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I know I watched the classic 1964 Disney film \u201cMary Poppins\u201d when I was a kid &#8212; probably more than once &#8212; but I admittedly didn\u2019t remember much, if anything, about the story until rewatching the film this week. In fact, I probably remembered more about the film\u2019s plot from the 2013 behind-the-scenes film, \u201cSaving Mr. Banks,\u201d than I did the original movie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I watched \u201cMary Poppins\u201d the night before going to see the sequel, \u201cMary Poppins Returns,\u201d and I\u2019m glad I did, because the new film plays wonderful homage to its predecessor. You don\u2019t need to see the original to enjoy the sequel, but there are plenty of callbacks and nods that fans will have fun noticing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The sequel is directed by Rob Marshall, no stranger to musicals, having helmed \u201cChicago\u201d and \u201cInto the Woods.\u201d He also helped develop the film\u2019s story, with the screenplay written by David Magee, who already has two Oscar nominations for \u201cLife of Pi\u201d and \u201cFinding Neverland.\u201d Between the clever writing and the whimsical direction, \u201cMary Poppins Returns\u201d manages to capture the spirit and energy of the original, feeling as if it arrived only a few years after \u201cMary Poppins\u201d and not 54 years later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I will say that while I found the musical numbers fun and catchy, there are no truly memorable songs. Sure, there are plenty that call back to similar moments and tunes from the original, but none that I feel will become cultural icons like those that filled the original, such as \u201cA Spoonful of Sugar,\u201d \u201cFeed the Birds\u201d and \u201cLet\u2019s Go Fly a Kite.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By MARK VIOLA I know I watched the classic 1964 Disney film \u201cMary Poppins\u201d when I was a kid &#8212; probably more than once &#8212; but I admittedly didn\u2019t remember much, if anything, about the story until rewatching the film this week. In fact, I probably remembered more about the film\u2019s plot from the 2013 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21405,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[21],"class_list":["post-21404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-movie-review"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21404","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21404"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21404\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21406,"href":"https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21404\/revisions\/21406"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/21405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}