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Mary Poppins’ Strategic Moves
These dynamic are also at play within Mary Poppins: George represents the gerontomorphic strategy, while Winifred and the children would be
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Tale of Two Strategies
Shulman (1997) notes that in 1969, Westcott saw two widespread strategies that crossed all life, both biological and cultural, which Westcot
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Take Two—Another View
Now let us get a bit more “gamey” and bring in some more “properties” from the Cosmic Game.
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Take One
During the opening credits, Mary Poppins is seated, floating on a cloud, a brief allusion to the imaginal realm, a Neptunian world of dreams
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Meeting "Bert"
In the spring of 2003, I was assisting with an art project at my friend’s daughter’s elementary school in Malibu, California, the site of my
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The Disney Magic
When Michael Banks says to his sister, “I told you she was tricky” he was absolutely correct.
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The History of Mary Poppins
Mary Poppins was called “Disney’s Masterpiece,” not only because it was a smashing success, but because in Mary Poppins, Disney used all of
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Far Out Fads, Fashions and Just Plain Fun
Far-out fads included black lights, lava lamps, day-glo, and tie dye which visually portrayed psychedelic experience;
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Sex, Drugs . . .
As previously mentioned, the advent of the birth control pill and its widespread availability enabled the Sexual Revolution to take off, and
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Rock and Roll Reigns Supreme
The 1960s produced a depth and diversity of music like no other decade, building on the past, it reached new musical heights, and although N
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