Interesting ideas about Poppins…

Interesting article about the faces of Mary Poppins in the Times earlier this week. I particularly like this bit:

"Travers captured that double vision — that confusion and melding of realms — that makes childhood so powerful.
That is where the film and Broadway show come to rest, fully endorsing a childish vision of freedom, rejecting much of everything else. But in the books that isn’t possible. Discipline is required for the magical realms to be revealed; it is what makes freedom possible. Without the one, there is meaningless fantasy; without the other, there is heartless rigidity. It is their combination that gives the fullest vision of both childhood and adulthood."

This, Peter Pan, and Robin Hood were my favorite fairy tales. Hmmm. How did I ever become a responsible parent?