No American childhood is complete without a viewing of Disney's 1964 adaptation of P. L. Travers' Mary Poppins books. Mary Poppins is one of the most beloved movies of all time, and the movie literally ends with people positively giddy about flying their kites. 9. This theory is based off of the following quotes I read from someone's blog post: "The first thing you notice is that, despite her reputation as a paragon of patience, understanding, and love, Mary Poppins simply isn’t very pleasant. A magical English nanny, she blows in on the east wind and arrives at the Banks home at Number 17 Cherry Tree Lane, London, where she is given charge of the Banks children and teaches them valuable lessons with a magical touch. Mary is an evil witch intent on killing the kids. We need you to answer this question! Mary Poppins herself seems a creature of the heavens temporarily brought to Earth.” Rothstein concludes, “Eventually the children learn that ‘Appearances are Deceptive.’ They learn, that is, that there is a split between the inner life and outward appearance, between the magic of Mary Poppins and her thoroughly adult facade. But here are some things you didn't question as a kid... and they're pretty weird. No way would Mary Poppins have put up with a teenaged girl sneaking out in the middle of the night! Here, Mary Poppins is a manifestation of God, a fact she underlines by mentioning her appearance on “every page” of the Bible. In the book, Mary Poppins accompanies the children, on the way to tea with their father, to give money to the bird woman to feed the birds. A few decades after her original visit, Mary Poppins, the magical nanny, returns to help the Banks siblings and Michael's children through a difficult time in their lives. Mary is an evil witch intent on killing the kids. In the movie, on the way to the bank, their father discourages the children from feeding the birds, while Mary Poppins, who had sung the song to the children the previous night, was on her day off. While there are stories of male witches, and men And yet, there are a number of dark, creepy, and weird things about Mary Poppins that only older, or at least more cynical viewers, will pick up on. Mary Poppins is a fictional character and the eponymous protagonist of P. L. Travers's books of the same name along with all of their adaptations. Mary Poppins may have some questionable paranormal manifestations...but she would have kicked Maria Von Trapp's butt in a who's-the-best-nanny competition. Here, Mary Poppins is a manifestation of God, a fact she underlines by mentioning her appearance on “every page” of the Bible. With Emily Blunt, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ben Whishaw, Emily Mortimer. This December, everyone’s favorite supernatural nanny will make her return to theaters with Disney’s Mary Poppins Returns.The sequel takes place nearly 30 years after the original adventure and, this time, Mary floats down from the sky to help a now grown-up Jane and Michael Banks with whatever mess they have gotten themselves into as adults. Now, our mind-blowing theory all comes down to this: Mary Poppins was actually Bert's nanny long ago and there is a special reason she returns to Bert's life. Mary Poppins is one of the most beloved movies of all time, and the movie literally ends with people positively giddy about flying their kites.