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thelibraryghost · 4 months

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A Young Person's Introduction to Early 20th-Century Western Fashion

am i hip with the kids yet

General information Dotschkal, Janna. "1920's." FOUND. October 21, 2016. English Heritage. "Fashion Through History: Episode 3 – 1930s." YouTube. April 16, 2023. Rudolph, Nicole. "The History of Standardized Sizes in Womens Fashion and Why They FAILED." YouTube. May 16, 2021. Vintagebursche. "100 Years of Classic Menswear - and what we can learn from each decade." YouTube. February 29, 2020. Zebrowska, Karolina. "1920s Fashion Is Not What You Think It Is." YouTube. May 20, 2018.

Accessories Cox, Abby. "Flappers, Y2K, & Capitalism are Why Women "Don't" Have Pockets." YouTube. January 12, 2023. Cox, Abby. "The Disappointing Truth On Why We Don't Wear Hats Anymore..." YouTube. December 18, 2022. Rudolph, Nicole. "The History of the Iconic Cloche Hat: Making 1920s Fashion." YouTube. September 18, 2022. Rudolph, Nicole. "When Hats were Illegal: Sewing a Goth Edwardian Hat." YouTube. February 21, 2021. Sheehan, Sarah. "Neo-Egyptomania." PatternVault. December 31, 2022. Zebrowska, Karolina. "Why Did We Stop Wearing Hats?" YouTube. April 28, 2020.

Cosmetics Banner, Bernadette. "Making and Testing a Victorian Skincare Routine." YouTube. April 8, 2023. English Heritage. "1930s Makeup Tutorial | History Inspired | Feat. Amber Butchart and Rebecca Butterworth." YouTube. December 18, 2018. Holland, Evangeline. "On How to Be Lovely." Edwardian Promenade. April 15, 2010. Rudolph, Nicole. "The Controversial History of Color Season Analysis." YouTube. November 4, 2023.

Fabrics Rudolph, Nicole. "The History of Elastic." YouTube. July 4, 2021. Rudolph, Nicole. "Wearing Overalls to Boycott Fashion Greedflation? Weird History of 1920." YouTube. March 16, 2024.

Gowns and formal wear Banner, Bernadette. "I Redesigned Mary Poppins' Jolly Holiday Dress Based on REAL Edwardian Lingerie Gowns." YouTube. February 20, 2021. Banner, Bernadette. "I Remade Mary Poppins’ Dress to be Actually Edwardian." YouTube. July 9, 2022. Cox, Abby. "Alexander McQueen & the Patriarchy Problem in Modern Fashion." YouTube. October 20, 2023. Cox, Abby. "What Makes a Gown Haute Couture (like House of Worth) in Victorian and Edwardian Eras?" YouTube. September 19, 2021. Lady Rebecca Fashions. "An Edwardian Woman's Fashion Evolution." YouTube. June 4, 2022. Oakes, Leimomi. "Terminology: what is a lingerie dress or lingerie frock? (and blouse, and skirt)." The Dreamstress. July 21, 2018. Rudolph, Nicole. "Stop Idolizing Coco Chanel: a shocking history of theft." YouTube. January 13, 2024. Rudolph, Nicole. "The Truth about the Fringed Flapper: Making 1920s Evening Dresses." YouTube. November 6, 2022. Vintagebursche. "1920s Theme Party - How to dress." YouTube. December 9, 2023. Zebrowska, Karolina. "1920s Fashion Encyclopedia, Pt 1: Daywear." YouTube. November 27, 2019.

Hair care and styling Banner, Bernadette. "I Tried Following a Real Edwardian Hair Care Routine." YouTube. May 12, 2020. Lady Rebecca Fashions. "Getting Dressed in the Edwardian Era / Gibson Girl Hairstyle Tutorial." YouTube. June 12, 2020. Lady Rebecca Fashions. "Titanic-era Hair Tutorial // Getting Dressed in the 1910's." YouTube.September 4, 2020. SnappyDragon. "Historical hair myths debunked : How often should you wash your hair—daily shampoo or no shampoo?" YouTube. August 12, 2022. Zebrowska, Karolina. "Weird Edwardian Beauty Tips." YouTube. February 11, 2017.

Laundry and starching Banner, Bernadette. "Ok but how did the Edwardians WASH these dresses?" YouTube. August 3, 2022.

Outerwear Cox, Abby. "Athleisure: Destroying Fashion & the Environment." YouTube. January 18, 2024. Rudolph, Nicole. "150 years of Masc Women causing a Moral Panic." YouTube. June 17, 2023. Rudolph, Nicole. "The History of Jeans, T-shirts, and Hoodies: Time Travel 101." YouTube. March 20, 2022. Zebrowska, Karolina. "SPRING/SUMMER FASHION TRENDS REVIEW but it's 1936 (ft. original fabric samples!)." YouTube. April 22, 2022.

Shoes Rudolph, Nicole. "I Made Witchy Edwardian Shoes by Hand!" YouTube. March 14, 2021. Rudolph, Nicole. "Making 100 year old Comfy Slippers: Free Pattern!" YouTube. December 30, 2023. Rudolph, Nicole. "The Myth of Tiny Feet "Back Then"." YouTube. September 26, 2021. Rudolph, Nicole. "The True History of Stiletto Heels : the battle between Ferragamo and Dior." YouTube. August 26, 2023. Zebrowska, Karolina. "Why Is No One Talking About 1930s Shoes?" YouTube. September 15, 2020.

Undergarments Banner, Bernadette. "1903 Patented Bustle Pad Reconstruction." YouTube. June 8, 2019. Banner, Bernadette. "Achieving That Classic Edwardian Shape: Reconstructing a 1902 Bust Bodice." YouTube. April 16, 2020. Lady Rebecca Fashions. "So What are Guimpes Anyway? // Examining Antique Edwardian Guimpes." YouTube. August 21, 2020. Lady Rebecca Fashions. "They Wore Corsets in the 1920's?!" YouTube. January 29, 2022. Rudolph, Nicole. "Did Brassieres End the Corset?" YouTube. February 28, 2021. Rudolph, Nicole. "Dressing in Edwardian Clothing: Undergarments and Layers of 1907." YouTube. November 1, 2020. Rudolph, Nicole. "How Flappers got their Figure: the 1920s Silhouette." YouTube. July 10, 2022. SnappyDragon. "How pin-up photos fooled dress history : the making and marketing of lingerie pictures." YouTube. April 1, 2023.

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yinyangofnevermore · 1 year

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V9C8 Wrap Up

WORST TEA PARTY EVER!

Little Red Riding Hood is being haunted by her mistakes. And she’s still taking it out on everyone.

Nea Politan Ice Cream Mary Fucking Poppins went full on Mad Hatter with her deranged Tea Party that featured Lampwick and fucked up imitations of Achilles, Pinocchio, The Cowardly Lion, The Tin Man, The Wizard of Oz and The Fisherman that sent Little Red over the EDGE.

THE CHESHIRE CAT IS FUCKING SUS i knew it

And Nea Politan Ice Cream Mary Fucking Poppins got more than she bargained for. Apparently living only for revenge isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Leaves one empty enough to become a vessel FOR APPARENTLY THE FUCKING CHESHIRE CAT TO TAKE OVER.

THE NARCOLEPTIC TEA CUP DORMOUSE BETTER FUCKING BE OK, DAMMIT

Snow White, Belle, Goldilocks, and Joan of Arc all rushed to be just in the nick of time! Only to... not be in the nick of time as Little Red went to the Tree of Life to be remade...

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desertsongpdf · 1 year

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VIDEO ESSAYS (part ??? 2/2) [parts: 1 / 2 / 3 / 3.5 / 4 / 5 / 6], *=personal fav

why are batman movies afraid of robin?

a world of gothic horror: the problem with modern batman stories

batman and robin: when the abyss stares back

how the mandalorian solved hollywood's helmet problem

andor: anti-fascist art

the craft behind succession

how succession crafted the best episode of the year

destroying the old lie: what makes a film truly anti-war

why gods and generals is neo-confederate propaganda (and objectively sucks)

the green knight: the uncanny horror of masculinity*

tenet: nolan has an exposition problem

chicken little is neoliberal propaganda

oops! disney's cars did eugenics*

tim burton's alice in wonderland was a mistake

alice in wonderland's not good sequel

the decline of tim burton*

sherlock is garbage, and here's why*

the kingsman franchise could've been great*

the tom cruise paradox

the autistic horror of don't hug me i'm scared (s1)

the art of overanalyzing movies

james cameron's avatar: dances with white saviours

dont look up - a problematic metaphor for climate change?

dont worry darling: an enigmatic mess

why don't worry darling doesn't work …

3 interpretations of summer

ferb fletcher and the power of stoicism

why 'literally me' characters are so important

analyzing evil: lou bloom from nightcrawler

fight club: a warning for weak men

the time disney remade beauty and the beast

how i wrote fight club

how did they make this?

the revisionist world of disney: mary poppins, walt disney and saving mr. banks

what makes terence fletcher one of the most terrifying villains in film history

sustaining stupidity: cinemasins is terrible

dahmer (2022) should not exist

marvel's defenders of the status quo

the rise and fall of disney's weirdest sitcom

loki, the mcu, and narcissism

why cosmic horror is hard to make

the conspiracy theory iceberg*

pewdiepie is a nazi

jake tran's rise and ...

nft's are legally problematic

why are nft’s so ugly

the most hated artist you probably recognize

who's afraid of modern art: vandalism, video games, and fascism

the nightmare artist

alexander cabanel: fallen angel and academicism

the canvas of babel

ivan the terrible and his son ivan*

the death of graphics in fashion

'degenerate art' in nazi germany

banksy, kurt cobain, and the paradox that claimed them

money killed art. here's how we take it back

7 deadly art sins

everything is television

the manipulative power of design

the hidden histories of queer art

#video essays

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gaytrashgoblin · 6 years

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THE NEW MARY POPPINS SOUNDTRACK CAME OUT AND I’M NOT READY

#mary poppins #my favorite movie #being remade #with emily blunt and lin manuel miranda #IM NOT READY

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parksanddownton603 · 5 years

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I just saw the new Mary Poppins movie after watching the old one last night and really it’s like they remade it but with a new (and honestly wonderful) plot and new songs and cast and I just really appreciated all of it. Mary Poppins was my favorite movie when I first saw it twenty years ago (and even now it’s only second to The Sound of Music), but this one just felt so much like the original. The little kids were amazing, Ben Whishaw, Emily Mortimer, and Julie Walters were so wonderful, Lin was perfect and in the exact same spirit as Dick van Dyke, and really I can’t imagine anyone else taking over for Julie Andrews than Emily Blunt. It’s such a lovely little film, just like the original.

#give me a musical about a struggling family that has to come together to get through hard times #add a lot of childhood nostalgia #and that's pretty much all i need really #i'm such a fan #mary poppins returns #mary poppins #emily blunt #lin-manuel miranda #my life

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reeeview · 5 years

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Mary Poppins Returns - ★★★ 1/2

Once again, Disney have remade a beloved original story but have this time classed it as a sequel instead of a remake (it’s literally the same story, same flow of songs and same theme throughout). The only difference is we don’t have Julie Andrews, we don’t have that much of a laugh, and Meryl Streep decided to show up for a bit.

Production, set design, Emily’s work and costumes are 100% on point - practically perfect in every way.

However, the rest is practically pointless. ‘Imagine That’ is today’s ‘Spoonful of Sugar’ (and the only stand out song) and once the incredible bathtub scene is done the movie more or less falls flat, nesting into a depressing slump of worry and concern. Even Mary Poppins herself goes quiet for a good 30 minutes, giving us the occasional smirk or side eye instead of any dialogue.

Sometimes, Disney, no matter how much magic you throw at something, some things need to be left alone.

#mary poppins returns #movies #movie reviews

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haroldgross · 5 years

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New Post has been published on Harold Gross: The 5a.m. Critic

New Post has been published on http://literaryends.com/hgblog/oscars-2019-final-call/

Oscars 2019 - Final Call

Since the nominations, there have been a slew of awards given out that may or may not be predictive. The Annies, The Eddies, PGA, Art Directors Guild, SAG-AFTRA, Directors Guild, BAFTA.

I will say it is one heck of an open field in a lot of categories, which is exciting. It speaks to a volume of talent. Of course, this also means a lot of people who are really good at what they do will not be going home with statuettes. But that’s the biz.

THE MAJOR AWARDS

Actress in a Leading Role

Yalitza Aparicio, Roma Glenn Close, The Wife Olivia Colman, The Favourite Lady Gaga, A Star Is Born Melissa McCarthy, Can You Ever Forgive Me?

This is one of those rare times where I wouldn’t be upset by any one of these people winning. They were all great performances, and all very different. To my mind, it is between Colman and Close. But McCarthy was also excellent and Aparaicio may have some momentum (and was a wild card for me in terms of getting on the list). And, of course, Gaga. Close has yet to win, so that may get her votes, but Colman’s performance is just so funny and powerful, it may win the day…and her movie was much better received.

My choice: Glen Close Likely win: Olivia Colman

Actor in a Leading Role

Christian Bale, Vice Bradley Cooper, A Star Is Born Willem Dafoe, At Eternity’s Gate Rami Malek, Bohemian Rhapsody Viggo Mortensen, Green Book

This is by no means a lock for Bale, but he so disappears into his role that it is astonishing. I am not a huge Bale fan, but he had me utterly mesmerized and not even able to see him under all that makeup. In terms of the field, only Dafoe’s name surprised me, though that last slot was somewhat open.

My choice: Christian Bale Likely win: Christian Bale

Actor in a Supporting Role

Mahershala Ali, Green Book Adam Driver, BlacKkKlansman Sam Elliott, A Star Is Born Richard E. Grant, Can You Ever Forgive Me? Sam Rockwell, Vice

Supporting roles are hard to pin some times. These were all good performances, though I think Elliott isn’t necessarily to the same level (and I didn’t expect him on the list over Chalamet), nor was Rockwell’s performance that brilliant, though it did win me over as it went on. But Mahershala Ali was incredibly affecting and Richard Grant, equally so, but with much less screen time. That said, Green Book is hitting headwinds due to aspects unrelated to the movie…but which are likely to affect its chances in any category. And while Driver is excellent, the character just never really got to fully develop for me.

My choice: Mahershala Ali Likely win: Richard E. Grant

Actress in a Supporting Role

Amy Adams, Vice Marina de Tavira, Roma Regina King, If Beale Street Could Talk Emma Stone, The Favourite Rachel Weisz, The Favourite

This is a brutal field. Stone and Weisz should have to mud wrestle for the win here and that is likely going to split the vote. Tavira was solid, but it wasn’t break-through and I was surprised to see her here rather than Clare Foy. Adams was also really good, but felt in the background most of the time…even though she really wasn’t.

My choice: Rachel Weisz (but only because I had to pick one) Likely win: Regina King

Adapted Screenplay

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, Joel Coen & Ethan Coen BlacKkKlansman, Charlie Wachtel & David Rabinowitz and Kevin Willmott & Spike Lee Can You Ever Forgive Me?, Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty If Beale Street Could Talk, Barry Jenkins A Star Is Born, Eric Roth and Bradley Cooper & Will Fetters

Again, so much to consider here. BlacKkKlansman was a great movie, but, like Green Book, it remade the facts freely. Which is fine, but that is being used as a wedge against Green Book, so not sure how to parse that effect. Star is Born is a great reinvention of the story, but it isn’t brilliant, however entertaining. I am surprised that Black Panther didn’t make it on, even though I didn’t think it should. I’m still behind on the other two at present, but hope to close that gap…but in the meantime I can make some guesses.

My choice: Can You Ever Forgive Me? Likely win: If Beale Street Could Talk

Original Screenplay

The Favourite, Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara First Reformed, Paul Schrader Green Book, Nick Vallelonga, Brian Currie, Peter Farrelly Roma, Alfonso Cuarón Vice, Adam McKay

Another interesting field. Green Book was one of the best films I saw this year. It was unexpected and complete. Favourite is hugely popular and darkly funny, but I think flawed. Was expecting Stan & Ollie and Eight Grade over Roma and First Reformed, but that was a tight race. However, of the remaining choices, Roma’s script is just too spare in comparison and Vice a bit too political and nauseating, while First Reformed is just too dark. So…

My choice: Green Book Likely win: The Favourite

Cinematography

Cold War, Lukasz Zal The Favourite, Robbie Ryan Never Look Away, Caleb Deschanel Roma, Alfonso Cuarón A Star Is Born, Matthew Libatique

Roma for me. Hands down just a beautifully shot film. The others are nice as well, but Cuarón’s use of the camera was just brilliant and the result gorgeous.

My choice: Roma Likely win: Roma

Directing

Spike Lee, BlacKkKlansman Pawel Pawlikowski, Cold War Yorgos Lanthimos, The Favourite Alfonso Cuarón, Roma Adam McKay, Vice

I’d have said this was Lanthimos’s to lose if it weren’t for the ending of his latest film. It is a brilliant bit of satire; just not a perfect one for me and some of the movie just doesn’t fit well together. Roma is brilliant on so many levels, but a bit self-indulgent in its direction. Vice is great, but mostly about the editing and script (and some performances). BlacKkKlansman, however, is really all about the performances, keeping you engaged without making you turn away. Lee had the hardest task and executed it well…and it’s been years since he’s had a shot.

My choice: Spike Lee Likely win: Spike Lee (though it may well go to Lanthimos)

Best Picture

Black Panther BlacKkKlansman Bohemian Rhapsody The Favourite Green Book Roma A Star Is Born Vice

I don’t even know what this category means anymore. Is it by what’s popular, what’s fun, what’s brave, what took the most skills? So, crap shoot.

My choice: Green Book Likely win: Roma

THE NEXT TIER AWARDS

Animated Feature Film

Incredibles 2 Isle of Dogs Mirai Ralph Breaks the Internet Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Nothing in the intervening time between nomination and tonight have changed my opinions. Add to that its near sweep at The Annies and Spider-Man should walk away with this award.

My choice: Spider-Man Likely win: Spider-Man

Foreign Language Film

Capernaum (Lebanon) Cold War (Poland) Never Look Away (Germany) Roma (Mexico) Shoplifters (Japan)

Shoplifters would have been my early bet here, but Roma is truly a great film and has huge momentum and a ton of noms. Those who have no interest in voting for it for Best Pic are likely to balance that by voting for it here. It may well cost Roma as Best Pic ultimately that the safety valve exists.

Likely Win: Roma

Documentary Feature

Free Solo Hale County This Morning, This Evening Minding the Gap Of Fathers and Sons RBG

How Won’t You Be My Neighbor and Three Identical Strangers missed this list, I don’t understand. However, this is the field we have to work with. But I’ll also admit I’ve not seen the majority of the nominees. Given the current state of politics, however, I’m going with our SCOTUS rep.

My Choice: RBG Likely Win: RBG

Documentary Short Subject

Black Sheep (The Guardian) End Game (Netflix) Lifeboat A Night at the Garden (Field of Vision) Period. End Of Sentence

Likely Win: no clue yet

Animated Short Film

Animal Behaviour Bao (Disney) Late Afternoon One Small Step Weekends

Likely Win: no clue yet

Live Action Short Film

Detainment Fauve (H264 Distribution) Marguerite (H264 Distribution) Mother Skin

Likely Win: no clue yet

THE TECHNICAL AWARDS

Production Design (production; set)

Black Panther, Hannah Beachler; Jay Hart The Favourite, Fiona Crombie; Alice Felton First Man, Nathan Crowley; Kathy Lucas Mary Poppins Returns, John Myhre; Gordon Sim Roma, Eugenio Caballero; Bárbara Enríquez

My choice: Black Panther Likely win: Mary Poppins Returns

Costume Design

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, Mary Zophres Black Panther, Ruth Carter The Favourite, Sandy Powell Mary Poppins Returns, Sandy Powell Mary Queen of Scots, Alexandra Byrne

Period pieces abound in this list, but so do some inventive futures.

My choice: Black Panther Likely win: The Favourite (though Mary Poppins could sweep in)

Film Editing

BlacKkKlansman, Barry Alexander Brown Bohemian Rhapsody, John Ottman The Favourite, Yorgos Mavropsaridis Green Book, Patrick J. Don Vito Vice, Hank Corwin

I’ll say again, all of these films have solid editing, but only one lived and died by its edits: Vice. However. Vice wasn’t even nominated for an Eddie this year, so the fact that Bohemian Rhapsody and The Favourite won there wasn’t much help. And, of course, this is one of those which could become either part of a sweep or a consolation prize. But I’m sticking to my guns on this one. From a story-telling point of view, I didn’t think either of the Eddie winners came close the impact editing had for the remaining nominees. And of those, Vice was the only one to use the craft to enhance the story rather than to just shock or move it along.

My Choice: Vice Likely win: Vice

Original Score

Black Panther, Ludwig Goransson BlacKkKlansman, Terence Blanchard If Beale Street Could Talk, Nicholas Britell Isle of Dogs, Alexandre Desplat Mary Poppins Returns, Marc Shaiman

If old-school Hollywood wins out, Mary Poppins will be a runaway. It is certainly one of the more classic and evident scores in the field, and complex while trying to maintain and reflect on the original. Music certainly pushed along the tale in Isle of Dogs in an engaging, if repetitive, way, and the others were more subtly supported.

Likely win: Mary Poppins Returns

Original Song

“All The Stars” — Black Panther “I’ll Fight” — RBG “The Place Where Lost Things Go” — Mary Poppins Returns “Shallow” — A Star Is Born “When A Cowboy Trades His Spurs For Wings” — The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

There is only one song here that has any traction to my mind. It isn’t perfect (and story-wise it shouldn’t be) but just try to get it out of your head.

Likely Win: Shallow

Visual Effects

Avengers: Infinity War Christopher Robin First Man Ready Player One Solo: A Star Wars Story

Despite the wealth of blockbusters here, one is infinitely better than the rest in scope and seamlessness…

Likely win: Avengers: Infinity War

Makeup and Hairstyling

Border, Göran Lundström and Pamela Goldammer Mary Queen of Scots, Jenny Shircore, Marc Pilcher and Jessica Brooks Vice, Greg Cannom, Kate Biscoe and Patricia DeHaney

Typically, I’d stay the period piece would get this hands-down, but Vice has magic in its blood with its makeup and hair, completely remaking its actors and capturing the period perfectly.

Likely win: Vice

Sound Editing

Black Panther Bohemian Rhapsody First Man A Quiet Place Roma

My choice: A Quiet Place Likely win: Bohemian Rhapsody

Sound Mixing

Black Panther Bohemian Rhapsody First Man Roma A Star Is Born

My choice: Bohemian Rhapsody Likely win: Bohemian Rhapsody

#Movie Review

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takaraphoenix · 6 years

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Holy shit, I don’t think I’ve ever seen a bigger case of Member Berry Pie than that Mary Poppins sequel...

Seriously. It doubles down on... uh... the same thing they already did this year with Christopher Robin? “Child who had literal magic in his childhood forgets so let’s remind this adult of the wonders!”

And everything else aside from that was literally just “Remember this? Remember the mirror scene from the first where the mirror looks after her? Remember the kite? Remember how she casually did magic and denied it when the kid asked about it? Remember the church where the old beggar woman was? Remember how they jumped into a half-drawn world with penguins? Remember how they jumped around on the roofs? Remember how there was that funny old guy?”.

...Like. That... That was seriously all the trailer was? Remade images taken from the original movie? And... what’s the point of doing that? What is the point of remaking something if you literally just take it beat for beat and copy it...?

Man, Lin-Manuel Miranda’s gotta do a shit-load of singing and being adorable on that one to save it because he is the only one I think might bring at least a tiny bit of a fresh wind into this...

And look, I was totally against this from the get-go. But when they announced Lin-Manuel Miranda would be in it and how they were going to make it about the Banks children’s children, I thought okay, great talent and at least not a dry reboot and also with enough time between it to make it different, so I got optimistic.

But this trailer? This trailer literally made the movie look like the purest form of nostalgia porn I have ever seen in my life and that is a disappointment. Because guess what? If I wanted to see beat for beat the old Mary Poppins movie - I simply watch the old Mary Poppins movie, which is a timeless classic that still holds up.

You don’t have to yank on the nostalgia so hard and have that many referrences to the first one when you say “It’s not a reboot, it’s a sequel”, because guess what - with a sequel you can and should expect the viewers to have seen the first movie.

Fingers crossed that all of those shit-ton of scenes of nostalgia copies are all the Member Berries they used in there and the entire rest of the movie is actually original and good. I want to be hopeful because fuck do I love the first one and spent my childhood mourning that I never got a sequel, but if they only use the sequel to double down on the nostalgia, it’ll simply be a waste of time...

#disney #Mary Poppins (1964)#seriously now i'm just salty #please make this good #please please please #/directly praying to lin-manuel here #please be this movie's savior #please make this just a case of super badly cut trailer #trailer talk

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wordsbetweenthelines · 5 years

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hey there self

today you did SO MUCH CLEAfinhiys767N

leftover pancakse for breakfast, yum

walked keita and boonie, with some overlap help from rosy because it was cold and you wanted to finish faster

then katie came over with the nibs, and dot watched a show and mom did a clean, and katie attacked your closet

and she took away like four bags of clothes for donate and you dusted a lot and moved all your potter boxes to the closet and dusted some more and found some homes for some stuff that was cluttering and just. WOW.

and you got rid of like eight harry potter shirts and probably as many theatre shirts without even flinching

and also you started tossing old notes and cards!

then was pizzas for dinner

and by the time they left, the dogs were So Done With This Children Nonsense, and you were ready to go to bed at like 7

but also you got more knitting in

and watched blacklist with dad

and remade your bed nice

and washed your ceiling fan

and kind of the whole having things Clean and Clear and Tidy makes the clutter on the shelves look Worse. so maybe you'll attack the rest of that this weekend

BUT ALSO

your worms came today!!!!!!

you finished prepping the bedding and put down a first meal between walk and invasion and set the whole bin aside to wait with you like PAKIGE

and while katie was like "okay what do you need help with" and you were liek "okay I need to do---" the worms came and you ran off and katie was like "welp that's the end of that" and mom was like "no really this will not take her long"

and you opened up the worms and sent them in the bin and left them to their wormy business and went back to the cleaning

and dot named all 2000 of them "C"

it's a good name

especially 2000 times

tomorrow

clothes

teeth

breakfast

walk

keita

MARY POPPINS

help make dinner

VENOM

check that b99 will record

NINE NINE

#bad brains sabbatical

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bexalizard-art · 6 years

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Mary Poppins! I'd like to see this movie remade with a more colorful cast. This lineart is going in the "I want to scan and color this digitally at some point but who knows when that'll happen" pile.

#mary poppins #Disney #lineart

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filmstruck · 6 years

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Gangsters, Brides and Dog Robbers: Great Picks for the Classic Film Newbie by Jill Blake

FilmStruck prides itself on having the most comprehensive streaming catalog of independent, cult and classic films available for streaming. While the service appeals to the most devoted and diehard cinephiles, it’s also a wonderful resource for someone who is interested in diving deeper into film. With the vast classic film catalog and the addition of the TCM Select programming, more people are exposed to great films—but they don’t always know where to begin. To help navigate the impressive and overwhelming cinematic offering on FilmStruck, each month here at Streamline, I will be making monthly recommendations of the best films to introduce to the hesitant, but curious future classic film fan.

Here are my picks currently streaming on FilmStruck.

WHITE HEAT (’49)

Directed by Raoul Walsh and starring James Cagney, Virginia Mayo and Edmond O’Brien

Gangster films aren’t for everyone, but Raoul Walsh’s WHITE HEAT is the exception. Starring James Cagney, who helped define the genre with his terrifying performances as Tom Powers in THE PUBLIC ENEMY (’31), ANGELS WITH DIRTY FACES (’38) and THE ROARING TWENTIES (’39), WHITE HEAT features an older Cagney returning to the gangster role that made him so famous after a brief departure to explore other character types—including an Oscar-winning performance as George M. Cohan in YANKEE DOODLE DANDY (’42). While Cagney was certainly at home playing a criminal mastermind, WHITE HEAT was like nothing he had made before. His character, Cody Jarrett, is the embodiment of evil. But he’s also one of the most complex characters Cagney ever played—a psychopathic killer and mama’s boy with intense migraines and an Oedipus complex. Cagney is brilliant and this is an excellent gateway film into his long, impressive career.

FATHER OF THE BRIDE (’50)

Directed by Vincente Minnelli and starring Spencer Tracy, Joan Bennett and Elizabeth Taylor

Romantic comedies are a great entry-point for the classic film newbie, especially romantic comedies starring a young Elizabeth Taylor. And the original version of FATHER OF THE BRIDE (which was remade in 1991 with Steve Martin and Diane Keaton, and is a great film in its own right) checks off both boxes. This delightful story, written by the legendary screenwriting duo of Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett, features a devoted father, Stanley Banks, played by two-time Academy Award winner Spencer Tracy, reeling from the fact that his daughter, Kay, (Taylor), has grown up and is ready to start a family of her own. Stanley’s realization that he’s no longer the most important man in Kay’s life hits hard; he wants nothing but happiness for his daughter, but he has a difficult time letting go. And when Kay announces that she is to be married, Stanley and his wife Ellie (Joan Bennett) are thrust into planning and funding a wedding that becomes more and more lavish with each passing day. The chaos and circus-like atmosphere surrounding the wedding wasn’t far off from real events-- this film was released just two days after Taylor’s first marriage to hotel magnate Nicky Hilton, which had engrossed the nation and was an international cover story. And of course, MGM capitalized on that real-life event for the film’s publicity campaign. FATHER OF THE BRIDE is funny, charming, sentimental and completely relatable, even with its rather dated approach to relationships. Also, the film features a dream sequence created by Salvador Dalí, which isn’t something you can say about most films.

THE AMERICANIZATION OF EMILY (’64)

Directed by Arthur Hiller and starring James Garner and Julie Andrews

THE AMERICANIZATION OF EMILY is one of my go-to films to introduce to someone interested classic film. For starters, films released in the 1960s are typically a bit more approachable for novice classic film fans. Pop culture references in these films are usually more relatable and viewers can find connections that are only a generation or two removed from their own experiences. Films released in the 1960s are also a bit edgier and usually surprise audiences expecting stuffy, conservative plotlines. THE AMERICANIZATION OF EMILY is, in my opinion, a quintessential 60s film, and one of the greatest political/military satires ever made, while making a powerful anti-war statement during a time of chaos and upheaval in the United States. It also features James Garner, playing a dog robber for the Navy, at his sexiest, and Julie Andrews playing very much against type, on the heels of her Academy Award-winning role as the title character in MARY POPPINS (’64). This film is a hysterically dark and romantic comedy, and heralded as one of the greatest anti-war films ever made. It also gets bonus points for featuring a fantastic late-career performance by Melvyn Douglas.

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heavensarcher · 6 years

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I’m so fucking here for all our childhood favourite movies like Mary Poppins and Winnie the Pooh being remade with the children now as cynical adults and they come back to remind them MAGIC AND KINDNESS AND HOPE EXISTS LIKE IM HERE FOR IT

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theouijagirl · 6 years

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Any live action Disney movie you really like? I liked maleficent

I haven’t seen any of the movies where they remade the cartoon as live action. But, like, I love Mary Poppins.

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anyway-i-love-vanderwood · 7 years

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Vanderweek Day 1

✿ Iiiiiiit’s Vanderweek! For day one, I’ve written out my HEAVILY headcannoned version of my Vanderwood’s backstory. Warning for mentions of dysphoria, harassment, bullying, child abuse, and some slurs.

I hope you enjoy!

Throughout Mary Vanderwood the III’s life, they had discarded names, pronouns, and titles like most people discarded empty pens or splintered pencils.

On a hazy, smoke-covered morning at approximately 5:45am, the name ‘Oliver Poppins’ was written on a birth certificate, and an exhausted woman – so very young, too young to be a mother – was driven home by her similarly too-young, not-yet husband. The newborn cradled in her arms was a pudgy thing, oddly shaped as most babies are, with a frizz of blond hair and squinty eyes whose color reminded her of molten caramel. When she looked into his face for the first time, she knew she loved her child. She knew that nothing would ever keeping her from loving that child.

Unfortunately, the heart is weak and prone to wandering, and by the time Oliver was five, time had made a liar out of her. He was no longer a darling boy, but instead became a little brat.

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It’s hard to say that it was her fault, given that she spent too much time working in a small, dingy little shop that sold cigarettes, cigars, pipes and tobacco, and when she came home, she spent too much time cooking for a man who never had much nice to say about anything. Perhaps it’d be hard to say it was her husband’s fault too, given that he’d grown up in a small, dingy little apartment in Birmingham, he lived in a small, dingy little apartment in Birmingham, and it was likely that he’d die in a small, dingy little apartment in Birmingham. Such a life had a way of withering the soul, but neither was it little Oliver’s fault, for he’d never chosen to be born out of wedlock as an accidental child to a couple that was far too poor to afford anything of note for him.

Despite being the most innocent of the three, it was Oliver was the one who bore the brunt of his parents combined dissatisfaction and so acquired the title of burden.

Starting school was simultaneously a source of relief and of eternal torment, as young Oliver was finally given a way to escape his home and the ire of his parents… only to earn the ire and condescension of his peers.

By the time he was in his third year, he felt he’d heard it all. Rat-boy. Idiot. Scabby-knees, smelly-breath, ugly, dirty, filthy, gross, unwanted. The only thing he was fond of was, oddly enough, when the boys in his class jeered and called him Mary Poppins. He went home that day and asked who that was, and his mother – her exhaustion giving way to a rare moment of tender care – showed Oliver what soon became his favorite movie.

It caused him to dream. He wished he lived in that well-to-do house, wished he was rich and happy and had a cool magic nanny who floated down from the sky using an enchanted umbrella. (In his fourth year, he was sent to the hospital for trying to be that cool magic nanny with an enchanted umbrella and, instead, fell flat on his face and broke his collarbone.)

Oliver Poppins was hit for that, and he never tried to dream again.

As he grew, his hair darkened into a deep brown, his expression darkened into a sullen frown, and his skin darkened with a smattering of ugly bruises. When pressed, he told the school councilor he was just a clumsy person, and that they were all accidental. The school councilor believed him, because it was much easier than the alternative, and everyone else gossiped about how he lived in a storeroom and his parents beat him senseless.

This wasn’t entirely off-the-mark, as the entirety of the Poppins apartment was, quite frankly, a storeroom. Mr. Poppins couldn’t bear to throw anything away, so the small space was made even more small by piles of junk and towering refuse. Nothing could be cleaned, nothing could be thrown away, and Oliver Poppins had long ago forgotten what color the walls were, what material the floors were made of.

Perhaps he never knew. Perhaps, to him, it was always soot and paper.

Perhaps to him, the world was always dark and grey.

In his tenth year of school, Oliver tried putting on make-up for the first time.

It was rebellion in its purest, simplest form. Everything around him was filthy, vile. It felt like the dirt had burrowed into his skin, like the hate had clawed its way into the very core of his essence, and in his desperation to tear it all off, to feel something other than vile, he sought out things that were supposed to be beautiful. He skipped class to put on stolen foundation and lipstick in the school’s bathroom, and when the boys who came into the bathroom to smoke found him with shadow on his eyelids and blush on his cheeks, they started calling him queer. Trannie. Shemale.

Maybe I am, he thought to himself as he covered his bruises with smooth paste. Maybe they should have put that on my birth certificate instead, because it’s not like anyone calls me Oliver very much.

Girls are prettier, anyway. Maybe I’d be happier if I was one of those.

After her eleventh year of school, that teenager who wasn’t really sure what or who he was decided to drop out of school to disappear. It wasn’t that she hated school itself – far from it. He was a very clever girl, and raised in different circumstances, she could have become a well-regarded adult. But no one cared about him, so she cared about no one else, and he thought it’d be better if her existence was erased once and for all.

That was, in fact, what ended up happening, though not really in the way that he expected.

Every day, Oliver walked home alone from school, but on a cloudy afternoon in April, her walk was interrupted by an array of bullies. Except, at that point in her life, the people who bullied Oliver Poppins were very big, very strong, and very hateful of boys who wanted to be anything like girls. It was the sort of encounter that could have easily lead to more than just some bruises and a scraped knee.

Except, Oliver Poppins didn’t care anymore, and when someone is that pissed off and that furious at the world, they become a very inconvenient opponent. Despite being outnumbered and outclassed, she held her fucking own, and tore red into their faces with his sharp, prettily painted nails. Fuck them, she thought to herself. Fuck them all.

Fuck everyone on this god-damned earth.

The conflict left her scathed but, ultimately, alright, and she found an alley to sulk in and light up a cigarette.

That was where he found her.

Like Oliver, he wasn’t the sort of person who hadn’t much of a name, and to Oliver, he gave her a chance to discard hers. He’d been watching her, he said, watching her performance in school, her instances of petty theft, and he’d watched her conflict with the group of bullies, too. She was an interesting child. Desperate, homeless, yet very bright, very clever. Furious and fervent – it’d be a shame if someone like that withered away, wouldn’t it? If someone like that died in a small apartment in Birmingham, with nothing to show for their life but sorrow and a heart full of regrets?

Wouldn’t it be a complete shame if he died as miserable, pathetic little Oliver Poppins?

Oliver agreed, and desperate enough to follow a stranger into the dark, he became Codename: Vanderwood.

The Agency sought to recruit people with no attachment to their former lives. It made it so much easier for them to be tools rather than people, after all. They could become anyone, be anything, because they had started off in this world as nothing. They were moldable, shapeable, transformable.

Vanderwood was remade into a secret agent, and for once in their life, everything could be as pretty and orderly and clean as they wanted.

Beyond her desire to scour the remnants of filth and pestilence off his flesh, Vanderwood had no idea what she wanted to be. A boy? A girl? A cruel person? A kind person? An intelligent person? A strong person? A cheerful person? A sad person? Vanderwood took on so many roles, so many identities as she worked that, in the end, his entire personality and sense of being became an amorphous blob. Agent Vanderwood simultaneously meant nothing and everything, and in the end, they decided, fuck it.

A shadow like them couldn’t be labeled or named. They just were. Boundless, formless, completely without grounding or attachment. Their identity was wholly at the discretion of the Agency, and they contented themselves with being a knife wielded by the shadowy figures who hid behind the curtain of society.

At least – that’s how it was, until Vanderwood met Agent Zero-Seven.

They were assigned to be his handler, and from the first time they looked into Zero-Seven’s eyes, they understood that this was a creature with origins similar to Vanderwood’s own. Zero-Seven was a stern boy, sullen, with a personality that fit the numerical designation the Agency had given him. Zero-Seven never spoke of his family, but he didn’t have to, really. It was clear in his eyes, in his posture… He had, like Vanderwood, been raised in a cage.

He had, like Vanderwood, been forced out of his old identity by the brutality of the world.

Maybe Vanderwood felt bad for him. Maybe that’s why they tried to pull him out of his shell a little bit, joke with him some, make snide comments about terribly dressed people on the street and the stupid marks that they were assigned to eliminate. Maybe that’s why they, for once – without really knowing what they were doing – sought to label themselves as something: Zero-Seven’s friend. Maybe that’s why they tried to keep him from working himself to death, maybe that’s why they forced this Korean boy to watch movies from their childhood and laugh a little.

Maybe that’s why, when they found an old copy of Mary Poppins in a bargain bin, they brought it to his apartment, popped it in, and made him experience one of the few glimmers of hope from their childhood. And maybe that’s why, when Zero-Seven pointed at the screen and said, “Oh my god, she’s just like you!”, they laughed and said that perhaps their full name should be Mary Vanderwood.

Maybe that’s why, when Seven finally started to laugh, and joke, and play, they allowed him to append the Third to their ridiculous, ridiculous name. A true British agent needed a posh sounding name, he said! And the pretentious, uppity personage called Vanderwood needed a pretentious, uppity name to match.

Throughout Mary Vanderwood the III’s life, they had discarded names, pronouns, and titles like most people discarded empty pens or splintered pencils. Nothing mattered to them, everything was transient, and the only thing that they defined themselves with was the iron rule of the Agency that they owed everything to. But Zero-Seven – who was ridiculous, stupid, idiotic, yet somehow precious enough that they desperately didn’t want him to suffer – made a mark on their life that stuck, despite everything.

Despite everything, there was one person in the world who said their name with a smile, and Mary Vanderwood the III’s life began in that moment.

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