To explain, we have to transport back to the original 1964 film: In one scene, Mary Poppins sings a lullaby to the children about an old Bird Woman who sits on the steps of St. Paul's Cathedral selling bags of crumbs to feed her pigeon flock, imploring passers-by to "Feed the birds, tuppence a bag.".
Chattels! Now, Michael, When you deposit tuppence in a bank accountSoon you'll seeThat it blooms into credit of a generous amountSemiannuallyAnd you'll achieve that sense of statureAs your influence expandsTo the high financial strataThat established credit now commands. Mary Poppins Returns: Rich people losing their wealth is sad. I have lots of pro and con feelings about MARY POPPINS RETURNS but what I can’t forgive is trotting out ageless, delightful Dick Van Dyke...so he can crap on the “bird lady” Michael once wanted to give his tuppence to, and assure him the Bankses are rich because capitalism.
Dawes explains, "There was a little boy named Michael who wanted to give his tuppence to a bird lady– but in the end, and after a little persuasion, he decided to give it to his father instead [who then] gave that tuppence to the bank and asked us to guard it well. Debtor sales! To feed, or not to feed?
A run on the bank ensues, mirroring a real bank run that occurred at the Birkbeck Bank in 1910, the year in which the film is set.[2]. However, his father forbids him to spend the money. Tanneries!Incorporations!
Capitalism is inhumane.
At the very least it's a bit confusing. - not having your house foreclosed The wonderful, fateful, supercalifragilisticexpialidocious tuppence.
(Warning: SPOILERS!).
Dawes Sr. grabs the coins from Michael's hand, but Michael takes them back and the children escape from the bank, which by now is full of angry customers demanding their money back too. But doesn't this ending step over the point Mary tried to make with "Feed The Birds"? Self care and ideas to help you live a healthier, happier life. When the children go on an outing with their father to his job at the bank the next day, they see the Bird Woman. William Weatherall Wilkins, Mr. Dawes Jr.'s nephew who runs the bank, threatens to repossess the house if Michael can't repay the loan. Guard it well.
Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(Annoyed Grunt)cious, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fidelity_Fiduciary_Bank&oldid=983339649, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 13 October 2020, at 17:42. But suddenly Banks becomes giddy and starts laughing.
Get all the best moments in pop culture & entertainment delivered to your inbox. This conflict of money comes to a head in the end, and that's where things felt a bit...off. Mary Poppins: Bankers can't see past the ends of their noses. Michael wants to feed the birds with the tuppence he has. In Mary Poppins Returns it turns out the two tuppance from MP1 were indeed invested with the bank, grew into a neat sum, and allow the Banks family …