tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2035557836022548249.post151760966015165478..comments2024-01-17T03:54:39.225-05:00Comments on Hieing to Kolob: Heavenly Mother and Mary PoppinsBored in Vernalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14016611721544251941noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2035557836022548249.post-37849740584380861152007-04-10T01:06:00.000-04:002007-04-10T01:06:00.000-04:00cl--A hearty "Amen" to what you said abo...cl--A hearty "Amen" to what you said about focusing too much on Mr. Banks. I think it's a great point that both husband and wife were successful in their respective spheres but neglectful of problems in the home. Mary Poppins and Bert act in concert to teach both children and parents many things about family life. The children are taught that joy in life is important and is something that they can share with the adults in their lives. Yet they are encouraged to show respect and love. The parents are taught that "no success can compensate for failure in the home." Though in a more complete picture the male and female might be taught how to more successfully integrate career/interests and family. I like the idea at the end of "Mary Poppins" when the family flies a kite and Mrs. Banks ties her suffragette ribbon to the kite as a tail. I like to see this symbolic action as her bringing her talents and interests into the family circle but not rejecting them outright or losing them. It seems to imply the whole family's acceptance and embracing her individuality and role as champion of women's rights.Bored in Vernalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14016611721544251941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2035557836022548249.post-57277884898708243622007-04-09T23:14:00.000-04:002007-04-09T23:14:00.000-04:00i'm with c.l. on this one.and i continue to ha...i'm with c.l. on this one.<br><br>and i continue to have a problem with identifying female divine solely with motherhood. mormons obviously place a lot of emphasis on god's role as father. but he is not only father. he is also god. he is also a lawgiver. he is a creator (and not just of human life). he is many things that don't fall into the traditional purview of father. <br><br>what of our heavenly mother? our goddess? is there nothing to her role other than mothering and the domestic sphere?<br><br>i appreciate what pearson is attempting in these analyses and i welcome them. but i chafe at representations of the feminine that are limited to the maternal.ameliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16516187741132836325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2035557836022548249.post-78187580719388295192007-04-07T14:29:00.000-04:002007-04-07T14:29:00.000-04:00p.s. I've written a post that contains furthe...p.s. I've written a post that contains further analysis of <i>Mary Poppins</i> <a href="http://thehathorlegacy.info/do-boys-like-stories-about-girls/" rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow">here</a>.C. L. Hansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17555764649779220633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2035557836022548249.post-15099557132581248222007-04-07T14:26:00.000-04:002007-04-07T14:26:00.000-04:00I'm far less impressed with this analysis than...I'm far less impressed with this analysis than I was with "The Sound of Music."<br><br>First of all, the Banks home wasn't "ship-shape" -- that was the next-door neighbor. Mr. Banks wanted his home to be an orderly patriarchy but it wasn't -- it was quite chaotic.<br><br>Second of all, I don't think it's reasonable to dismiss the suffragette mom as "absent" and focus completely on the dad (for the film version at least). The two parents were presented as quite parallel -- each is introduced with a song-and-dance number showing that they're successful in their separate spheres (her as an activist, him at the bank), and both oblivious to problems in their home life. In the course of the film they both learn that they need to pay more attention to their kids.<br><br>A couple of points where I agree:<br><br>I can see Bert as freeing men from the cage of rigid roles. Also, it's true that the stuff Mary Poppins took out of her carpet bag was symbolic:<br><br>A hat stand (because that's the place where you put a hat), a lamp for more light, a full-sized mirror so that she can see her whole face at the same time, a plant ("a thing of beauty is a joy forever"), and a tape measure to see how the kids measure up.<br><br>(There may be more -- I'm doing this off the top of my head... ;^) )C. L. Hansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17555764649779220633noreply@blogger.com