The True Story That Inspired Mary Poppins | Absolute History

In 1934, Pamela Travers created the ‘practically perfect’ woman in Mary Poppins who bought order into the chaos of people’s homes. Decades later, the magical English nanny is still adored by children and parents alike.
Featuring interviews with Tom Hanks and Emma Thompson, The Real Mary Poppins reveals the fascinating story of her creator and the truth that lies behind the enthralling fictions. The documentary draws on an extensive archive, interviews and clips from the original Mary Poppins movie and 2013’s Saving Mr Banks, which features Emma Thompson as Pamela Travers, to tell the real story of a complex woman with many contradictions.
She could be vain, bossy, and fiercely independent. In short, she was Mary Poppins. And like her creation, Pamela saw - and gave others the ability to see - the magical in the commonplace, the extraordinary in the everyday.
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[@gristlevonraben]

Magic is not always the desire for power, sometimes it is the desire for good things in a bad world that requires more than human power to change.

[@karencawthorn3173]

"Do no harm". 🙏❤

[@mamiemonrovia7654]

2 thumbs up! well said.

[@nerrissarichards]

I like your statement, but also, isn’t that why we pray?!

[@annacarter6559]

Unfortunately such a change needs power

[@garycarpenter2980]

Magic is imagination to have power and a desire to have something in life plus it can give you things that you want Take Lex Luthor for instance,he wanted the power to take over the world and Superman always thwarted him from that,he wanted thing's for himself and to rule the world but Mary had power but she wanted to rule children but she wasn't evil or that dominate

[@lillimango51]

"having a child is very different, than having an idea about it" LOUDER PLEASE

[@ayliea3974]

When I was a young child, like most young children I was trying to figure out what I wanted to be when I grew up. One dreamy, optimistic day I ran into the kitchen and proclaimed to my mom that I was going to be President when I grew up. I wanted to be helpful and that seemed like a powerful way to do it. My mother looked at me with a kind of tender pity and said, "Oh no sweetie, girls can't be the President. Girls can be nurses, teachers, secretaries or mommies. But the best thing to be is a mommy. " While certainly, being a mommy was on my to-do list, I also realized a lot of what it entailed and I saw much of it was drudgery without much appreciation. And I wasn't thrilled about the other options either. I wanted to do something that gave me more autonomy, power and allowed for fun and creativity. But maybe women couldn't have power or autonomy, I thought. But I supposed that some fun and creativity would make up for the lack of. So next I excitedly told my mom my new plan was that I wanted to be Lucy Ricardo when I grew up. Now there was a mom who knew how to have fun while being stuck in a small apartment! Well this idea was not just met with disapproval but a look of horror on my mother's face. Sadly, as I wandered in the nearby woods, an idea came to me that was inspirational. When I grew up I'd be Mary Poppins! This time I shared my intention with no one. Forty some years later, as a teacher of special needs children, I had a job assignment to provide individual education to children who were homebound. Then one day, as I carried my teacher's tote of lessons up the stairs to an student's house to teach that day's lesson, it occurred to me. I had become a kind Mary Poppins! Moral to this story: the best thing for anyone is be is true to themselves.

[@shanchan8247]

Thank you for sharing! I've learned over the years to be careful who I share my dreams and goals with, not necessarily because of negative intentions but because many people have a hard time seeing past limitations. Being true and honest with yourself is the best way to be!

[@jasperhorace7147]

@Ozymandias Nullifidian It depends where they live. So far it has proved an impossibility if they live in the USA.

[@dominiquedoeslife]

What a lovely story

[@dominiquedoeslife]

Shanchan True. Sometimes people have trouble seeing past their own limitations in considering what dreams others can accomplish.

[@dominiquedoeslife]

Ozymandias Nullifidian Hopefully not

[@celticphoenix2579]

Bowel issues could have been IBS. Pleurisy could have been asthma. Depression is depression. Saying someone with invisible conditions is a hypochondriac is mean spirited and unkind.

[@linnymaemullins3319]

And pler

[@linnymaemullins3319]

Sounds kinda like an autoimmune disease to me🤔

[@celticphoenix2579]

@@linnymaemullins3319 it often forms part of an autoimmune condition, but not always.

[@leelahollandnutritionistna6457]

Digestive issues always affect mood.

[@ryanblack3285]

I've had pleurisy and it's extremely painful. Usually coinsides with pneumonia. It's fluid outside the lung where pneumonia is in the lung. I had both. Scary and painful! I'd be dead if it wasn't for modern medicine probably. I lost 8 pints of blood or 2/3 of my body's blood.

[@pamelaadam9207]

I wrote an essay in 5th year (the year before your final year and then university) at school on how the book was really about The parents. My English teacher disagreed. decades on I feel vindicated

[@jonienglish7065]

KZbin comments always remind me that we see everything through our own eyes. Be kind with your eyes. You have no idea what you’re not seeing.

[@teentraveler1790]

Like what? Can you give an example pls.

[@jonienglish7065]

@@teentraveler1790 The other side of every story.

[@teentraveler1790]

@@jonienglish7065 Thanks

[@kweejibodali7009]

great comment , thank you

[@6teezkid]

Her father could have never known she'd be great friends with those he taught her about. Just amazing.

[@Anya_Aprelskaya]

I reread Pamela Travers' books a countless number of times and really enjoyed them when I was a child, but I never thought there's so much behind the character of Mary Poppins. Thank you for uploading the video!

[@Demonmixer]

Did you ever see the docu on Enid Blyton? That was interesting.

[@ItsJustLisa]

I like that you put these TV documentaries on KZbin for those of us that didn’t have access to their original airing, but please include the credits and dates. In some cases, the date of release gives a real context to how current and accurate the information is.

[@gigiis526]

You could probably google for the info you are looking for. Be thankful for what is there and do the rest for yourself.

[@rudolfsylvia7927]

Just Lisa )ik,

[@gibbs9492]

You can tell this is real information just look on the edits and the people being interviewed. Stupid........

[@shizukazenTAKAISHI]

​@@gibbs9492 I don't think OP was asking whether this was real or not, I believe she was asking for the timeline. For example, it was aired in March 2015 or in the 1980s. That sort of thing.

[@elainedodge7156]

@@gibbs9492 There's no need to call anyone stupid. Doing so is a sign of appalling bad behaviour and arrogance.

[@Tala_Masca]

While Pamela Travers doesn't come across as a very loveable person, I think you must see it through the eyes of time ( the adoption of one twin and not telling him he was adopted was very normal at that time) and I think you must take her childhood in account. An alcoholic, unreliable father who died when she was young and a very unstable and unreliable mother who traumatised her with telling her she was going to commit suicide. (WTF!) Everything a child needs is safety and love. She had neither. She wanted a family of her own so much, to give her love, but I just think she was unable to. Because she never had the example of how it should've been. I feel for her. I've seen it in other reactions, and I wonder too. What happend to her sisters? Mary Poppins was very close to her heart, I think that was the reason she didn't want to 'give' it away. Others wouldn't understand how it was supposed to be, She wanted it to be how she was seeing it. Everone who has read a book, and then seen the move knows, it's not how you imagined it. People look different then how you thought them to be... It feels like it's not the same book, person, situation etc. Imagine if you wrote a book. And someone made a film about it. You too would probably say, Hey, that's not how he looks! That's not how it go's! He/she never would do that! That's not right! She was who she was because of her life made her that way. ' She was strong willed and her own woman, and in that time that was very extraordanary. So, to all judgement judy's out there, go away, look at your own life please. To everyone else, Yey! You are human!

[@Africangirl55]

I agree.. I absolutely LOVED the book 'The Far Pavilions' by M.M.Kaye but could not bear to watch the series as the characters just did not look as I had imagined! Having watched Mary Poppins the movie, I can only see Julie Andrews as Mary, and ditto for the other people in the cast.

[@flowerpower8722]

To a point on those things. The current social rhetoric seems to be that if a person had a hard time growing up, then we should be sympathetic and understanding. Good so far. But in recent times that has expanded to, we should also let them get away with everything, and give them status and uncontrolled freedom to act out their rage on whoever is handy. My judgment starts and stops with how people treat those weaker than them. How she treated the twins, to me, is all I need to know. Intelligent, mentally ill people are so often the worst of humanity at least some of the time.

[@isabelleb.1270]

« She wanted a family » ? Where did you find this ? She could not find a husband but she wanted a child, so adoption was the option. And what do you do when you see twins in a cradle ? You play the lottery! because you came for one, not two... and waiting few days to help another child would be toooooo hard for your motherhood side -Grrr... I forgot, *it’s not about them, it’s about her* ... What happened to her sisters ? I hope she helped them when she became VERY wealthy, thanks to Walt Disney. PS: *Her parents had been children once too, and I am sure it had not been easy* ... But this documentary is definitely fascinating: SO MANY subjects to think about! Thank you *Absolute History* ! ✨🧡

[@ritaree123]

Well said. Let’s lead with love

[@cr1ing3bruh65]

btw just bc it was normal at the time doesn’t mean its ok

[@KatilinaWRaven]

I had no idea until now that the Mary Poppins books my grandmother had in her library were originals. 💝 Thank you for making this.

[@dross24MA]

What a joy to have, as *real books* become more and more endangered! I do hope you all read them, kept them, re-read them and are passing them along as family heirlooms.

[@SmilerORocker]

Yeah I also hope you still have them in the family. I get called a hoarder in the family,.. but I call it,. keeper of the antiquities. Old books are so special

[@frankboogaard88]

Yeah, fake always wins ;)

[@ashleelarsen5002]

Damn, hold on to them, or give them to your little girl!!

[@ashleelarsen5002]

@@frankboogaard88 You watch a lot of porn, don't you?

[@WhiteRabbitTricks]

When her son cried. I’m crying. So much heart ache and words unsaid

[@debisybesma5855]

i ask my son every once in awhile....is there ANYTHING you want to know about what i've said, did, choices that were made....any deep seeded unresolved issues/questions YOU have about anything over the time of our lives????....i WANT him to ask me anything while i'm here so i can answer and he doesn't have to do the coulda/shoulda/woulda's after i'm gone.....

[@l.l.4244]

@@debisybesma5855 That's a very honourable thing that you do, and it helps set the stage for a stable future for your son. Sadly, so few parents do the same, and as I know from personal experience, unresolved issues with a parent can absolutely tear a child apart. I respect you for doing what you do for your son.

[@debisybesma5855]

@@l.l.4244 i thank you for your kind words dear person but i think selfish was more involved than "honor..." i have 2 sons....my youngest i lost 16yrs ago coming up here in a few days. when they were little, serial killers started making themselves known and i knew that in 20yrs, i didn't want to hear about my son's on some evening news because...all the killers were men. being a single mom ----stats said my boys would never be anything past---criminals, druggies, drunks etc and i didn't like that "forecast" for THEM or me!!! so failure---was NOT an option.... my boys made me better than i would've EVER been without them so THEY set my bar pretty high. would have been easy to say "i can't" but i can't---- was always another way of saying "i don't WANT to" and they made me want to...i too know what parents CAN do to their kids....lived it....wasn't gonna live it when i didn't HAVE to anymore much less pass the DYSFUNCTION on to my boys...again---i do thank-you for your kind words but not sure they are deserved in "honor...." peace, love and blessings to you.

[@gorymarty56]

I was so sad about that part

[@cathyburns750]

Amazing! Thank you so very much for posting this. What a person she was!

[@daryansaunders9078]

It seems she wrote about the life she thought all children should have. Funny how ironic life can be. I only see irony and lack. But her imagination made it possible. For all of us

[@1991LMR]

I must have seen the movie over 1000 times as a child. I could recite it word for word. Mary Poppins has a special place in my heart ♥️

[@CharmEng89]

I'm feeling rather perturbed by the comments dismissing her as being mentally unwell or simply a mean person for separating the twin brothers (awful as that is). It is undeniable that she had rather undesirable characteristics and not impossible that she struggled psychologically, but did everyone miss the bit where her beloved (albeit alcoholic) father died when she was 7, or the bit where she endured her mother's suicide attempt with two younger sisters to worry about? That is incredibly traumatic. Or how deep those scars went that she seemed to be constantly searching for a father figure and some semblance of a family life? The person she was didn't occur in a vacuum. The memory of her father was both warm and terrible, not to mention that our understanding of parenting, siblings (esp twins), and adoption is so different today than it was back then. The kind of parent she was sprung up from these experiences and expectations. I feel like she is incredibly misunderstood.

[@Riderules73]

Beautiful comment thank you

[@silvasilvasilva]

Yes, people are extremely judgemental. Who knows how much pain she endured or how hard she tried to do better. It's sad this is the best she could be, but we all have our shortcomings.

[@dlfon99]

And then those same people also happen to overlook the many lies of "Saving Mr. Banks." Damn you Disney!

[@anniikka]

You're right, thank you. There is one more detail as well. It was actually common practice going well into the second half of the 20th century to split up twins as relatives and/or adoptive parents were unable/unwilling to take on two children at once (in some places, twins and siblings are still being split up now and we definitely know better).

[@CharmEng89]

@@silvasilvasilva yes exactly! We can neither idolize nor vilify her. Mary Poppins was born partly out of trauma and partly out of talent. It is impossible to label it as entirely bad or entirely good.

[@JackieMReacts]

am I the only one who laughed at: Walt: you know what a nanny is, right? Richard: yeah, it's a female goat. walt: no it's a british nursemaid .

[@JackieMReacts]

@Benjamin Price why didn't more people talk about it?!

[@JackieMReacts]

@Benjamin Price and babysitter

[@hilaryc3203]

A traditional nanny was a carer and educator of the children. My father had one (much to his embarrassment). She was schooled as a teacher, so there were lessons and she filled the emotional void left by an english mother who wasn't bothered with young children. She took the kids riding (they had horses), hiking etc. A good all rounder. She also helped run the household. After he and his younger sisters aged out of having a nanny, she went to work in the school system. He was closer to her than he was to his mother, and he checked on her throughout her life, right up to the time she died in her 90s. He was lucky to have her in his life, given that his mother wasn't bothered with the kids much. I knew her and she was amazing; loads of fun and very adventurous.

[@alexiatr]

In Spanish they're called nana (it sounds like nanah), for me it was more difficult to get used to the term babysitter, it was like the one that sits the baby 🤣🤣🤣

[@JackieMReacts]

@@hilaryc3203 you'd think they'd come back in fashion, given how many shitty parent stories I heard

[@Kaytecando]

I recently watched "Saving Mr. Banks" on Netflix. A great true story and a fantastic film. Wonderful cast.

[@chloesavannahcummings7982]

Interesting take on it is Lindsey Ellis' review of the film.

[@DaWhiteWolffie]

That movie was so hard to watch. I think I went through a whole box of tissues during it.

[@stephy21685]

I’ll have to watch it now!

[@lindanasca8301]

@@chloesavannahcummings7982 H ugg Huff hCG gfx

[@cocoaorange1]

I saw the film as well. It was interesting.

[@cacauldr]

Shadows. They feel twice as much as you do. So be careful not to step on them. Or else they might not take care of you. Funny how people can say very smart things but ignore their own words nonetheless.

[@nerrissarichards]

“She was attracted to disasters” ...I felt that.

[@LindaB651]

I remember watching Mary Poppins at the drive-in theater as a small child; it was wonderful! This is a very nice documentary, thank you for posting it! Now I'll have to go watch Finding Mr. Banks...

[@Tomodachi91ve]

She was amazing. She had faults like any human, but she was an amazingly strong person that suffered a lot but overcame that and was capable of an immense love despite that. Also, s funny how her ways about protecting her character are perceived as "pain in the ass" but were admired in other documentaries when male authors did the same thing. Interesting right?

[@frida507]

Exactly what I thought. She had integrity and felt protective about the book and character that meant so much to her. Andpeople seem to forget that it was Disney who chased her to make the movie, ant therefore agreed to give her rights as consultant because the book was so special. Other authors may have signed all those rights away so they couldn't be "a pain in the ass". Both her and Disney were strong personalities and stubborn. She didn't know about film making and he didn't know (or care as much) about the characters as her. And all these mean and judgemental commenters thinking she should shut up and be grateful for the money (Americans?). The story and characters were her creation, and even though the film made the books more famous - without her there would be no Mary Poppins movie.

[@spmoran4703]

Its one law for one group of people , and another for the other.

[@markdoldon8852]

No, a male author banning the colour red would in fact be seen as just as flakey.

[@nancyannirvin4507]

I don't understand how every 3rd comment (or more) is judging her on one act. She took one child and left the other. This was not the mistake. The mistake was not letting ALL of the siblings get to know each other. But there are millions of stories like that. It was not uncommon to take only one even if the child had a twin. It still happens. Even at my age I still wish someone had come along and adopted me and my siblings (i am in my late 50's) We had such a horrible upbringing. Imagine if she had not adopted the one. His life would probably have been much more miserable considering his parents.

[@ELCinWYO]

My Grandma's family was totally split up. Oldest sister went to one family, the twins went to the children's home and the boy twin allowed to die, and the youngest to another family. Very normal back then.

[@i.m.7710]

I met a young man in California. He loved piling rocks up high and beautifully on the beach and pbs did a tv segment on his rock sculptures. Do-gooders were always trying to help him with full-time stressful minimum wage jobs so he could pay all the expensive "no overnight sleeping outdoor camping" tickets police gave him every night and he had no clue how to navigate government red tape and no way to travel to the big government building. That place was upsetting and impersonal even for me! He was not equipped and the do-gooders couldn't fathom that tiny nothing details for them are enormous mountains to others. He told me when he was 11 the welfare people came to his house in the midwest and took all his siblings to foster care. He got away before they could catch him. They never caught him. Since age 11 he had been totally on his own and riding on trains. It had to be hard. I'm not sure if he had ever seen his family again. I'm sure he was scrounging for food and in the company of / or avoiding the company of older alcoholic men. Never any school. Just a simple guy who fell between the cracks of society, and once he turned 18, society didn't care anyway.

[@3773elle]

@@i.m.7710 In another circle he could have been Andy Goldsworthy...

[@tordyclark]

OK I'll tell you so you can understand. Because its unbearably cruel. To split up twins. To split up babies clinging to each other. The same birthday, the same one person in two. It's bad enough splitting up siblings who are still living together, but twins? It's unbearable, is why. Her further treatment, lying, cheating the one she kept, denying the truth, makes the situation worse and seems shady. This wasn't that long ago.

[@Songshare]

I can’t imagine leaving a child behind unless there was a gun to my head. I don’t understand why .

[@anneliesjoss]

Watching the original movie “Mary Poppins”, I always felt like she came to rescue the father, open up his eyes. When children first discover their shadow, it’s often a frightening, later, a playful experience. I remember playing the game “keeping others from stepping on my shadow” when I was about 6.

[@dross24MA]

My Shadow -by Robert Louis Stevenson I have a little shadow that goes in and out with me, And what can be the use of him is more than I can see. He is very, very like me from the heels up to the head; And I see him jump before me, when I jump into my bed. The funniest thing about him is the way he likes to grow- Not at all like proper children, which is always very slow; For he sometimes shoots up taller like an India-rubber ball, And he sometimes gets so little that there's none of him at all. He hasn't got a notion of how children ought to play, And can only make a fool of me in every sort of way. He stays so close beside me, he's a coward you can see; I'd think shame to stick to nursie as that shadow sticks to me! One morning, very early, before the sun was up, I rose and found the shining dew on every buttercup; But my lazy little shadow, like an arrant sleepy-head, Had stayed at home behind me and was fast asleep in bed. Source: The Golden Book of Poetry (1947)

[@monicaheijnsdijk1955]

@@dross24MA wonderful poem!

[@inesnaglic472]

My nickname at work (hotel housekeeping) is Mary Poppins, I am proud of that 😆👗

[@inesnaglic472]

@spirals 73 thank you 😳

[@mikehughes4969]

As well you should be.

[@mandyhanton45]

Love all the ads

[@Ash.Crow.Goddess]

I just want to say that this documentary was brilliant. I've been researching PL Travers for years. But this show, with all the elements incorporated into it, the music from the film, the extra insight gained from personal stories, it's all superb. Her story is quite moving.

[@DawnOldham]

I never knew there were multiple books written about Mary Poppins! I also appreciate that Disney was persistent and was able to work through over twenty years of frustration in order to bring the story to the big screen!

[@jayfielding1333]

I live on the same street as the bank building where Pamela Travers was born in, Maryborough, in Queensland. It's now an incredible museum dedicated to her and to storytelling - well worth the visit.

[@tessaoshea5697]

The book Mary Poppins was not a very pleasant person. She didn't seem particularly fond of children and looked down on the parents. She was written as a Victorian servant girl with a little magic. Not Walt Disney at all.

[@kscrosby6186]

I believe LM Montgomery was another author who "rewrote" her life, (in her case, youth, marriage and motherhood included) as she would have preferred it.

[@emilyhart2252]

I loved Anne of Green Gables until she grew up and lost all her promise and became secondary to Gilbert who achieved his goal of becoming a doctor while she gives up being a writer. So disappointing!

[@anyajohnson4099]

@@emilyhart2252 that's true. But at least she never lost her imagination and she reveled in her kingdom, even of it was merely a home and her kids. But she was happy. Unfortunately that's not enough nowadays. No one believes a woman can be fully happy at home. I don't myself. But she loved her home and her life. Things were different back then. The best things we can do when reading old stories is revel in the good of them, acknowledge the bad, know that the bad is only a result of society improving and thank God for those improvements. Then, after our visits with old friends (classic book characters, I know it's weird to refer to them as such, I'm a loner) we can make our own kingdoms and enjoy the freedoms we have gained over the last century.

[@CnithTheOnliestOne]

As a writer, I understand what she's saying. The stories write themselves. The characters tell you what to write. Sometimes they all talk at once and that's annoying...but you do the best you can. I think you have to be a writer to understand what she means.

[@rubenaalexander5007]

Nah. For me that sounds like poor planning. If the characters just do things they normally do without and overarching higher power to control them, they wouldn't follow the story. It wouldn't have a beginning middle and end. There'd be no climax. That's why I don't get what she said. I haven't read the books so I don't get what she means I guess.

[@aneiasl]

reminds me of GRR Martin's writing style, he calls himself a gardener,

[@caidang5198]

exactly, i am writing a story about how the world ended and people had to travel to a new planet to restart civilization through a 10 year old eyes. Originally i wanted her to be traveling with her family, but she told me she only had her sister. I wanted her to land on the planet the next day, but she decided that she wanted to stay on the ship longer and make friends. She basically writes herself.

[@adorothyinkansas4392]

I understand what you mean. We can't forget her ability for imagination and the craft that it takes to write a "fully fleshed out " character. Fortunately, if trama is handled in a healthy way? You learn how to express and deal with them; possibly leaving a wonderful peice of artistry for all to enjoy! Enjoy your differences in writing styles! Without them? We would have a dull world indeed!

[@sandyburbach7101]

J.K. Rowling understands as well!

[@kstormgeistgem461]

i just sat through nearly an hour of very informative work and didn't even notice the time go by. that, my dears, is the true testament of good writing and well crafted works.

[@Dee8Bee]

She was born in a time where children worked dangerous jobs and had to be little adults. Things are still like that in some countries. So yes, just taking one child of a twin was not a big deal. They didn’t know that it could damage the child and that twins have special bonds. I’m sure she had some second thoughts later in life. So strange that they didn’t except her explanation of not creating Mary Poppins? Often when people get in a kind of meditation, certain things flow. They become a receiver for all sorts of info. From a higher source. Loads of people have said that.

[@hideyourloveaway128]

Yes, in fact there have been science experiments done where they purposely separated twins and triplets at birth and raised them differently to see how they would develop. That is what is truly horrible! That was not her intent, her intent was to raise one child because I’m sure that’s all she felt capable of at the time as a single mother at 40. And yes, it was normal to do that, people didn’t think twice about separating twins at that time. And absolutely, inspiration means “to be breathed into“ indicating that something is coming to you from an outside source, which is how she was describing it. And really, it’s more modest to say that she was channeling what came through her, rather than imagining it all for herself. It’s as if to say she was just the medium through which the story came. What’s wrong with that? It’s not hubris, it’s not arrogance, I don’t see that at all.

[@jodyherr3249]

Disney's 'Mary Poppins' was the first theater movie I saw as a 6 year old with my grandma! I've seen 'Saving Mr Banks' also. This was a very enlightening documentary of a very special author.

[@WhitneyDahlin]

I wanted to hear more about her life as an actress in the 1920s! That's literally the most interesting part of her life and they just glossed over it. Mentioned it once and moved on. Like wtf

[@rabczanska]

This discussion of how difficult her childhood and the loss of her mentor and an unstable mother...no life is perfect, but she did get on with it and made a success. She also was a very difficult women at times and battled depression. You can be both as a grown-up without constantly using her loss at 7 to explain all her moods.

[@kathyh4804]

Everyone talks of her literary accomplishments.... I look at her son, he’s a total mess! It’s heartbreaking that all these years he’s covered his pain with alcohol, and still is. She never should have been able to adopt a child

[@r.catssapin191]

🤗😁 in my early childhood, the very 1st time I heard of "Mary Poppins" ...... I immediately took to the rooftops with my umbrella. I want to be like Mary Poppins! Needless to say, I found out rather quickly, umbrellas don't work that way! And so, I turned to my brother's Erector set. Determined to make a Mary Poppins ☂️ umbrella. Yeah that didn't work either 😂😟😁

[@geenal360]

When I was about 4 yrs old, I was crossing a street holding a huge umbrella and I had lift off- only about 4 steps before I was back down on the crosswalk -very exciting-!☔️

[@katherinetutschek4757]

Sounds like she replaced her mother with Mary Poppins.

[@NellieKAdaba]

Yes

[@servencounter9721]

very good, I think unconsciously she portrayed a vision of her mother. Guilt is a strong emotion.

[@PhailingMath]

09:55 "Irish culture or whatever you want to call it" Good to know that some of the British still struggle to recognize the Irish as living human beings

[@missimccarthy8408]

That comment really was gross. Says so much in such few words

[@raleighburner1589]

you see when James hoban from co Kilkenny Ireland desinged and built the white house in 1782 six years after the British were kicked out of America the British establishment always wanted to down play the Irish very bitter is the English elites ...in 1812 the silly bastards tried to burn the white house after all if one nation is responsible for the world's most important building and another tried to burn it down ...well you can see where some of the resentment comes from

[@misssol1807]

I see why you’d be offended, of course, but I think she added that because Pamela T was drawn to an idealised view of Ireland the way her father (who had never even been there) described it for her. To me, the lady meant that the attraction was to an ideal, a personal myth, rather than the actual culture. Note: I’m neither a Brit nor Irish so, hopefully, there’s no bias to my comment.

[@raleighburner1589]

Also Churchill was a coward he wanted to surrender during ww2. ...the Irish will never surrender. ..Erin go bragh

[@misssol1807]

@@raleighburner1589 Not sure what that has to do with P L Travers but, cheers.

[@ImCarolB]

This was such an interesting and informative film! I read a few of the Mary Poppins books as a child and found them to be a bit dark and disturbing. The Disney movie came out when I was 12 and although everyone was raving over it, I thought they missed, ignored rather, the eerie quality of the books. Of course, this was Disney. I never re-read the books, which I should do. I may have a different view of them now. Your film made me connect the character of Pamela with Mary Poppins, and perhaps that was what I was seeing in the books as a child.

[@toriladybird511]

The "brothers" hugging made this practically perfect.

[@marmar929]

... in every way

[@lynnedee1]

That was my favorite part of the whole thing!

[@karanfield4229]

Child psychology wasn't applied much in those days. So very many troubled people. So terribly sad. I believe we all wish we had been better parents. Hurt people, hurt people. 😢

[@katmandudawn8417]

I feel sorry for the twins. It is becoming more clear that separations and loss of roots and family have lifelong effects on children. The drive and longing to find who you are and where you belong is very deep seated. Back in the day people never dreamed that things like finding out your an adopted twin could be devistating. She should have taken both or found a single. Of course she would never willingly have told them they were adopted.

[@paulmanson253]

One thing I have noted about some people with damaged childhoods is that they see to it their own children have slightly worse childhoods than they did. She never had a balanced understanding of her father,and it affected everything she did. Talented she was,but as a parent she was clearly unpleasant. As someone raised by talented but damaged parents,there is a real resonance here.

[@davidbrown8303]

@@paulmanson253 or they do the same thing or worse could simply mean that they have the same DNA as the parent that did it to them and are simply a rotten person.

[@Goldenhawk583]

@@paulmanson253 and some people with damaged childhoods, decide that, no way are my children to experience the hell I went through... and then do their best to be a better parent. I know this as a fact, because I am one of those, and while my 4 children ( now young adults) find me, and found me "a bit weird", love has not been missing and we are close now too.

[@paulmanson253]

@@Goldenhawk583 Good for you. A very wise lady pointed out we have two opportunities to experience childhood in our lives. Our own,and the one we pay forward to our children. Perhaps you do not understand just how rare that is. I have seen too many times the reverse. A person can break the cycle if they wish. It takes a lifetime of awareness to avoid the lessons learned young,but it can be done. I wish you well. All the best.

[@Goldenhawk583]

@@paulmanson253 thank you, and I do know what you are talking about. Lets just say that my own mom was the other version? You stay safe, and best wishes:)

[@brandy2525]

I have already introduced Mary Poppins to my young son. When he is able to read well enough he will have the books to read.

[@sandrastreifel6452]

Brandy Drace: Your reading to him, is great preparation for a life-long love of books. My son taught himself to read, before he started school.

[@CrazyDeeDee]

just be sure to let your child know that magic is not real. Unfortunately Disney and all other forms of mainstream media are pushing magic and witchcraft like crazy. It's very satanic and it's being done for a reason.

[@CrazyDeeDee]

@Patricia Palmer look at what's on TV nowadays. Look at what was on TV for the past 10 years. God is out and witchcraft is in. That's a reality and I'm sorry if you can't handle it or understand it. When I've switched on the Disney channel I saw kids dancing around singing good is bad and bad is good.. you tell me that's not satanic. Maybe you've just been living with your head in a hole this whole time.

[@CrazyDeeDee]

@Patricia Palmer what profits a man if he gains the whole world but loses his own soul.

[@sabinedunne7040]

@Patricia Palmer thank you for the sanity 💞

[@ilovetoile]

I just watched Saving Mr. Banks two days before this was published. It was quite good.

[@1789NYSA]

I always think the author of Mary Poppins might be an American or British. The truth is the author is an Australian woman who had British ancestry (her father)! I watched the old Mary Poppins movie when I was still living in USA. For, I need to confess that I love Julie Andrews! I haven't watched Saving Mr Banks and Mary Poppins Return, yet. I really wanna watch both! By the way, thank you for the information about Mary Poppins's origin, history and author! Love this video!

[@ishtar2848]

This was very interesting! I didn't know that she had had such a sad childhood 😥 What a strong woman ❣️ This makes me love and admire her more than I already did! Thanks for sharing this video 💚👍

[@Patriot1789]

The similarities in life choices between Camillus Travers and his twin brother, though they appear to be fraternal and not identical twins, are more common than most people realize. Ironically, the things that Ms. Travers was deprived of when her beloved father died became the very things that she was unable to provide for her son, namely, constancy and a loving presence.

[@cameronmoore2713]

She was Mr. Banks

[@modashe4698]

I can't help but keep noticing how many people make their lives out of making assumptions and conclusions about the lives of persons they never fully came to know. The moment we start to respect boundaries and recognize our own intellectual arrogance, I have a feeling we'll actually learn to see people for who they are and control the liberty with which we assume and project on others. I relate to her idea of channeling stories, respecting the unknown. I'm yet to read her books, but I wish her love and peace on the other side.

[@bettyc.parker-young1437]

I really want to read the series now as a 60 year old! I am in my second childhood! ☺️

[@dumbbell1231]

Because of my low-self esteem, I created an imaginary person that had all the qualities I wish I had. I still think about "him" before I go to bed, imagining what "he" would do in real life. I am 30 years old. Some of us created imaginary worlds, characters or people to cope with personal issues. Just like a painter paints their idealistic world, we paint our world in our minds, not on canvas.

[@Stephen-cr3sc]

I'm vaguely aware of that world. Where life sucks so much at a young age, you invent an alternative reality. I was born in 1951, the WWII generation was all around me. These people were not bright or educated, but being Veterans, they got first pick of jobs, often working in schools where they were expected to 'Pick it up as they went along'......The "Greatest Generation" was a miserable bunch of bigoted, uneducated drunks. Different children either worshiped this WWII generation, or didn't. I didn't. The simple fact that I didn't stand in awe of them pissed them off. I lived in a World that excluded them as much as possible. So yes, I kind of understand where this Lady was at. I didn't go as deep into the rabbit hole as she did, but I knew all about that rabbit hole. I'm 68 years old and I have never met a psychologically stable person in my life...Not one. I've seen some VERY UNSTABLE people...Including a certain elected Head of State, or two, or three. These people are so far down the rabbit hole they'll never see the light of day again. This Lady actually makes sense to me, alibet, I never went that deep in the warren. I hid in the upper burrows until I was old enough, strong enough and thick skinned enough to just walk away from their bullying. People who are putting on an act for others hate me, I can spot a poser instantly, and they know they've been spotted. It's fascinating.

[@tersiaduplessis3792]

Perhaps Mary Poppins is the personification of the power of myth that saves us from reality.

[@angelrosehedges3733]

You can see the love for her son in her eyes and smile when that picture was taken. It certainly sounds like she was very formidable. I'm glad she graced us with her work and her spunk.

[@christinerahman8324]

Son:*crying* Me: on the verge of tears AD: BY 100% FREEEEE (by the way we’ll charge you full price and say that ad was SOOO last year)

[@erictaylor5462]

"You know what a nanny is?" "Yea, it's a goat." LOL

[@taraelizabethdensley9475]

Lol

[@LikaLaruku]

Man, the background music in the documentary is relaxing AF.

[@dross24MA]

What does "relaxing as AF" mean?

[@caryulmer5405]

I loved the movie Saving Mr. Banks. Emma Thompson was incredible in it.

[@omfug7148]

What ever happened to her 2 sisters?

[@troigrl]

So. Nothing wrong with that

[@TheHappyHijaabi]

@Sandra Jones So, when did the Duchess tell you all this? All this crap about supposed feuds between she, and The Duchess Of Cambridge are just a load of garbage, printed by the tabloids in order to sell newspapers.

[@TheHappyHijaabi]

I have disowned my youngest sister, after over 35 years of putting up wuth her toxicity, her lies, her thieving and her troublecausing. She even broke into my grandma's house, and lived there, whilst gran was in a respite home having a couple of weeks rest. She rifled through my grandma's jewellery, stealing what she liked the look of. It was only by chance, that my aunt and uncle were passing by on their way to the respite home in the next village, and decided to call in to pick gran's mail up, and caught her living there without grand knowledge. Aunt and uncle threw her out, and changed the lock She told lies about me and about my brother in law that meant each of us could have been given prison sentences if she had been believed. She even turned my father's funeral into her own personal stage show. No-one was supposedly as distraught as her. It was all stage managed and orchestrated. Even my father's eulogy was unrecognisable as the man I had known for fifty five years. It was a pack of lies, and all about her self aggrandisement. I have cut her off from me:- I don't want her drama, her constant "Me, Me Me!" I'm better off without her in my life.

[@jemmajames6719]

shel turner It’s not actually, didn’t you see the interview a Harry gave when he said they weren’t getting on? There’s always a friend or member of staff who will leak what’s going on. Harry and Meghan are pains in the arse! ,

[@outlookesp]

@@TheHappyHijaabi So sorry about that

[@stinggodswrestler1143]

there was lots of red in mary poppins

[@karenwright9123]

An extraordinary story of an extraordinary woman,who told an extraordinary story,which became an extraordinary movie and changed other's stories and lives all over the world...extraordinary isn't it? Thanks for filling in on parts we didn't know...brought me to tears like Camillus,bless his heart and ours.

[@letolethe5878]

I don't see why she shouldn't have had control over her character and she had every right to fight for that control. I don't think if she'd been a man she would have been labeled as "a pain in the ass" and faulted for fighting for her vision. The disney movie was silly, insipid, and dumb. Her books are much better, deeper, funnier, and more moving than than saccharine junk.

[@duantorruellas716]

Unless you can reconcile the opposites within yourself, you can't take another step.

[@toniecat1028]

24:06 - Well, of course! Most women raised in a "Father's an Alcoholic" household are disposed to marry an alcoholic man themselves. Often, they have equated inebriated abuse to love for SO long that they actually, actively look for it later on in their lives - completely unknowingly!

[@missrachyl8989]

That, and they want to prove to themselves that THIS TIME they can change the outcome, earn the love they deserve, help the man they love now like they couldn’t help the man they loved then... it’s an attempt to rewrite a history they hate.

[@franl155]

The book Mary Poppins was very different from the film version: I read several of them when I was a kid, and can remember that she was quite vain. My only beef with the film is that bloody accent: as a genuine cockney it's unbearable.

[@WaterShowsProd]

To this day if you mention Mary Poppins to my father he goes on a rant about Dick Van Dyke's accent and how annoyed he was that americans said he did such a great job doing it. In 2005 I went to see the wonderful musician/songwriter/comedian Neil Innes in concert and he started making fun of Dick Van Dyke's accent in Mary Poppins. I was hysterical, but the americans around me were confused.

[@franl155]

@@WaterShowsProd - I found a "how to speak cockney" vid on YT - well, actually, I found lots, but most were by Americans who didn't have a clue. The one exception [and the only one to mention the Cockney glottal stop] said that when she got sent actors to teach cockney accents, it was always with the cover note "Not like Dick van Dyke" There's an old Cary Grant film, Gunga Din, in which he plays a theoretical Cockney. Now, Cary Grant had a very distinctive and unique voice; his idea of Cockney was pretty dire. But one can see where DvD got his. Must say that it's not his fault. Read somewhere that he suggested to Disney that he get voice coaching and Disney refused, because "we're not making this film just for cockneys" But he would have sold at least one more video, and then at least one more DVD. To me this is 90-whatever minutes of fingernails-down-blackboard

[@doncarlin9081]

I probably should read the book then. I got around finally to reading the Wizard of Oz and it too deviates significantly from the 1939 movie. But I still enjoyed both.

[@franl155]

@@doncarlin9081 - There's a series of Mary Poppins books, but the first will give a reasonable flavour. I read them more than 40 years ago so I've no idea now how much the film deviates

[@animehuntress9018]

Perspective is an interesting thing. I always thought that the silliness of his "accent" was on purpose. It wasn't until I was watching a show that mentioned the worst accents that it might not have been on purpose. I just thought it was a bit of over the top funniness to add to the make-believe. Of-course I used to watch the guy on TV long before I ever saw the movie, though both had been out for ages when I was born. My mom like a ton of the old shows so I thought the accent was him just playing it up like he always did.

[@irishdivajeffries6668]

When she was down she was but when she was up, she was terrific? Sounds a tad bi-polar.

[@kblewis3331]

@Irish Diva Jeffries that was my thought as well....

[@DeniseEggertwaterlily]

That is the definition of bipolar, or manic depressive with hypomania. Those who are bipolar, become hypermanic and display insomnia, poor judgement, delusions, irritability, impulsiveness, and poor hygiene. I'm sure that those talented artists and writers, who have had bipolar illness, had others covering for their behavior.Many of the world's greatest artists were bipolar. There were a great deal of writers who were bipolar, as well.

[@DeniseEggertwaterlily]

Ozymandias Nullifidian Yes, bipolar is a psychiatric diagnosis. While she was never diagnosed by a qualified psychiatrist , it is fairly clear that she suffered from one of four illnesses somewhere on this spectrum. According to most psychiatrists that I have worked with in the emergency department , the majority of those who suffer from manic depressive illness or who are bipolar, never seek psychiatric help and often self medicate with alcohol and sometimes with drugs . Often individuals are never seen by a psychiatrist until they become delusional or become agitated and demonstrate irrational behavior in public . I had to take my friend’s brother to his PCP and then a psychiatrist when he couldn’t leave his house or eat . I was allowed to be present by my friend’s brother, when he was seen . He charged trips and crystals, etc.on a charge card for $20,000, without a job and without any way to pay the amount back . The psychiatrist brought out other examples of manic behavior that my friend’s brother had done . He was finally being seen because he was sitting in a chair in his living room in the dark, day and night . He wasn’t able to eat, drink, or leave his house . My friend and I had been too close to the forests to see the trees . We had accepted much of his behavior as his individual eccentricities . Of course , we had no idea that he had charged $20,000 for trips, crystals, magnets, and other new age trinkets. It took an objective psychiatrist to bring up his examples of manic behavior on the other spectrum from what he was experiencing then . This man’s father also developed bipolar illnesses at age 50 and he thought that he was Hitler . His father was well controlled on Lithium for the rest of his life . There have been psychiatrists who have examined the lives of some artists in the 1800s and before with their individual histories and biographies and have expressed that these specific artists demonstrated behavior consistent with bipolar disease . Vincent Van Gogh was one of them . An ophthalmologist wrote a book with illustrations of paintings of several famous artists and diagnosed their diagnosed eye disease or condition related to how some of these artists painted people and landscapes .

[@michellecook-hill]

Irish Diva Jeffries “me” always

[@gigiis526]

Armchair shrink?

[@vyranlaise8356]

There is magic all around us. People are so caught up in there lives. When magic does reveals itself. No one seems to see, but young children can see all the new magic around them, It's everywhere. If only we open our minds and see the beauty in our world.

[@denelll.bennettsurvivorwar8224]

Vyran Laise ....*Well Said and So True!*

[@anamariaguadayol2335]

Some adults never lose that gift despite the constant attack upon our knowledge of the true World of magic.

[@ymfg2673]

Yes, there is magic around us if we can just stop and feel the beauty around us. It is so that we can become like a person who offers hope and light when there's only darkness. But you have to know and recognize that person when he/she is present in your life.

[@alisatourek9176]

I just had to comment because you said nothing about God who created the world and all it's beauty!! Magic is only connected with evil because they who use magic draw their limited power from the devil!! Please turn to Jesus & only in Him do we find peace!! Jesus is the only hope for salvation & help the children because they are being corrupted & ruined by evil people!!

[@ymfg2673]

@@alisatourek9176 I think you just missed Vyran Laise good meaning. It is good to become pure and beautiful like a child's mind, always be able to sense beauty around them even without knowing God first. As heaven and hell is within your own mind, you must be in this state before you can even sense the presence of God or any of the saints. Without first changing your own mindset (looking within yourself) you will never know the true God even though you have been taught to be religious or pious your whole life. Didn't in the bible, there is one verse that mentioned only when you become like a child, you can never go to heaven. Becoming pure in heart and mind is the key to finding God. That is why only certain special child can sense magic on his/her journey of finding God in the end. Basically what Vyran means is good magic, not the bad one. So do not be confused about this topic.

[@caspence56]

I love the Mary Poppins stories as much as the next person, but P.L. Travers sounded like a royal pain in the arse.

[@alexiatr]

I thought the same too.

[@lindielee8944]

That is true of most people with unresolved trauma in their lives.

[@rubenaalexander5007]

@JessicaBelle I'll tell people that now. I'm so obnoxious and persnickety because I'm "highly creative" XD

[@SueBeaWho]

I agree caspence P.L. Travers was a bit of a nutcase!

[@gayled3059]

Those stories were her creation, her 'babies' she would be protective of them.

[@rickbailey7183]

It seems that this world is a crucible. It takes people's pains and tragedies and transforms them into something magical and fantastic. Sometimes the painful past is forgotten, other times it is rehashed and muddied with the present. It's like we can choose which colors to remember of our lives; if we remember too many, it all just turns into a grayish brown mess.

[@ichabod1370]

@Patricia Palmer No, *I* do.

[@vh6307]

@@ichabod1370 😉😅🤗

[@vh6307]

True hun!🙋🏾‍♀️😊

[@stringofpearls4551]

Lovely documentary. Fruit, however, has never before been quite so profane. The peaches like buttocks. The bowl of sipid, suggestive cherries. And the man sitting there knowing you feel as if you've just walked in on something you shouldn't have... LOL-I'll have nightmares tonight.

[@avariceseven9443]

As entertaining this whole thing is my favorite part is when she asked how to train the penguins to dance. lol

[@JackieMReacts]

i know! now i wanna see that

[@katfishkobain8809]

She was being sarcastic

[@dlfon99]

I love Absolute History, but "Saving Mr. Banks" is akin to an anti-source. Avoid it if you seek the truth and nothing but. If you must take notes from it, bring with you many a grain of salt.

[@darrellludlow]

Most Hollywood movies "based on a true story" are sanitized garbage. Too many people would rather be entertained for a couple of hours than put in a little effort into researching the truth.

[@batz2032]

I love your comment so much. 💜 Although this story is not right either, SHE DID NOT WANT ALL THIS TO HAPPEN IN THE FIRST PLACE. Lol they just waited for her to died to do all this. People who are looking for the truth know where to look between lines and outside boxes. Sheep just watch and enjoy.

[@ninthsquarecommunity]

I liked it.

[@dlfon99]

I like the movie too, but I like it less now that it's perceived by many to be a factual story and pushed that way by an already powerful company.

[@seantodd8875]

Preach!!

[@LoriFahy]

her house where she grew up is not far from where I live. I have been inside, as the owners are restoring it back to how it looked back then.. her story is remarkable .. this is a great piece of history

[@carabiner7999]

I avidly read the books, as a child, and yes, I thoroughly enjoyed the saccharine Disney version, as well! I would love to see Tim Burton do a version of the book, because there's a certain gloomth that I think they both share. JMNSHO.

[@sallykurt3504]

Malicity D'Obscuro Yes! A Tim Burton version would be amazing!

[@carabiner7999]

@@sallykurt3504 Right?! We should write to him and beg him to do so!

[@karlfonner7589]

I’ve got a question. How many people nearly broke their legs jumping off the roof with an umbrella after watching this movie-when they were kids?

[@LA-gh3mi]

Nope 😂

[@Carolyngenea]

We three siblings took turns jumping off the railing of the back deck with the umbrella. Our poor mother was taking a nap at the time. Our little sister was about 4. Mom woke up to her crying because she bit through the tip of her tongue so deep. There was a lot of blood. Mom had to take her to the doctor for stitches or cautery. That could have turned out much worse, but we were in trouble, for sure.

[@nancydutt1492]

Yes!

[@vh6307]

Yup the upstairs porch with my towel as a cape!!🙈🙋🏾‍♀️😅

[@johnburt7935]

Whose decision was it that in the book's illustrations, Mary Poppins should look so much like Mrs. Travers . . . ?

[@heidimiller642]

Thank you for making this video. Mary Poppins always confused me. She did all kinds of miraculous tricks when the parents weren't around. Then she lied and said it didn't happen. She frightened me. Adults were supposed to tell the truth.

[@Snowystardust12]

Heidi Miller that’s really interesting. I love Mary poppins, but I only saw the movie as an adult. Your comment reminds me of how Alice in wonderland was very disturbing to me as a child, and I strongly disliked it. If I’d seen Mary poppins as a child, I too would have probably wondered how a good person could also be a liar. That’s why I loved the wizard of Oz,. As a child I needed clear pictures of good and bad. The ability for Moral complexity comes later, in adolescence.

[@sopigmented3012]

Maybe you can fit more adverts into this video

[@ohkaygoplay]

Her thought that ideas are out there in the world, and they choose people to pick on is an idea I've held to for many years. My current wip is like that. Some people are chosen to tell a story.

[@terria.2581]

Mary poppins is a time Lord for sure

[@TheFiddle101]

A marvellously interesting person. I think she's right, ideas do float about. It does not have to be ultimately autobiographical. But the details of her life padded her fantasies. Wonderful.

[@SonjaDawn]

It is a shame in film back then that the male lead always had to be the saviour...

[@graciep.6984]

I loved the Mary Poppins books as a child. I got lost in them. That has a whole new significance now, as my childhood was not a happy one. P.L. Travers' books did exactly what they were created to do. Mary Poppins took me away from it all, the books absorbing me in a way that the movie never could. As enjoyable as the movie is, it doesn't run nearly as deep. Having watched this, I think I might have to buy them again and revisit my old escape.

[@Ilikefrogs..]

I agree with P.L. the movie was TERRIBLE in comparison to the books.

[@EDDIELANE]

Who takes one twin and leaves the other?? (I mean other than the couple from the Parent Trap)

[@shebamaree9026]

Happened in my town

[@SamusKerrigan]

@@shebamaree9026 Doesn't mean it's the right thing to do

[@davidthedeaf]

A different time, things like that happened.

[@alexiatr]

@@davidthedeaf doesn't make I try any better, she ended up doing the thing she complained about when she was a kid

[@lindielee8944]

While to us I this current age believe separating twins is unthinkable, then many decades ago splitting up twins it brothers and sisters was common.

[@anikashadap2800]

It's beautiful. I enjoyed listening to her story. Thank you for sharing 💕

[@illiengalene2285]

I never liked Marry Poppins, at least now I know why. I find the author inherently unsympathetic and it extends to her characters. And I hate the movie with all my heart, I get terrible migraines and fainting from the loud chaotic, sickening brightness and I never trusted easily and especially to strangers, the character would have upset me deeply in any scenario I could have imagined. What I don't like about the author? Desperat, dependent and careless is what this person screaming for me. No thanks for me. (After the movie cut I have migraines again. )

[@1whitkat]

The movie is a poor copy of the books.

[@sarahstrong7174]

Might be worth talking to a therapist about these migraines & fainting. Theres something underlying going on there.

[@illiengalene2285]

@@sarahstrong7174 I am in therapy for 15 years now, but the migraines are mostly stress results. And it's totally normal for the combined ADHD, ASD, depression and anxiety..

[@sarahstrong7174]

Thankyou for your reply. I have PTSD & find certain movies make me quite ill too. Especially with violence in. I do hope you find a good way forward & some relief. All the best.

[@7XO7XO7XO]

Wow Love how they put this together The ending was heart fluttering Her sons tears of love made my heart flutter with a glimpse of heart felt love that ached for his mother Made me reach for my heart as it bursted ❤

[@bookworm3005]

The composers were instrumental in making Mary Poppins... Lol I see what you did there

[@5cloudwalker]

Writers always have the need to put their writing first this is so true I watched a documentary on another well-known British author in Enyd Blyton I was appalled at her family life neglecting her children She had put up a façade to hide her family life

[@theamhway]

I wish her son would not have to be sacrificed in the making of Mary Poppins.

[@collinhunter9792]

@Robert Alpy so wat happened to the other brother?

[@ingridnineteen5566]

@@collinhunter9792 they say here he was raised by the grandparents in Ireland

[@devydu]

It was painful to watch the scene of her mature son trying to hold back his tears when trying to explain his mother’s withholding of outward love & affection for him as a young boy and wanting to believe she really had heart, but refused or could not show it. Then he had to ask for a drink to numb his sadness. The tragedies of Pamela’s young life and her obsession with writing the Mary Poppins books affected her role as a mother to her adopted son, who was tragically separated from his twin brother and the truth of his life kept a big secret. I can’t tell from his interviews if he was ever fond of his mother’s books and “alter ego” or of the Disney movie. I was happy to see his reunion with his twin and rest of his biological family. Disney's "Mary Poppins" was part of my childhood, so having watched "Saving Mr. Banks" and this documentary about author Pamela Travers was quite an eye-opener.

[@sandrastreifel6452]

Shaashimi Chilombo: Withholding affection and love from a child, however good your motivation, IS cruel. Because of deficiencies in her own upbringing, PL Travers had significant limitations on her ability to be a really good mother to her son. That’s just the sad facts.

[@catherinegraham6305]

@Shaashimi Chilombo Wow, enough name calling.

[@Redlioness-gp9ci]

Supercalafragilisticexpialadocious "Supernatural" .

[@lameesahmad9166]

My son at the age of 8 played one of the penguins in a school play of Mary Poppins. I thoroughly enjoyed every minute of it. Every child played a wonderful part. I myself remember at the age of 6 being absolutely entranced with a wonderful Mary Poppins pop-up book which we had in our school library. I can laugh now at the pun of a pop-up book of Mary Poppins. But it was sort of magical to me and I enjoyed every minute of the film when I eventually got to see it. It really is a wonderful story to a child when the dream world and reality ride side by side in the innocent perception of a naive little soul. And even now I will sing the rhyme of 'A spoon full of sugar'.

[@scotttyson607]

Creative people often suffer from bouts of depression that ordinary people do not understand.

[@sachab6098]

It sounds like a sufferer of PTSD who sought stability/constants in her life, idols/doting figures to look up to, and healing from her inner turmoil.

[@karincervantes8998]

Wow, I never knew what kind of a life she lead. Thanks !

[@denelll.bennettsurvivorwar8224]

*I love the fact that even though her childhood was so horrible, I can’t even imagine having to deal with at 7 years old my mom trying to commit suicide, and even younger my Dad dying which would be even worse, So So Awful; that she gave us Mary Poppins who is a figure that we can rely on!*

[@lizagervais8621]

Denell L. Bennett Survivor/Warrior Watch the movie “Saving Mr Banks”

[@Horse237]

@@lizagervais8621 I was 40 years-old before the pain I felt from my childhood dissipated. The lack of human contact was a greater burden than physical starvation to the point of the atrophy of my legs. When I was a child, I learned to drink water, chew on my belt and rub my stomach rhythmically to overcome hunger pangs. I learned from that and decided to rub my arms to simulate human contact. I never did see the Mary Poppins film or the Saving Mr Banks. I initially wanted to watch a few minutes but I am still watching it at 30 minutes in.

[@nadiashireensiddiqi]

Mr.Banks worked at the bank.

[@CnithTheOnliestOne]

@@Horse237 I'm so sorry that happened to you. I hope you are doing well now or on the way to getting well. Thank you for your journey. You're worth it!

[@Horse237]

@@CnithTheOnliestOne Thanks for your kind words. I used reason to overcome emotional damage. I have a spiritual blog. I wrote this: youarereality.wordpress.com/2014/03/19/emma-curtis-hopkins-the-12-lessons-of-healing/ And this: youarereality.wordpress.com/2015/12/28/marie-watts-the-ultimate/

[@sproutsrevil6508]

She did not sound perfectly perfect in any way. And her poor son. 😢

[@jaykay1053]

I believe Mary Poppins sees on her measuring tape, "Practically Perfect in Every Way", which is entirely different. ;)

[@chrisgoode37]

Nobody's perfect, we can only try our best.

[@mcaskey358]

I think the fact that he cried when talking about her, proves that he doesn't need your pity and that his mother did as good a job as any.

[@deannamurphy8725]

Mary Poppins was a character she made up, not a reflection of herself. Mary Poppins was practically perfect in every way, not Pamala. Also - showering adoration on children is a modern thing. Before birth control, children were born whether you wanted them or not.

[@TheCesarLorenzo]

What an amazing work! And what a magical journey! Beautiful!

[@everynewdayisablessing8509]

To understand her you have to remember that she was born in 1899 and didn't have a happy childhood. Somebody once said that you can't hate a person really after you hear their life story. Everyone has events that shaped them. I lost my dad too early too and was also the oldest daughter (of 5), and our nearest neighbour was an alcoholic and a threat to his wife and we were scared of him too. On one occassion his wife run away from him and hid in our house because he was after her with a knife. Those things stay with you and shape you. I feel for her as a child who lost her beloved father. Many young girls idolize their fathers; just look at Audrey Hepburn, Enid Blyton or Lucy Maud Montgomery. It does feel a bit insensitive to adopt one twin and not both, but she was a single woman so perhaps she thought it would be too much to handle two babies and writing. I'm a children's writer too so I know how writing can take over your life and I completely understand why she wanted to rewrite her childhood via books and conceal the ugly and sad truth of it. I also understand why she claims she can't take credit for the books she wrote. Yes, stories just come to us. They almost write themselves, we are just the pencil holders. Some authors have to put a lot of work to write, but for some of us it works like that, like magic. That was the case with Enid Blyton too. She closed her eyes for a few minutes and the stories started coming. I know this sounds crazy, but I experience this too, so I know it is true, to some anyway. RIP P L Travers.

[@edcpike]

One of my favorite books as a child. I still have it and read it to my granddaughter.