OK, a disclaimer here: We have a 2 year old who LOVES LOVES LOVES Mary Poppins (the movie).
We've probably watched it over 100 times this year (no exaggeration).
After a while, you start to notice things you didn't see/hear the first few dozen times.
For instance, here's a lyric from a recent movie Little Mermaid (Ariel, the mermaid, sings about the human stuff she's collected):
OK, she longs to be on shore, walking, dancing. Neat idea.
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Now, here's a lyric from Mary Poppins (when Papa Banks takes his kids to where he works-- a bank):
Remember, these lyrics were being sung to 7-8 year old kids in the movie (the same demographic that is listening/watching the movie).
I find this amazing.
And encouraging.
Yes, the focus in the first quote (Ariel) is collecting stuff, and wanting *more*-- and the focus of the second quote (from a movie 30 years earlier) is to save, and the power saving-- and money in general-- gives you.
Do you recall other Disney movies that did this?
There are other, very important lessons in the movie (the value of tuppence). If this thread takes off, I'll include my additional thoughts on what Disney was trying to say (or, at least, what I've gotten out of this by watching it so many times!).
It's said one of the songs in this movie was Walt Disney's favorite of all the songs he'd helped produce. It's not the one above-- but it ties in w/it. And once you hear the song--and see it from Disney's perspective-- it explains a LOT about Disney's incredible empire-- and his techniques for getting it.
Techniques, which, even in this day, are extraordinarily Fastlane.
-Russ H.
We've probably watched it over 100 times this year (no exaggeration).
After a while, you start to notice things you didn't see/hear the first few dozen times.
For instance, here's a lyric from a recent movie Little Mermaid (Ariel, the mermaid, sings about the human stuff she's collected):
Ariel the Little Mermaid said:
OK, she longs to be on shore, walking, dancing. Neat idea.
********
Now, here's a lyric from Mary Poppins (when Papa Banks takes his kids to where he works-- a bank):
The Bankers said:
Remember, these lyrics were being sung to 7-8 year old kids in the movie (the same demographic that is listening/watching the movie).
I find this amazing.
And encouraging.
Yes, the focus in the first quote (Ariel) is collecting stuff, and wanting *more*-- and the focus of the second quote (from a movie 30 years earlier) is to save, and the power saving-- and money in general-- gives you.
Do you recall other Disney movies that did this?
There are other, very important lessons in the movie (the value of tuppence). If this thread takes off, I'll include my additional thoughts on what Disney was trying to say (or, at least, what I've gotten out of this by watching it so many times!).
It's said one of the songs in this movie was Walt Disney's favorite of all the songs he'd helped produce. It's not the one above-- but it ties in w/it. And once you hear the song--and see it from Disney's perspective-- it explains a LOT about Disney's incredible empire-- and his techniques for getting it.
Techniques, which, even in this day, are extraordinarily Fastlane.
-Russ H.
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