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5.09 Is MARY POPPINS RETURNS Practically Perfect?

January 20, 2019 by Steve Norton

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After 60 years, Mary Poppins Returns! With Emily Blunt stepping into the legacy (and Oscar-winning) legacy of Julie Andrews, Poppins automatically has massive expectations to live up to the charm of the original Disney classic. But, is the result practically perfect? Or does the sequel ?go fly a kite?? In a supercalifragilisticexpialidocious conversation, I?m joined by Seeing and Believing co-host, Kevin McLenithan to discuss whether or not this film ?steps in time? to the original, power of perspective, and?in a special segment?our Top 3 Movie Moments of 2018.

You can also stream the episode above on podomatic, SoundCloud or on Spotify! Or, you can download the ep on Apple Podcasts, Google Play or more!

5.09 Mary Poppins Returns

Want to continue to conversation at home? ?Click the link below to download ?Fishing for More? ? some small group questions for you to bring to those in your area.

Thanks Kevin for joining us!

January 20, 2019 by Steve Norton Filed Under: Film, Podcast Tagged With: Angela Lansbury, Avengers: Infinity War, Ben Whishaw, Best of, Bohemian Rhapsody, Colin Firth, Dick Van Dyke, Disney, Eighth Grade, Emily Blunt, Emily Mortimer, Infinity War, Into the Spiderverse, Julie Andrews, Julie Walters, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Mary Poppins, Mary Poppins Returns, Meryl Streep, Miles Morales, musical, Oscars, Rami Malek, remake, spider-man, Thanos, Top Ten, Widows, Won't You Be My Neighbor?

The Sense of an Ending – Unhistoric History

March 10, 2017 by Darrel Manson

I have a t-shirt that reads ?The older I get the better I was.? That sentiment immediately came to mind when I watched The Sense of an Ending. It is a story of memory of past times, but we see that those memories may not be a reliable recounting of what happened.

Adapted from the Man Booker Prize winning novel by Julian Barnes, the central character of the piece is Tony Webster (Jim Broadbent), a semi-retired recluse. When he gets a letter from someone about something that has been left to him, it starts his recollection of times and people from his past. The film wanders back and forth between the present day and his memories of the past. In the current sections, Tony deals with his ex-wife Margaret (Harriet Walter), daughter Susie (Michelle Dockery), and his first love from long ago Veronica (Charlotte Rampling). In the flashbacks, we meet the younger Tony (Billy Howle) and Veronica (Freya Mavor), and Veronica?s mother Sarah (Emily Mortimer).

Through it all we may think that Tony?s memories are accurate but, as the story progresses, he begins to have memories that he has long suppressed?memories that may change the way he understands himself after all these years?and may reflect on the person he has become.

There is a scene in flashback where Adrian (Joe Alwyn), Tony?s friend and rival at school, reflects on the impossibility of truly knowing history. There is always so much that is not known that we tend to make assumptions based on inadequate information. This plays out often both in Tony?s memories and in the world in which he is growing old.

How we remember (and what we choose to remember or forget) greatly impact on the way we understand our lives and?the world. Nostalgia often makes us think of ?the good old days?, but those days are often filled with darkness that we have forgotten. Certainly (as my t-shirt attests) that can create personal histories that are only real to us. It?s understandable that we concentrate on the good things from our past and let our mistakes slide into the void of forgotten history. Being able to do that sets us free to find happiness without the continued burden of guilt.

But this can also be found as something we do as a society. It was a happy coincidence that the day after I screened The Sense of an Ending I came across a reference to an article on Time.com written by Serenity Jones, President of Union Theological Seminary in New York. The article, written during last year?s election, reflects on the ferociousness of the discourse. She talks about our nation?s theological national story, but points out:

From a spiritual perspective, the problem is that this story has not incorporated a serious account of our wrongs. Our enduring flaws, profound failures, egregious harm and horrendous evils?none of these are part of our core story. The clearest example of this is our failure to sufficiently deal with our two most obviously horrific wrongs?the carefully orchestrated genocide of Native American and the 300-year-long story of the most brutal social system ever created, chattel slavery.

Whether it is on a personal level or as a nation, the flaws of our memory may make life easier for us on some levels. Forgetting past sins may well seem like a blessing. But it can also block us from experiencing repentance and the true freedom from our mistakes that can lead us to find new life ahead.

Photos courtesy CBS Films

 

March 10, 2017 by Darrel Manson Filed Under: Film, Reviews Tagged With: based on a novel, Billy Howle, Charlotte Rampling, Emily Mortimer, Freya Mavor, Harriet Walter, Jim Broaddent, Joe Alwyn, Julian Barnes, Memory, Michelle Dockerty, Ritesh Batra

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