I get the point of the movie, but don't the kids still need a nanny to look after them? It's nice that Mary Poppins helped them as a family but both parents are gone during the day so the kids still need someone to look after them.
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I'm not too sure if Mr. Banks had his job anymore at the end of the film (I could be wrong though, I'm not sure), and I think it was to do with the fact that they wouldn't need a nanny so rigidly anymore, as the parents would now make more of an effort to be with their children and not have a nanny to constantly look after them because the parents wouldn't allow time to do it themselves.
They also had others working for them, that could watch the children from occasion to occasion as well, with the other servants not having to take so much time out of their other work.
Mr Banks got his job back. He was actually made partner. Pay attention to the conversation between Mr Banks and Mr Dawes Jr while they were flying kites.
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> I get the point of the movie, but don't the kids still need a nanny to look after them?
Now that Mary has fixed the family, any old nanny from off the street can do the job.
Besides, Mary is always needed elsewhere.
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You didn't get the point of the film. When they're home they'll be with their mother, or with her during her suffrage demonstrations.
shareThe point of the film is not that the mother is going to spend more time with her children. The point of the film is that Mary Poppins helped the family, specifically Mr. Banks to be a better father. The mom didn't really go through any kind of character change, the father did. They'll probably hire more nannies in the future, but the children will be happier now because they'll feel loved by their father.
Well, we don't know that. And it's been over 30 years since I read the book, so I can't recall whether it's on their table or not, but the message I got from the film was that an extravagance like a nanny wouldn't be needed anymore because the family realizes that they have each other. And the staff on hand will probably help out too.
shareThe mother attached her suffrage ribbon to the kite to make a tail. I took this to mean she had realized it was wrong to neglect her family, and would be home with her children more now.
With Banks back at his job (but with charity in his heart) and mom back at home, the family has been restored.
My interpretation, as well.
shareThe nanny seemed more or less to keep Jane and Michael under control. If you recall, toward the beginning of the film they had ran off from Katy Nana to chase their kite. Also, in their letter to the perfect nanny, it's hinted at what little devilish pranksters they are. By the end of the movie, thanks to Mary, the children had learned to behave themselves, so most likely the Banks and the domestics could handle them now.
shareIn the Victorian Era it was commonplace for middle-class British families to employ servants--maid, nanny, cook, perhaps gardener. It was a way of emulating the upper classes and showing off their new found prosperity.
Parents often saw their children only at mealtimes. The "children should be seen and not heard" mentality was the order of the day. The nanny was by far the most important person in a child's life.
I think one of the purposes of Mary Poppins is to tell the middle-class that the 20th century is a very different place. Children will be raised by their own parents, and children and parents must now actually get to know each other.
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They may still need a nanny, but like others have said, any nanny will do now and Katie Nana and the other lady and the parents will now be more inclined to watch the children and make sure they behave.
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