Scary Mary

Dood, the music is FROM the move... its a spoon full of sugar... just really soft.... 

 part of it is, but the other part is from some other track. says so in the editor's comments lol

Actually if you read the original books, Mary Poppins is quite a bit 'darker' than the original Disney movie (this was bits of that original movie).  THAT was unbelievably sugary in comparison.

In fact, the author had a fit because Disney watered it down so much.

The new Broadway musical is quite a bit less sugary and is darker in places (altho not nearly as dark as this is trying to be).  There's actually a character in the Broadway play called Miss Andrews (*grin*) who is supposedly Mr. Banks nanny from when he was a boy and she's a total terror. 

I'm sure the reason some one did this prank video was as a take off on the hype about the Broadway show.  THAT is Disney done ... but it got a lot of hype out of the fact that it was 'darker' than the movie.

*** Van ***'s British accent?  THAT is scarey (my husband says it takes the prize for being the all-time WORST accent ever!!)

We saw the Broadway play in NYC last March.  It is a TON of fun.  And .... at the end Mary 'flies off' with her umbrella -- she lifts off the stage and goes up up up THREE STORIES and disappears into the ceiling at the very back of the theatre over the audience's shoulders stage left!!!

When Bert does the rooftop scene (Step in Time) he gets to "dance on the ceiling" (a la Lionel Ritchie) -- yep right in front of you on stage.  Pretty cool effects. 

see i didnt even know there was a book!!

and yeah Disney has a reputation for watering down darker stories.. 

Older Yeller for example.. in the film (if you're a kid seeing it for the first time) they shock you into thinking "Yeah lets give hima chance! maybe he wont be sick!" only to end up shooting him later.... very tense, dramatic, and FRIGHTENING moment (especially if you're a mother!)

but in the book.. no. they shot him dead right after the wolf fight. sorry if i spoiled it for anyone lol there were some other things they didnt include in the film that, by Disney standards, were far too violent and bloody... Savage Sam - the sequel to Old Yeller - is ALMOST close to the book.... though they leave out some of the scalping and more violent scenes...

of course Disney wasnt in the business to tell the true to book story.. he was in it to make art and entertain kids. if he did the TRUE version of Cinderella, Snow White, and Sleeping Beauty then there would be no pretty, silvery, airy fairy, kid friendly theme park!! 

Walt is still making money, beyond death, because he watered down fables

and i agree with your husband.. that accent is enough to make you wince in pain!!