Just putting this out there right off the bat: Mary Poppins is a masterpiece that still holds up today, right down to Dick Van Dyke’s horrific attempt at a British accent.
So it’s probably no surprise that the upcoming sequel Mary Poppins Returns faces an uphill task to live up to its predecessor, especially after the 54 year gap between films.
But judging by the newly released first trailer of Mary Poppins Returns, any worries over whether the sequel will completely live up to the original have been dissipated thanks to one glaring thing: Lin-Manuel Miranda and his awful British accent.
Miranda’s British accent is just so…bizarre. It sounds like he is trying to emulate a Cockney accent but ended up somewhere in Ireland by accident so he just gave up.
And that is all the evidence I need as to whether Mary Poppins Returns will be faithful to the original.
Just as how Dick Van Dyke’s awful British accent has become notorious and yet had no bearing on Mary Poppins‘ quality, I now have faith that it will be the exact same scenario with Lin-Manuel Miranda’s accent and Mary Poppins Returns.
And there’s also Emily Blunt as Mary Poppins. She is just so damn delightful as the magical nanny that I feel warm and fuzzy every time she speaks, even when she’s berating someone.
My theory isn’t exactly rock solid admittedly, and it really is all just a long winded way of saying “look Mary Poppins Returns may not be a masterpiece, but let’s just enjoy it anyway”.
There’s still a bit of a wait before we get our long-awaited visit from Mary Poppins on December 19, so check out the trailer right here to get your magical and bad British accent fix in the meantime.
