Mary Poppins film age rating raised over 'discriminatory language'
- British film censors upgraded the age classification of the iconic Julie Andrews
- movie Mary Poppins due to "discriminatory language" in the picture.
- The 1964 movie was previously rated U for universal, but it is now rated PG for parental supervision.
- Soot-faced chimney-sweeps are referred to in it by a word that was initially used disparagingly
- by white Europeans to describe nomadic peoples in southern Africa.
- According to the BBFC, that now "exceeds our guidelines" for U films.
- In 1965, it took home five Oscars, including best song and best actress.
- In Mary Poppins (1964), the phrase 'hottentots' is used discriminatorily twice.
- As a result, the movie was rated PG for its offensive language."
-Parents are urged to examine whether the content may upset younger or more sensitive children.
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