{"id":2616,"date":"2024-02-26T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-26T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peixun021.com\/mary-poppins-age-rating-changed-discriminatory-language-uk\/"},"modified":"2024-02-26T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-02-26T00:00:00","slug":"mary-poppins-age-rating-changed-discriminatory-language-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peixun021.com\/mary-poppins-age-rating-changed-discriminatory-language-uk\/","title":{"rendered":"'Mary Poppins' Age Rating Changed in UK Over 'Discriminatory Language'"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Alamy\/Getty<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n<\/section>\n “Mary Poppins” is getting a fresh look in 2024 across the pond — its age rating has been raised because it features discriminatory language … which ain’t appropriate for all audiences.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n While you probably may have never noticed the offensive term in the live-action flick … the British Board of Film Classification — commonly referred to as the BBFC — is calling out the film’s use of the phrase “Hottentots,” as it’s said to be unsuitable for youngsters.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n It may sound like gibberish to us here in the States — but that term has history there in Britain. It’s a dated phrase that’s been deemed too racially offensive … and was used way back in the day by European colonizers in Africa — specifically as it pertains to the Khoikhoi, an indigenous group from Southwestern Africa.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n It’s believed the term “Hottentots” came about as an imitation of the group’s language, which featured clicks … and these days, it’s an old-timey racially charged word that isn’t really used anymore. And yet, it’s in “Mary Poppins.”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Getty<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n<\/section>\n As for when the insensitive phrase is used in the beloved Disney movie … it occurs during one of the film’s more iconic moments — the “Step in Time” number led by Dick Van Dyke<\/strong><\/a>‘s Bert, the chimney sweep … when all the guys have black soot covering their faces.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Specifically, when Bert and his band of chimney sweeps break into a rooftop dance … the Banks family’s eccentric neighbor, Admiral Boom (Reginald Owen<\/strong>) — who thinks he’s still commanding a naval ship — declares, “We’re being attacked by Hottentots.”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n