Mary poppins who is bert

We don't know about you, but this completely changes the way we look at Mary and Bert's relationship! Image Source: Everett Collection. Mary Poppins Movies Theories. You May Also Like. Keke Palmer. A Sequel May Be Possible. Cynthia Erivo. Here's the Deal.

Bert : [singing] Winds in the east, mist coming in. Bert : Indubitably! Dawes Sr. Banks : Well, sir, they do say that when there's nothing to say, all you can say I said do you have anything to say? Banks : [begins giggling hysterically] Just one word, sir Banks : Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious! Mary Poppins was right, it's extraordinary! It does make you feel better! There's no such word! Banks : Oh yes! It is a word!

A perfectly good word! Actually, do you know what there's no such thing as? It turns out, with due respect, when all is said and done, that there's no such thing as YOU! Jane : Oh, Bert, we're so frightened. Bert : Now, now, don't take on so. Bert will take care of you. Like I was your father. Now, who's after you? Jane : Father is. Bert : What? Michael : He brought us to see his bank.

Jane : I don't know what we did, but it must have been something dreadful. Michael : He sent the police after us, and the army, and everything. Jane : Michael, don't exaggerate. Bert : Well now, there must be some mistake. Your dad's a fine gentleman and he loves you. Jane : I don't think so. You should have seen the look on his face. Michael : He doesn't like us at all.

Bert : Well now, that don't seem likely, does it? Jane : It's true. Bert : Let's sit down. You know, begging your pardon, but the one my heart goes out to is your father. There he is, in that cold heartless bank day after day, hammed in by mounds of cold heartless money. I don't like to see any living thing caged up. Jane : Father in a cage? Bert : They makes cages of all sizes and shapes, you know. Bank-shaped, some of them, carpets and all. Jane : Father's not in trouble.

We are. Bert : Oh. Sure about that, are you? Look at it this way. You've got your mother to look after you and Mary Poppins and Constable Jones and me. Who looks after your father? Tell me that. When something terrible happens, what does he do? Fends for himself, he does. Who does he tell about it? No one. After all, he knows Mary extremely well.

He also seemed to know something about the Banks children and about Cherry Tree Lane. In fact, he seems to know way too much about Cherry Tree Lane… way more than a random chimney sweep should know. Bert pulled the wool over our eyes, but very gently. He knew exactly who was coming because he asked her to come. He steps aside when Mary requires him aside. He brings the Banks family together with Mary.

He draws her in. He sees to and orchestrates everything. While Mary comes and does what she needs to do, Bert makes sure it all works. Then, in their time of need, he calls Mary to them. Sure, Mary carries the note in reassembled, but Bert retrieved it from the chimney. We know this because of the scene where Mary is no where to be found.

Bert and the children are by the chimney and Michael is swept up the chimney, just like the pieces of paper. This was all magic from Bert. With that said, Bert feigns ignorance so as to be just as genuinely surprised as the children when Mary actually arrives, but that surprise seems artificial. None of this did the children or even the Banks parents suspect.

In one of the last scenes in the film, Bert is in the house talking to Mr. Banks after the rest of the sweeps have gone. In this scene, even as Bert has played his role of the lowly chimney sweep, there is an immense sense of wisdom and orchestration. Or, even more likely, Bert taught that song TO Mary.

This one seemingly innocent scene is the one that says Bert is why the Banks family and indeed Mr. Banks is in its current state. Mary is no where to be found in this scene. Bert is not only the puppet master, but he is content and indeed wants it to remain that way; to stay behind the scenes and gently nudge people when they need it. If Mary acts as the precipice, Bert acts as the hand to nudge people to jump into the unknown. Indeed, Bert is the person who made the whole situation possible… from behind the scenes.

In a way, you can liken Bert to the Wizard of Oz behind that curtain. Bert pulled all of the strings making it all possible. In the end, Bert is the one behind the curtain. Mary seems to be the pawn, Bert appears to be the puppet master. Both are there for the same reason.

Both leave for the same reason. And yes, Bert is smitten with Mary. Subscribe to comments with RSS. Like Like. You are commenting using your WordPress. You are commenting using your Google account. You are commenting using your Twitter account. You are commenting using your Facebook account. Notify me of new comments via email. Notify me of new posts via email. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam.

Learn how your comment data is processed. Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Dawes as well as Bert. He's the only actor in the movie to play two characters.

Remember that lyric from Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious? Know who else is a real jerk? Dawes, the character who just so happens to be played by the same actor. Bert is a blue blood. Mary knows this because she was his nanny. She helped raise him and she knows his father was Mr. Dawes, Sr. Not sure if you know this, but people don't naturally float when they laugh. Before Mr. Dawes finally dies from laughing, he starts to float! In the boardroom!

This is proof, within the context of the movie, that Mary Poppins has been in contact with him during his life.