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‘Mary Poppins’ Age Rating Increased In UK Over The Film’s Use Of “Discriminatory Language”
'Mary Poppins' has been upgraded from a U to a PG over "discriminatory language," according to the British Board of Film Classification.
That’s the verdict of the British Board of Film Classification(BBFC), which last week increased the age rating on the Julie Andrews classic because it contains “discriminatory language.” Mary Poppins is being re-released in select UK cinemas next month to celebrate the film’s 60th anniversary, prompting BBFC to upgrade its classification for the first time since 1964. Reginald Owen’s Admiral Boom utters the slur twice in Mary Poppins, including using it to describe chimney sweeps, whose faces are blackened with soot.
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