Pollack-Pelzner says that, while the scene may be comic, the author of the Mary Poppins books, PL Travers, often associated chimney sweeps’ blackened faces with racial caricatures. He points to ...

Mary's charming pal Bert the chimney sweep (2013 ... when her magical hat stand prop refused to stand properly. Given the cinematic legacy of "Mary Poppins," it's fitting that Hicks gets a ...