Is the World Ready for a Darker Take on ‘Mary Poppins’?

Disney’s Mary Poppins is rightfully a classic. It introduced Julie Andrews to the world; it was her feature film debut, and she picked up a Best Actress Oscar for her delightful performance. It also won Oscars for its visual effects, including its blend of live-action and animation in certain sequences, as well as for editing, score, and song (for the chimney sweep anthem “Chim Chim Cher-ee”).

It was a huge hit for the studio, decades later spawning both a making-of…