Mary Poppins (character) better people, but is ultimately driven to alcoholism. Natalie Schafer (as Lovey Howell) plays a "Mary Poppins"-like character named Mary Poppedin in a dream sequence of the "Gilligan's Island" episode "And Then There Were None". Michael Rooker as Yondu in "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2" (2017) shouts, "I'm Mary Poppins, y'all!" Mary Poppins (character) Mary Poppins is a fictional character and the eponymous protagonist of P. L. Travers's "Mary Poppins" books and all of their adaptations. A magical English nanny, she blows in on the East Wind and arrives at the Banks home at Number Seventeen Cherry Tree Lane,
Mary Poppins Returns the nostalgia to "". Brian Truitt of "USA Today" labelled it as "comforting nostalgia-fest" and "satisfaction in spit-spot fashion" while commending the performances of Blunt and Miranda (which he referred them as "endlessly charming") as well Marshall's knack on musical numbers and Shaiman's "swinging delight" original score. Peter Travers of "Rolling Stone" rated the film with three out of five stars, praising Blunt's unique portrayal of the titular character while referring the film as an "industrial-strength sugarplum" and felt that the sequel didn't live up to the 1964 original, but nevertheless praised the film in which he remarked: ""Mary Poppins