‘Mary Poppins Returns’ Clip: Lin-Manuel Miranda Raps And Dances With Cartoon Penguins
We’ve seen plenty of footage fromMary Poppins ReturnsfeaturingEmily Bluntin full magical nanny mode, including aclip featuring a magical bath time. But what audiences haven’t seen enough of yet isHamiltoncreator and starLin-Manuel Mirandaadding to the film’s soundtrack. That changes today with a newMary Poppins Returnsclip which features the man himself bringing some of his trademark hip-hop lyrical style to the Disney sequel. And yes, there are animated penguins dancing with him too.
Watch the newMary Poppins Returnsclip below.
Mary Poppins Returns Clips
The clip plays at the beginning of theGood Morning Americainterview above before Lin-Manuel Miranda comes out to speak with the hosts about working onMary Poppins Returns. It looks charming, and the sets and costumes are bright and colorful, but this feels like it might be too much of a throwback to the original to really stand on its own.
So far critics have mostly been praising the sequel, giving it adecent 77% on Rotten Tomatoes, and the film has earned plenty of nominations from theCritics Choice Awardsand theGolden Globes, Ourown reviewwasn’t quite as enthralled as many critics. Josh Spiegel wrote specifically about the film’s soundtrack that it seems desperate to be crowd-pleasing but don’t really measure up:
“While composer and lyricists Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman mostly do a very good job of keeping the songs in the same early-20th-century style as those in the first film by the Sherman brothers, the songs quite simply fail to be memorable at all.”
you may judge for yourself by listening to the entire soundtrack before the movie opens tomorrow – the entire line-up of songs isavailable to stream online right now. Otherwise, you can hear it whenMary Poppins Returnshits theaters onDecember 19, 2018.
In Disney’s “Mary Poppins Returns,” an all new original musical and sequel, Mary Poppins is back to help the next generation of the Banks family find the joy and wonder missing in their lives following a personal loss. Emily Blunt stars as the practically-perfect nanny with unique magical skills who can turn any ordinary task into an unforgettable, fantastic adventure and Lin-Manuel Miranda plays her friend Jack, an optimistic street lamplighter who helps bring light—and life—to the streets of London.
