Mary Poppins Rating Changes Due To Specific Language

The decision was made just last week, and in explaining the reason behind the reclassification, a spokesperson for the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) said it was due to two instances within the 1964 Mary Poppins of a character using the word “hottentots.”

If you saw the movie you may have heard the word and thought nothing of it, maybe just assuming it was some funny old English slang word. However, the BBFC has clarified that the word is, in actuality, an antiquated racial slur.