https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/us-academic-sparks-mary-poppins-blackface-row-
Mary Poppins branded racist by US academic in 'blackface' row over scene where she gets covered in soot
In a piece for the New York Times, Professor criticises one of the film's iconic moments, when Mary Poppins joins Dick Van Dyke's Bert to dance on a rooftop for the classic song Step in Time.
Hopefully someone takes this clown out to the woods and does a number on him.