{"id":51646,"date":"2024-02-26T13:04:45","date_gmt":"2024-02-26T13:04:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\/?p=51646"},"modified":"2024-02-26T13:05:09","modified_gmt":"2024-02-26T13:05:09","slug":"mary-poppins-rating-raised-from-u-to-pg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\/index.php\/2024\/02\/26\/mary-poppins-rating-raised-from-u-to-pg\/","title":{"rendered":"Mary Poppins rating raised from U to PG"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The iconic 1964 film has had its rating raised from U to PG due to &#8220;discriminatory language&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The British Board of Film Classification said: \u201cWhile Mary Poppins has a historical context, the use of discriminatory language is not condemned, and ultimately exceeds our guidelines for acceptable language at U.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe therefore classified the film PG for discriminatory language.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Mary Poppins has been Deemed Potentially Unsuitable for Children in the UK <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HqZNjaklej\">https:\/\/t.co\/HqZNjaklej<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cQlnRMz2DU\">pic.twitter.com\/cQlnRMz2DU<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Chip and Company (@chipandcompany) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chipandcompany\/status\/1762100728535925080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 26, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The iconic 1964 film has had its rating raised from U to PG due to &#8220;discriminatory language&#8221;. 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