Daily Dialogue — March 14, 2013

“You’d never think of pressing your advantage. Forbearance is the hallmark of your creed. A lady needn’t fear when you are near. Your sweet gentility is crystal clear!”

— Mary Poppins (1964), screenplay by Bill Walsh & Don DaGradi, books by P.L. Travers

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week is innuendo, suggested by Hawkewood. Today’s suggestion by SabinaGiado.

Trivia: Walt Disney first attempted to purchase the film rights from P.L. Travers as early as 1938. Travers rejected his advances as she didn’t believe a film version would do justice to her creation. Another reason for her initial rejection would have been that at that time the Disney studios had not yet produced a live action film. Travers finally relented and sold the film rights to Disney in 1961, although she retained script approval rights. One of the reasons prompting her to do so was a decline in her book sales.

Dialogue On Dialogue: Commentary from Sabina about the dialogue cited above and her ‘translation’ of innuendo: “‘You’re not going to try to fondle me or get in my bloomers because you’re a gentleman… aren’t you?’ The look in Bert’s eyes says to me he sometimes wishes he wasn’t.”