Review on 🌺 Hawaiian Julie Andrews by Manuel Gfx

Wow. It was damn interesting. Background: Mary Poppins, daughter of Archie Bunker, marries Father Merrin (the exorcist) and travels from Boston to do persistent Calvanist missionary propaganda in Hawaii in 1819. It proves a difficult journey, and once there, even more difficult, to convince the fabulously unrepentant Malama Ali'i Nui and her people to abandon centuries-old cultural practices including: *aloha*, daily joy, gratitude, and peace. , and free love/sex (with some royal incest between siblings and a bit of dubious infanticide as an encore). husband, and she ended up almost unlucky with her former almost-lover who ran away, King Arthur. King Arthur, always brave, remains loyal to her to the end, although Mary Poppins constantly shuns him in favor of Merrin's terribly obnoxious, funny and idiotic father. (Mary, you are *Pa hula wahine!*) Saving the souls of the naked (yes, naked!) hedonistic pagans of Hawaii isn't that easy, as Father Merrin learns when Malama Ali'i Nui chokes him with a crucial backhand. and his big mouth to the floor (the movie's best moment!) really represents Malama, as she always has the perfect answer for the puny, frivolous Merrin, while retaining her considerable strength and easily fooling him. and more. * Po'okela! *As usual, *Haolies* kill almost everyone in heartless, greedy, overbearing ways, but somehow they end up getting all the land, the loot, and the leverage. And yes, more than 200 years later, it's still everyday in Hawaii. This film is strange, but for the time it was probably trying to recognize and show the hypocrisy of this kind of missionary "work" and the painful practices of colonialism. The glasses were made, there were a few suggestions here and there that stood out. Unfortunately, no A-Level film will ever tell the full true story of the Kingdom of Hawaii, a sovereign, established nation that was doing business with most First World countries when it was overthrown by the US military in 1893. Even sadder, it will never be returned to the original owners. However, it was really nice to see some of the unspoilt Hawaii in the '60s - the valley's cinematography is beautiful and the Lahaina Hotel looks just like it. It's nice to see younger versions of great actors too. Jocelyn LaGarde as Malama is an outstanding superstar (her first and only film and she was nominated for best supporting actress) and should have won an Oscar for this film. Or at least a set of golden gloves.