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Burnett is saying that constant cheerfulness is not realistic. She suggests that having a range of moods and reactions can be part of being fully engaged and creative. The Mary Poppins reference is used to contrast forced perfection with a more human way of being.
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About Carol Burnett
American comedienne, actress, singer and writer
Carol Burnett is an American comedienne, actress, singer, and writer. She is known for work across stage and screen, in both comic and dramatic roles, and for a career that has brought her wide recognition in American entertainment. Her honors include five Golden Globe Awards, a Grammy Award, seven Primetime Emmy Awards, twelve People’s Choice Awards, and two Peabody Awards. She also received a Special Tony Award in 1969, a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1975, the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2005, the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in 2013, the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in 2015, and the inaugural Golden Globe Carol Burnett Award in 2019.
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Books by Carol Burnett
In Such Good Company
2016
Carrie and Me
2013
One More Time
2003
This Time Together
2010