Sunday, 23 February 2014

Mr and Mrs Banks= Mr and Mrs Stock


I assume that in Mary Poppins the name Banks is a reference to Mr. Banks job as a banker. In my version he is a Stock broker so his name is Mr. Stock. I made him a stock broker as I think it is closer to what Mr. Banks seems to do than a modern day banker.
 Mrs Banks is a suffragette but obviously in a modern version this isn't possible. I made her a modern day feminist instead. In the film however she seems to not quite grasp the true nature of the suffragettes and I've tried to reflect this by making Mrs.Stock  the kind of feminist who hates men and seems to want superiority instead of equality. There is also hypocrisy in the film as she doesn't seem very feminist or progressive in her way of dealing with her husband and running the house. (Source: http://www.quotesworthrepeating.com/quote-by/m/mrs-banks/53-mary-poppins-movie-quote-by-mrs-banks/)
I've also shown this in my comic by trying to make Mr. Stock seem patronising to her and physically tower over her. The way I've positioned panels with Mr.Stock is supposed to make him seem powerful and somewhat fearful and contrast Mrs.Stock to him. You can take the reading that he abuses his kids and wife in some sort of way considering the dark tones of the rest of the comic but it's open to interpretation. 
  












(Source:http://www.aveleyman.com/FilmCredit.aspx?FilmID=12276



A lot of Mrs.Stock's character is based of the 'College Liberal Meme' especially ones concerning feminism, here's an example (http://doblelol.com/22/hate-them-grumpy-cat-meme-funny.htm)

This meme influenced me a lot on the character's point of view and appearance (mainly the dreadlocks). As it is a current meme it also made sure that Mrs.Stock was a modern character and not too like the now outdated Mrs.Banks


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