Commentary: 'Sound of Music' isn't (just) what makes Julie Andrews great

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Memoir ‘Home Work’ inspires new appreciation of Julie Andrews' range and lesser-known films.

made headlines on at least two separate occasions — one hilarious, one terrifying, and both thoroughly indicative of just how beloved she remains.

I do not mean to fall into the usual trap of reducing Andrews’ career to her two best-loved roles, even if it is a mistake to which she herself must be more than accustomed by now. In her charming new memoir, “” — the book that prompted the offending tweet — she briefly mentions her own initial apprehension at following “Mary Poppins” so quickly with “The Sound of Music,” of playing two genially mischief-making, musically gifted nannies in a row.

If there is a lesson here, it isn’t just that practice makes perfect; it’s that humility begets authority. As a character, Mary Poppins embodies both. She endures, of course, because of her cheeky superiority, her bone-deep assurance that she is practically perfect in every way. But in Andrews’ exquisitely judged performance, what might have played like mere primness or arrogance instead emerges as something so much more human and delicate and understated.

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She is amazing. Love her. And my kids think The Princess Diaries movies are why she's a big deal. Haha

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