Entertainment Tonight had a blurb yesterday in which Meryl talks about her character in Mary Poppins Returns.
Tatiana Tarazia Kozitoritopotrepanovsky. That's what my non-Russian speaking ear heard Meryl say when describing the name of her "crazy" character, Topsy. In the original P.L. Travers book Mary Poppins Comes Back, Mary's cousin is actually a man, Mr. Turvy, and his maid (whom he marries) is Topsy. I do not know if she is supposed to be of Eastern-European descent in the book, but in the movie, Mr. Turvy's role is taken over by Topsy.
Looking forward to hearing Meryl's latest accent mastered.
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When you turn on the captions this is the name that comes up and having been raised by a Russian mother I think it’s correct:
ReplyDeleteTatiana Antanasia Cositori Topotrepolovsky
I believe it’s mostly Russian, Cositori might be Gypsy/Roma and it could be partly Polish as well.
That is a mouthful! Thanks for the input!
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