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3.75 AVERAGE
3.75 AVERAGE
I like this ending significantly more than the movie version.
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I really enjoyed the main play. There’s a lot of humour in the writing, which tempers the buffoonlike and brusque personality of Henry Higgins with the more considered yet strong personalities of the women. I felt that the essay about what happened afterwards detracted from the characters a little. I understand that the essay was Shaw’s more reasonable response to Tree changing the ending on the stage. His supposedly verbal response was to tell Tree that he should be shot.
I liked how much most of it read like straight exposition, and I felt like the ending was as complex as the real world ends up being
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
challenging
funny
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Despite the abrupt feel to the ending, I like it better than the movie My Fair Lady, which pretty much lifts most dialogue straight from the play.
I can't put my finger on why, except that for Eliza, who ringingly sings "I can do without you", to go cringing back ("I washed my face and hands before I come, I did") seems distasteful and disappointing.
I've never been so grateful that Higgins is a confirmed bachelor. That is his best ending. He cares about no one so much as himself, and since he treats everyone in a rubbish way, he feels justified in his rubbish treatment. What might be charming (or at least forgiveable) in a 4-6 year old boy wears heavy on a 40+year old man.
I can't put my finger on why, except that for Eliza, who ringingly sings "I can do without you", to go cringing back ("I washed my face and hands before I come, I did") seems distasteful and disappointing.
I've never been so grateful that Higgins is a confirmed bachelor. That is his best ending. He cares about no one so much as himself, and since he treats everyone in a rubbish way, he feels justified in his rubbish treatment. What might be charming (or at least forgiveable) in a 4-6 year old boy wears heavy on a 40+year old man.
3.5
The play is enjoyable, but wow Professor Higgins is an insufferable egocentric narcissist. If a man treated me the way he treats Eliza, I’d more than throw slippers at his face. I’d slap him. He’s uncommonly rude and defends his behavior by saying, “well I treat everyone that way, so you can’t be mad that I also treat YOU that way.” When, in fact, you certainly can. He’s constantly belittling Eliza’s feelings and opinions, and he insults her quite easily.
I do like that Eliza and Freddy have a normal life ending with trials and triumphs.
The play is enjoyable, but wow Professor Higgins is an insufferable egocentric narcissist. If a man treated me the way he treats Eliza, I’d more than throw slippers at his face. I’d slap him. He’s uncommonly rude and defends his behavior by saying, “well I treat everyone that way, so you can’t be mad that I also treat YOU that way.” When, in fact, you certainly can. He’s constantly belittling Eliza’s feelings and opinions, and he insults her quite easily.
I do like that Eliza and Freddy have a normal life ending with trials and triumphs.