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Pygmalion and My Fair Lady
by George Bernard Shaw
There's nothing like an upcoming film adaptation that will encourage me to read something that's been collecting dust on my TBR shelf. There was a showing of My Fair Lady's 60th(?) anniversary and I had thrifted Pygmalion within the last year. I had never seen an Audrey Hepburn film because I tend to avoid hype. If everyone is clamoring over something, I tend to avoid it. I like to make my own inference without mob mentality. I saw the film and adored it. I understand why she is so beloved. My only qualm with the film is that Eliza Doolittle ends up with Henry Higgins, which is different from the play. I audibly whispered "What the fuck" when the credits rolled.
Pygmalion is based on the Greek myth of a sculptor who falls in love with own creation and Aphrodite brings the statue to life for him. There is a cherubic urchin named Eliza Doolittle who sells flowers on the street. An elocution expert named Henry Higgins hears her mangled speech and is determined to make her a lady, even to the point of presenting her as a duchess at a ball.
Personally, I like the grammatical aspect but Higgins was a nasty heel. He would use such lofty language but would twist it into rude barbs. He would call her a bilious pigeon and a guttersnipe. HH was not redeemed in my eyes and doesn't deserve Eliza at the end of the film, in my opinion. I was quite confused especially after she specifically sang a song about not needing him in her life. HH aside, Eliza had a blossoming transformation and I adored her. She has earned her way onto my favorite fictional females arsenal. I would like to see Julie Andrews' interpretation of Eliza, but Audrey Hepburn was lovely. I'm so pleased to have read the book and even spot direct dialogue in the film. HH is a cad, but Eliza is "loverly" to the max.
Pygmalion is based on the Greek myth of a sculptor who falls in love with own creation and Aphrodite brings the statue to life for him. There is a cherubic urchin named Eliza Doolittle who sells flowers on the street. An elocution expert named Henry Higgins hears her mangled speech and is determined to make her a lady, even to the point of presenting her as a duchess at a ball.
Personally, I like the grammatical aspect but Higgins was a nasty heel. He would use such lofty language but would twist it into rude barbs. He would call her a bilious pigeon and a guttersnipe. HH was not redeemed in my eyes and doesn't deserve Eliza at the end of the film, in my opinion. I was quite confused especially after she specifically sang a song about not needing him in her life. HH aside, Eliza had a blossoming transformation and I adored her. She has earned her way onto my favorite fictional females arsenal. I would like to see Julie Andrews' interpretation of Eliza, but Audrey Hepburn was lovely. I'm so pleased to have read the book and even spot direct dialogue in the film. HH is a cad, but Eliza is "loverly" to the max.