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QNPoohBear wrote: "You have to see the musical! It's basically a filmed version of the Broadway show. Audrey Hepburn and Rex Harrison are fantastic. Higgins wants her back because he has grown " accustomed to her loo..."
I have watched it and really liked it. I read the postscript written by George Bernard Shaw which was included in the book I read. He firmly states in it that he never intended to unite Eliza and Higgins. He further gives a brief description on how Eliza's life turns out once she "sweeps out" at the end of the play.
So it is that Pygmalion was never intended to be a romantic play. :)
I've never read the play Piyangie but have seen the movie a few times. Your review, as always, spot on, so much so that perhaps someday, I'll get to the play! 😊
Thank you, Loretta. I'm sure you'll like it when you get to read it. I came across it through a group read. Otherwise I too would not have read it still. :)
Piyangie wrote: "Thank you, Loretta. I'm sure you'll like it when you get to read it. I came across it through a group read. Otherwise I too would not have read it still. :)"
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Michael wrote: "Great review, Piyangie! I remember really enjoying the dialogue back when I read this in college."
Thank you, Michael. The dialogues are very clever and humorous. I had a fun time reading it.
Great review, Piyangie! I've been performing this with a local troupe. I, also, remember seeing "My Fair Lady" a long time ago and remember some of the songs, but I so much prefer Shaw's original ending & its feminist statement. To suggest that Eliza comes back to be with Higgins, to me, ruins the entire story. I'm glad he wrote the postscript, so there can be no doubt what his intent was.
Elizabeth wrote: "Great review, Piyangie! I've been performing this with a local troupe. I, also, remember seeing "My Fair Lady" a long time ago and remember some of the songs, but I so much prefer Shaw's original e..."
Thank you, Elizabeth. I quite agree with your view about the ending. That is the natural ending that matches the flow of the story. If he had reversed that flow, the story would have been utterly ruined. He might have, however, feared that the ending will be altered and felt a need of a postscript. Anyhow, as you've said, that it was wise of Shaw to have made his intention clear.
My favorite part was when Eliza had adopted posh upper-class pronunciation, but continued to use Cockney vocabulary and grammar: "There is some what thinks they done her in."
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QNPoohBear wrote: "You have to see the musical! It's basically a filmed version of the Broadway show. Audrey Hepburn and Rex Harrison are fantastic. Higgins wants her back because he has grown " accustomed to her loo..."I have watched it and really liked it. I read the postscript written by George Bernard Shaw which was included in the book I read. He firmly states in it that he never intended to unite Eliza and Higgins. He further gives a brief description on how Eliza's life turns out once she "sweeps out" at the end of the play.
So it is that Pygmalion was never intended to be a romantic play. :)
I've never read the play Piyangie but have seen the movie a few times. Your review, as always, spot on, so much so that perhaps someday, I'll get to the play! 😊
Thank you, Loretta. I'm sure you'll like it when you get to read it. I came across it through a group read. Otherwise I too would not have read it still. :)
Piyangie wrote: "Thank you, Loretta. I'm sure you'll like it when you get to read it. I came across it through a group read. Otherwise I too would not have read it still. :)"😊
Michael wrote: "Great review, Piyangie! I remember really enjoying the dialogue back when I read this in college."Thank you, Michael. The dialogues are very clever and humorous. I had a fun time reading it.
Great review, Piyangie! I've been performing this with a local troupe. I, also, remember seeing "My Fair Lady" a long time ago and remember some of the songs, but I so much prefer Shaw's original ending & its feminist statement. To suggest that Eliza comes back to be with Higgins, to me, ruins the entire story. I'm glad he wrote the postscript, so there can be no doubt what his intent was.
Elizabeth wrote: "Great review, Piyangie! I've been performing this with a local troupe. I, also, remember seeing "My Fair Lady" a long time ago and remember some of the songs, but I so much prefer Shaw's original e..."Thank you, Elizabeth. I quite agree with your view about the ending. That is the natural ending that matches the flow of the story. If he had reversed that flow, the story would have been utterly ruined. He might have, however, feared that the ending will be altered and felt a need of a postscript. Anyhow, as you've said, that it was wise of Shaw to have made his intention clear.
My favorite part was when Eliza had adopted posh upper-class pronunciation, but continued to use Cockney vocabulary and grammar: "There is some what thinks they done her in."
Accustomed to her voice
Accustomed to her face"
Lerner and Loewe take a slightly more romantic approach to the story. Did you read about how George Bernard Shaw originally intended his play to end? https://www.pri.org/stories/2014-07-0...