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• "Shaw couldn't even come up with the right ending for "Pygmalion"" - orejones 10:34:29 06/02/05 (4)
  In Reply to: Re: ROTFLMAO! posted by patrickU on June 2, 2005 at 10:04:28:

  Well, Shaw´s play doesn´t end like "My Fair Lady" does...

  While in the film Liza subdues herself to Higgins, her Demiurge, the man who had created Miss Doolittle, in the original play she slams the door in his face, and the ending (as played) is somewhat left open to interpretation. And then Shaw wrote a "Sequel", where he calmly analizes the whole situation, and reaches to the conclusion that Liza will marry Freddy, that dolt who in the film sings "On the Street where you live", and what will happen thereafter...

  Read the link, it´s interesting! And after that, just go to the end of Act V, and read the last lines in it...

  "My Fair Lady" is Shaw´s "Pygmalion" blenderized by Lerner.

  Regards

  BF
  

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  • Re: Liza marries Freddie the dolt! Good heavens, no! - Gee LP 22:44:28 06/02/05 (0)
    In Reply to: "Shaw couldn't even come up with the right ending for "Pygmalion"" posted by orejones on June 2, 2005 at 10:34:29:

    I love Shaw's "Pgymalion," but when the author feels compelled to write an essay justifying why he ended the work the way he did....

    On a purely intellectual plane, I can understand why Liza does not come back and why she marries Freddie.

    But the side of me that loves cheap sentimental claptrap gets chills when I hear: "Liza, fetch me my slippers." I suppose Shaw would get chills hearing those words too!
    
    

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  • Re: "Shaw couldn't even come up with the right ending for "Pygmalion"" - patrickU 11:10:59 06/02/05 (2)
    In Reply to: "Shaw couldn't even come up with the right ending for "Pygmalion"" posted by orejones on June 2, 2005 at 10:34:29:

    If I remember, this was a Greek play already, do you know who wrote it? And the differences with Shaw?
    In any case merci for the above,

    Best Regards,
    Patrick
    
    

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    • Not a play, but a Greek myth: look at the link... - orejones 11:20:44 06/02/05 (1)
      In Reply to: Re: "Shaw couldn't even come up with the right ending for "Pygmalion"" posted by patrickU on June 2, 2005 at 11:10:59:

      
      

      • Pygmalion and Galatea   (Open in New Window)

      
      

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      • Re: Not a play, but a Greek myth: look at the link... - patrickU 05:31:12 06/03/05 (0)
        In Reply to: Not a play, but a Greek myth: look at the link... posted by orejones on June 2, 2005 at 11:20:44:

        Stupid me.
        Thank you!
        
        

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