My Fair Lady is one of the greatest endings ever! You are absolutely right that Eliza was never a victim, she fights Higgins’s abuse and misogyny from day one and he loves her for it. I view the ending as both of the characters excepting each other for their flaws.
For the record, I love both endings: Pygmalion's and My Fair Lady's, as different as they are. Pygmalion, though much less optimistic, is more thought-provoking and more faithful to the time period.
Great ending just as it is! Too much overthinking on the part of some who possibly did not see that Eliza already was an independent thinker and an independent woman to begin with...
Bernard Shaw wrote a sequel to Pygmalion, where he concluded Eliza's story but it is so out of character that we can completely disregard it and invent our own conclusion. In my book, she should marry some aristocrat in the lines of Mr. Darcy+Mr. Bingley: intelligent, sensitive, good-humored.
My Fair Lady is one of the greatest endings ever! You are absolutely right that Eliza was never a victim, she fights Higgins’s abuse and misogyny from day one and he loves her for it.
I view the ending as both of the characters excepting each other for their flaws.
Yes. I don't think there's any adaptation in which Eliza is anything less than feminist. This is her story and she really owns it.
For the record, I love both endings: Pygmalion's and My Fair Lady's, as different as they are. Pygmalion, though much less optimistic, is more thought-provoking and more faithful to the time period.
This is the best explanation I heard so far. I 100% agree with the statement.
Thanks! Glad you agree :D
Great ending just as it is! Too much overthinking on the part of some who possibly did not see that Eliza already was an independent thinker and an independent woman to begin with...
Also, a great explanation and description of the characters by the narrator...Thank You!
Bernard Shaw wrote a sequel to Pygmalion, where he concluded Eliza's story but it is so out of character that we can completely disregard it and invent our own conclusion. In my book, she should marry some aristocrat in the lines of Mr. Darcy+Mr. Bingley: intelligent, sensitive, good-humored.
Maybe not an aristocrat because of the class system at the time, but a super rich and educated self-made man is the least Eliza should have😁
@@booksinfactYeah, okay, I would agree to that. At least, DEFINITELY NOT Freddy!
@@TheQuirkyCharacter Oh no, not Freddy XD
No other man would challenge Eliza the way Higgins does.