it was supposed to demonstrate how the aristocracy float above common people.
Isn't that clear enough already, lol? Isn't it, to a huge degree, what the show is already about?
It was like the changes in the Mackintosh production that toured the US maybe 10 years ago, with the last part of "Show Me" nodding to "Sister Suffragette" as it were, with Eliza and Freddie suddenly in the Underground and Eliza becoming part of a "rights for women" rally. Interesting, I suppose, but not at all necessary to understand her emotional state - and in fact, really bringing it far beyond what the song is actually expressing. |
