| My guess is that they did not want to pull focus from the two actors in that moment, and a set rotation would have (literally) gotten in the way. But it is also possible that it was a deliberate choice to break the fourth wall, as a way for Eliza to break out, figuratively, from her relationship with Higgins. (Or, perhaps, more depressingly, it suggests that the only way for a woman like Eliza at that time to achieve true liberation would have been to break out of her social context entirely, which is of course quite impossible.) |
