| re: but it doesn't make sense | |
| Posted by: mikem 04:43 pm EST 02/19/19 | |
| In reply to: re: but it doesn't make sense - Michael_Portantiere 03:23 pm EST 02/19/19 | |
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| I know that there has been speculation that the end is a dream/fantasy sequence in Higgins's head. I mentioned this to two different cast members at the stage door, and I got the sense that neither of them seemed to think that was Sher's intent. It seems that Sher's intent is that this really happened, that Eliza really does come back to Higgins's house. But why does she come back? I didn't get any sense from any of the Elizas that they react much to the "where the devil are my slippers" line. No realization that Higgins isn't going to change, no disappointment or regret, nothing. He may as well have said nothing. She came to do what she wanted to do, aside from his line. But what exactly did she come to do? See him for 15 seconds, touch his face, and leave? I saw the tour with Lisa O'Hare and Christopher Cazenove, and at the end, after the slippers line, she starts laughing in this "are you kidding me right now?" tone. I think she may have picked up the slippers, but she definitely doesn't give them to him. And after a bit, Higgins starts laughing, too, at the absurdity of what he just said. He continues his transition that started with I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face, and he realizes that he is going to have to be different moving forward. I thought that was a nice ending that works in today's world. |
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