| I have never been one to buy-in to being able to lose a cockney accent, achieve Hepburn-esque poise and deportment, and fool an expert translator by belying that one has of late been hawking flowers in Covent Garden, in a mere six-months. Though one must recall that "Pygmalion" is a myth after all. Higgins is a confirmed bachelor. He relishes taking up the challenge of Pickering to metamorphosize Eliza into a lady. Perhaps love is in the air in the chrysalis of the Higgin's household. Eliza has been on her own since when we first encounter her character. At best, she may be infatuated by Higgins as a substitute father figure. I felt the ending to be melodramatic. I thought she just wanted to improve her elocution to be able to work in a flower shop. What was her motivation to go to the lengths Higgins mapped-out for her? Free lessons. Did she think she would be able to be an equal in his eyes, and possibly stand to marry him? If Higgins was in love, he had a funny way of showing it. Anyway, he already had plenty of servants to get his damn slippers. |
