| I absolutely agree that "Happy Talk" was always meant as Mary's sales pitch. In trying to convince Cable to marry her daughter Liat, she sings a purposely childlike song about simple pleasures -- the moon floating in the sky, a bird learning how to fly, a boy and a girl counting the ripples on the sea. To that extent, I think the song is meant to be purposely "cutesy," but it's the only time in the show when Mary uses that kind of language. Throughout the rest of the show, she is a very pragmatic character, and very strong. |
