| At no point in either Pygmalion or My Fair Lady does Higgins refuse to feed Eliza. On the contrary, it's clear that Eliza is living the life of Riley with the apparently endlessly wealthy Higgins and Pickering in Wimpole Street, where she is able to eat better, sleep better, and dress better than she ever has before. Higgins may be cranky and impatient--that's the point of the original play, the character having been based on someone Shaw actually knew--but the care he takes of Eliza is entirely benevolent. |
