| re: Why is Pickering so oblivious to Eliza during YOU DID IT? | |
| Posted by: JereNYC (JereNYC@aol.com) 04:08 pm EDT 08/22/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Why is Pickering so oblivious to Eliza during YOU DID IT? - lordofspeech 02:57 pm EDT 08/22/22 | |
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| Of course, Eliza's success at the ball is a product of the hard work of all three characters, even Pickering, who's likely the unsung hero of the project, paying the expenses and being a moderating influence on Higgins, as well as a trusted friend to Eliza. But, at this moment, the writers need to hammer home the point that these men consider this triumph to be THEIR success and don't seem to care a bit about or even acknowledge their little dress up doll. If Eliza doesn't witness this classic scene of male privledge and assholery, then the stakes for her will not be as high in the second act. She has to think that she's about to be dumped back into the gutter again by these men, and that the safety and privledge provided by them over the past few months or weeks or however long is about to end and she will have to fend for herself again. She has to figure out what the rest of her life is going to be now. There has to be no doubt in her mind that these men do not consider her a part of the equation at all. That's what drives her in Act II. I've always thought that Pickering's actions here are a bit out of character and that he'd be the one taking Eliza's side during that scene. But he can't for dramatic purposes. If Eliza has any doubts that these two are done with her and never cared about her at all beyond their little project, that's a whole different second act for her. |
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