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--> '''Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree''': My ending makes money: You ought to be grateful.
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--> '''Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree''': My ending makes money: You money; you ought to be grateful.
--> '''George Bernard Shaw''': Your ending isdamnable: You damnable; you ought to be shot.
--> '''George Bernard Shaw''': Your ending is
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entries should be written in a way that won't need changing as more time passes
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** However, from the 90s, 00s, 10s and 20s, as Higgins' treatment of Eliza appears increasingly problematic, Shaw's original ending seems more relevant.
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** However, from the 90s, 00s, 10s and 20s, 90s onward, as Higgins' treatment of Eliza appears increasingly problematic, Shaw's original ending seems more relevant.
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--> '''Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree''': "My My ending makes money: You ought to be grateful."
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--> '''George Bernard Shaw''':
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* ValuesDissonance: Eliza's exclamation of "Not bloody likely!" at an elegant tea party was a shocking PrecisionFStrike by 1913 standards. But by 1956, the year ''Theatre/MyFairLady'' premiered on Broadway, the word "bloody" had lost much of its power to shock, so instead, the musical's Eliza shouts "Move your bloomin' arse!" at a racehorse.
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I don't think it was "natter" in the first place, and it is highly important and relevant.
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** However, from the 90s, 00s, 10s and 20s, as Higgins' treatment of Eliza appears increasingly problematic, Shaw's original ending seems more relevant.
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Natter + Examples Are Not Recent
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** However, in recent years, particularly with various feminist issues with the supposedly happy ending, Shaw's original intent seems far more palatable.
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** However, in recent years, particularly with various feminist issues with the supposedly happy ending, Shaw's original intent seems far more palatable.
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* MisaimedFandom: Very famously. Relates to FanPreferredCouple -- Higgins treats Eliza like a tool and has close to zero respect for her well-being or agency. She's supposed to grow beyond him, and get a happy ending as a self-made woman. Since the play's inception, audiences read their relationship as BelligerentSexualTension -- and it's very easy when their relationship literally defines the play, and when Eliza's canon love interest, Freddy, is as bland as pudding and twice as creepy. That said, Higgins's treatment of Eliza is not a good basis for any romantic relationship unless he ''seriously'' changes his act after the curtain falls.
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* MisaimedFandom: Very famously. Relates to FanPreferredCouple -- Higgins treats Eliza like a tool and has close to zero respect for her well-being or agency. She's supposed to grow beyond him, and get a happy ending as a self-made woman. Since the play's inception, audiences read their relationship as BelligerentSexualTension -- and it's very easy when their relationship literally defines the play, and when Eliza's canon love interest, Freddy, is as bland as pudding and twice as creepy.pudding. That said, Higgins's treatment of Eliza is not a good basis for any romantic relationship unless he ''seriously'' changes his act after the curtain falls.
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--> '''Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree''': "My ending makes money: You ought to be grateful."
-->'''Shaw''': '''George Bernard Shaw''': "Your ending is damnable: You ought to be shot."
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* MisaimedFandom: Very famously. Relates to FanPreferredCouple -- Higgins treats Eliza like a tool and has close to zero respect for her well-being or agency. She's supposed to grow beyond him, and get a happy ending as a self-made woman. Since the play's inception, audiences read their relationship as BelligerentSexualTension -- and it's very easy when their relationship literally defines the play, and when Eliza's canon love interest, Freddy, is as bland as pudding and twice as creepy. That said, Higgins' treatment of Eliza is not the good basis for any romantic relationship, unless he ''seriously'' changes his act after the curtain falls.
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* MisaimedFandom: Very famously. Relates to FanPreferredCouple -- Higgins treats Eliza like a tool and has close to zero respect for her well-being or agency. She's supposed to grow beyond him, and get a happy ending as a self-made woman. Since the play's inception, audiences read their relationship as BelligerentSexualTension -- and it's very easy when their relationship literally defines the play, and when Eliza's canon love interest, Freddy, is as bland as pudding and twice as creepy. That said, Higgins' Higgins's treatment of Eliza is not the a good basis for any romantic relationship, relationship unless he ''seriously'' changes his act after the curtain falls.
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* OlderThanTheyThink: The 1938 film version introduced many new scenes and story elements that became more famous when incorporated into ''Theatre/MyFairLady'', including Eliza reciting "The rain in Spain," the Embassy ball sequence, and the more upbeat ending.
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* HeartwarmingMoment: When Higgins and Pickering are talking to Mrs. Higgins about Eliza, Higgins sounds like a man talking about a useful animal or tool. Pickering sounds more like a proud father gushing about his daughter.
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* HeartwarmingMoment: SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: When Higgins and Pickering are talking to Mrs. Higgins about Eliza, Higgins sounds like a man talking about a useful animal or tool. Pickering sounds more like a proud father gushing about his daughter.
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* HeartwarmingMoment: When Higgins and Pickering are talking to Mrs. Higgins about Eliza, Higgins sounds like a man talking about a useful animal or tool. Pickering sounds more like a proud father gushing about his daughter.
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* FanPreferredCouple: Creator/GeorgeBernardShaw actually expressed annoyance with so many people shipping Eliza with Henry Higgins. He added an essay to the 1916 print edition, "What Happened Afterwards" (Eliza married Freddy and they opened a flower shop) where he describes why they will never get together.
* MisaimedFandom: Very famously. Relates to FanPreferredCouple.
* MisaimedFandom: Very famously. Relates to FanPreferredCouple.
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* FanPreferredCouple: Creator/GeorgeBernardShaw actually expressed annoyance with so many people shipping Eliza with Henry Higgins. He added an essay to the 1916 print edition, "What Happened Afterwards" (Eliza married Freddy and they opened a flower shop) where he describes why they Eliza and Higgins will never get together.
* MisaimedFandom: Very famously. Relates toFanPreferredCouple.
FanPreferredCouple -- Higgins treats Eliza like a tool and has close to zero respect for her well-being or agency. She's supposed to grow beyond him, and get a happy ending as a self-made woman. Since the play's inception, audiences read their relationship as BelligerentSexualTension -- and it's very easy when their relationship literally defines the play, and when Eliza's canon love interest, Freddy, is as bland as pudding and twice as creepy. That said, Higgins' treatment of Eliza is not the good basis for any romantic relationship, unless he ''seriously'' changes his act after the curtain falls.
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* DeathOfTheAuthor: Shaw's original intent for the ending has been mostly ignored for decades by people (including the original cast) who saw all the subtext and thought that Eliza and Higgins were meant to have a happily ever after ending with each other instead of Eliza becoming an independent woman. Shaw was incensed by this, especially when the performer for Higgins in the opening production essentially told him to shut up and be happy with the money he's making:
--> '''Sir Tree''': "My ending makes money: You ought to be grateful."
--> '''Shaw''': "Your ending is damnable: You ought to be shot."
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* FanPreferredCouple: GeorgeBernardShaw actually expressed annoyance with so many people shipping Eliza with Henry Higgins. He added an essay to the 1916 print edition, "What Happened Afterwards" (Eliza married Freddy and they opened a flower shop) where he describes why they will never get together.
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* FanPreferredCouple: GeorgeBernardShaw Creator/GeorgeBernardShaw actually expressed annoyance with so many people shipping Eliza with Henry Higgins. He added an essay to the 1916 print edition, "What Happened Afterwards" (Eliza married Freddy and they opened a flower shop) where he describes why they will never get together.
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* MisaimedFandom: Very famously. Relates to FanPreferredCouple.
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* MisaimedFandom: Very famously. Relates to FanPreferredCouple.FanPreferredCouple.
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