My fair lady what does it mean

Julie Andrews had played Eliza on Broadway, and had already mastered the character and the vocals, and her stage co-star Rex Harrison was going to play Higgins in the movie. Audrey herself was still pretty good, even if she had to have her songs dubbed by another singer. As TIME wrote after the movie came out in Their musical is not about a genius attempting to transform a weak woman. Why is thinking something women never do? Why is logic never even tried? Maybe if they had been alive today, the music videos would have featured naked models on leashes.

And Eliza Doolittle has plenty of songs that demonstrate she is anything but a statue; after all, the entire musical is written largely from her perspective. Without your pulling it, the tide comes in Without your twirling it, the Earth can spin Without your pushing them, the clouds roll by, If they can do without you, ducky, so can I.

Of course, the whole Eliza-is-a-strong-woman argument gets compromised by the ending. And Eliza has no family connections, no money and no formal education, which means she has nowhere to go but back to the streets or away with the insipid and financially dubious Freddy. Write to Charlotte Alter at charlotte. Audrey Hepburn in a scene from the film 'My Fair Lady'. If by any chance you spot an inappropriate image within your search results please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.

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