I'd personally rather see her end up with Pickering. I love Higgins as a character, but as an actual human being he'd be fairly odious. He doesn't deserve her. IMO, anyhow. YHigginsMV.
Every nightmare I have that doesn't revolve around academic failure or public nudity is about that thing. In fact, once I dreamt that it attacked me while I was late for a test and naked.
Willow ,'The Killer In Me'
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JZ - Dec 05, 2005 9:35:18 am PST #8920 of 10002
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Gris - Dec 05, 2005 10:49:48 am PST #8921 of 10002
Hey. New board.
If I recall correctly (and I admit I get the stories confused in my mind), the undeserving depiction of Higgins is more accurate for the Pygmalion version than the MFL version. They changed more than the ending for the musical - they made Higgins himself more likeable, more deserving of the ending they gave him.
Basically, "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face" makes me incredibly emotional, and shows me a Higgins that can appreciate Eliza.
And with that, I'm done defending it.
Into the Woods is good, too. Discuss. Or don't, since there's no movie version, alas. Why don't we have a musicals thread?
juliana - Dec 05, 2005 10:53:44 am PST #8922 of 10002
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
since there's no movie version, alas.
There is the version PBS broadcast lo these many years ago.
Gris - Dec 05, 2005 10:56:20 am PST #8923 of 10002
Hey. New board.
Which is actually available on DVD. Original cast, on a stage, and all, right? I have it. It's fabulous. Available for several of the Sondheim musicals. I have Sweeney Todd, too (though I haven't watched it yet), and Sunday in the Park with George is on my wishlist for this holiday.
DebetEsse - Dec 05, 2005 10:58:46 am PST #8924 of 10002
Woe to the fucking wicked.
I need to see Sweeney and George. I adore Into the Woods. With that one, I think there are defiantely effects you get from the music that you'd be hard-pressed to convey without. Which sort of makes sense, as there is that larger-than-life-ness about the whole thing (however human the characters may be)
sumi - Dec 05, 2005 11:02:39 am PST #8925 of 10002
Art Crawl!!!
The 1938 version of Pygmalian is available on dvd. . . a Criterion edition.
Strega - Dec 05, 2005 11:08:56 am PST #8926 of 10002
When I was in high school, friend A had a copy of Into the Woods on videotape. He went to friend B's house (which was the communal hangout) and started to watch it. When he got to the end of act 1, he thought it was over. So he stopped the VCR off and went to do other things.
Friend B came home later and found a tape in his VCR all cued up. He watched act 2, without knowing there'd been an act 1.
Later, friend A and friend B had a very confusing conversation, because they agreed that they'd both liked this musical, but they had very different ideas about what had happened in it.
Gris - Dec 05, 2005 11:13:25 am PST #8927 of 10002
Hey. New board.
Heh. Yeah, that would happen. My high school actually did a performance of just the first act that went quite swimmingly. Convinced me to check out the whole thing - before that, Sondheim was a name to me, not a god.
ETA Re: Sweeney
I intend to see the new production of Sweeney (which has been getting some seriously RAVE reviews) early next year. I'm very, very excited.
DebetEsse - Dec 05, 2005 11:50:35 am PST #8928 of 10002
Woe to the fucking wicked.
I don't really get just doing Act 1. It does kinda seem to be missing the point...
Katie M - Dec 05, 2005 11:57:49 am PST #8929 of 10002
I was charmed (albeit somewhat perplexed) by the fannish sensibility of many of the music choices -- it's like the director was trying to vid Canada. --loligo on the Olympic Opening Ceremonies
Sure, it misses the point of the musical, but it could be a complete story in and of itself--just a less complex one.