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valkyriekaren January 20 2012, 12:02:49 UTC
Wot no Eliza Dolittle? I think "Show Me!" and "I Can Do Without You" are brilliant.

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booklectic January 20 2012, 12:05:22 UTC
Had to keep it to under 800 words - could have written three times as much easily! Eliza Doolittle yes, but also problematic and needs a proper article of her own really - as would Annie Get Your Gun and Gigi...

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valkyriekaren January 20 2012, 12:09:51 UTC
I will still NEVER understand why she goes back in the end. It would be much better if she achieved what she wanted to: "be a lady in a flower shop, not selling on the corner of Covent Garden!"

Though she's right not to marry Freddie, he's a drip.

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booklectic January 20 2012, 12:16:19 UTC
It is quite a forced ending - though apparently was meant to be a bit ambiguous, like Shaw's original. http://www.reelclassics.com/Musicals/Fairlady/fairlady6.htm I can't really buy a romance between them and agree Freddy not a viable option either. In fact it's a musicals that rather annoys me which may be why I didn't write about it. :)

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