false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165639296m/7707.jpg 7707 6 Based upon the Greek myth of the sculptor Pygmalion who fell in love with his own statue of a woman, George Bernard Shaw's celebrated play-and the musical adaptation by Alan Jay Lerner-feature phonetics professor Henry Higgins who transformed cockney flower girl Eliza into a lady. 1701532 1975 Pygmalion and My Fair Lady (50th Anniversary Edition) (Signet Classics (Paperback)) total:202|5:55|4:81|3:59|2:5|1:2| 202 788 291 14 4 1 false false Tue Apr 29 19:17:12 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 29 19:20:15 -0700 2008
I LOVE that she ends up with (spoiler alert)) Freddy instead of that misogynistic knucklehead (i'm being kind and gentl...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Mar 20 13:55:51 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 20 14:25:37 -0700 2009
It was interesting to read both plays alongside each other. One thing that became clear while reading Pygmalion is that Higgins is really not a nice guy. In the MFL movie he somehow...more...]]> 0 0 false false Wed Jan 14 11:27:13 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 14 11:29:35 -0800 2009 THe speech is one part to become a lady!!!]]> 3 0 false false Thu Dec 18 16:43:06 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 18 16:45:16 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Thu Oct 09 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 14 09:22:54 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 14 09:25:59 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Jul 25 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 07 12:51:34 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 26 16:09:59 -0700 2008
My Fair Lady was difficult to read as a musical, since my only reference as to tune was having seen Stewie's occas...more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 24 09:49:58 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 24 09:56:07 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 1999 Thu May 17 20:31:21 -0700 2007 Thu May 17 20:34:07 -0700 2007
Anyway, i think i liked the book even more than the movie (and havent seen it live) though i enjoyed them both thoroughly.]]> 3 0 false false Sun Aug 03 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 06 23:34:13 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 03 21:17:37 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Thu Feb 21 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 07 21:28:41 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 21 15:48:41 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Fri Jun 01 08:09:54 -0700 2007 Fri Jun 01 08:11:15 -0700 2007 5 0 false false Thu Sep 13 20:29:55 -0700 2007 Thu Sep 13 22:31:44 -0700 2007 3 0 false false Thu Jul 10 07:43:35 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 14 11:20:27 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Sun Feb 24 09:32:46 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 24 09:33:21 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Wed Dec 02 16:54:16 -0800 2009 Wed Dec 02 16:54:23 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Mon Nov 30 20:01:22 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 30 20:01:22 -0800 2009 1 0 false false Sun Nov 29 16:20:53 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 29 16:20:53 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Tue Nov 24 10:03:50 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 24 10:03:50 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Mon Nov 23 17:47:00 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 23 17:47:00 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sun Nov 22 14:16:09 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 22 14:16:09 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=7707