tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22615056.post7175224515271407463..comments2024-03-16T05:27:55.183-04:00Comments on Java's Journey: My Fair Lady's Problematic EndingJavaBeanRushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05653117187583244224noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22615056.post-48529860109751930282014-06-03T10:44:04.672-04:002014-06-03T10:44:04.672-04:00I would pay an arm and a leg to see Julie Andrews ...I would pay an arm and a leg to see Julie Andrews as Eliza. I'm working on a way to make more filmed plays easily accessible to the public.JavaBeanRushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05653117187583244224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22615056.post-90562329413399034082014-06-03T10:42:29.023-04:002014-06-03T10:42:29.023-04:00Thanks. No movie with the ambiguous ending exists,...Thanks. No movie with the ambiguous ending exists, as far as I know, except filmed plays like this one from the BBC, starring Robert Powell: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ta8sRVjEuzsJavaBeanRushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05653117187583244224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22615056.post-3803831281048754512014-04-28T18:47:19.143-04:002014-04-28T18:47:19.143-04:00The desire for a happy ending must be powerful--an...The desire for a happy ending must be powerful--and somehow rooted in making a profit. How else to explain this ending as well as Dicken's curious closing scene in GREAT EXPECTATIONS? (Quick summary: Estella treated Pip like crap, but Dickens rewrote the ending so they wind up together.) I think the film version of MY FAIR LADY would have worked much better with Shaw's original ending...and with Julie Andrews as Eliza, too! Very entertaining post!Rick29https://www.blogger.com/profile/08358116647815569722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22615056.post-17959490675878975352014-04-28T07:16:11.024-04:002014-04-28T07:16:11.024-04:00Excellent discussion. I'm not sure where I s...Excellent discussion. I'm not sure where I stand on this, because I tend to take each version as it is. I like "My Fair Lady," but I really love the 1938 "Pygmalion." I would have been interested to see a new film following Shaw's ambiguous ending. I like your conclusion about her freedom to make choices. "Choice is her triumph." Well put.Jacqueline T. Lynchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11047941886908178350noreply@blogger.com