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Why My Fair Lady, a 70-year-old American musical based on a century-old British play, matters
Hubristic Henry Higgins, callow Eliza Doolittle, roles that have been performed thousands of times around the world. But in a slick, richly rendered new version of My Fair Lady, actors Craig Urbani ...
Audrey Hepburn's 'My Fair Lady' still needs defending 60 years later
As 2024 is the 60th anniversary year of the release of "My Fair Lady," starring Audrey Hepburn and Rex Harrison, my wife and ...
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My Fair Lady turns misogyny and classism on their head
On the face of it, the character first created by George Bernard Shaw for his 1912 play Pygmalion is not only a misogynist but also a bully who uses his superior vocabulary and proper diction to put ...