The music itself and cinematography were great! However, Mr. Higgins was a horrible person and treated Eliza horrendously. The movie should not have ended the way it did, but I suppose it was a product of its time.
The linguistics aspect was also completely erroneous of course. It is not possible to teach someone just by making them repeat vowels over and over again. This movie also highly supports a prescriptivist view on language and that one must speak "proper English" which is highly outdated and incorrect.
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Movie comment on My Fair Lady
TheIronLady
The music itself and cinematography were great! However, Mr. Higgins was a horrible person and treated Eliza horrendously. The movie should not have ended the way it did, but I suppose it was a product of its time.The linguistics aspect was also completely erroneous of course. It is not possible to teach someone just by making them repeat vowels over and over again. This movie also highly supports a prescriptivist view on language and that one must speak "proper English" which is highly outdated and incorrect.