The Godfather was one of the greatest pornos ever written. 
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That’s like saying chocolate cake is better than chocolate!!
I can help with that. Shaw regarded Higgins as a monster, and his treatment of Eliza as monstrous, because he gave absolutely no thought to what was to become of Eliza after he had converted her from a street urchin to a lady. Eliza was perfectly adapted to her role as a street urchin, but having experienced the life of an English lady she was no longer able to return to her street urchin life. Her marriage to Freddy was a marriage of convenience – Freddy loved her and could support her as an English lady. It was really the only “out” for her, other than becoming a professional shopgirl and hoping to meet someone she might actually love while serving those who were “to the manners born” so to speak.
Hmmm. IMS=If Memory Serves. Which, mine just might not…
I distinctly remember Scarlett’s hair being aburn or with reddish “lights” in it in the book. I am not about to dig up my copy to find out.
The Pygmalion thingy–I forgot about Shaw. (sorry!) I just remember the musical was based on Pygmalion.
I have no doubt at all that Shaw’s play was far superior to the musical.
I have never understood the ending to it, either. Going with Freddy makes more sense (although then Liza can’t sing that great rant about words etc). They obviously aren’t going to have a sexual relationship (IMO, because Professor Higgins is a latent homosexual, but I digress), so I am somewhat puzzled. And then I think–how cool is that? To just show a man and woman being friends. (although how they thought they could get away with that in Edwardian England beats the heck outta me).
If other works shared the same ending as the Lerner one did, I can only suppose that it was sloppy (if any) research on the part of the new production team.
But The Sound of Music IS much better than the book, trust me… 
Maybe I just can’t appreciate true literary art, but here goes…
The DaVinci Code by Dan Brown was not at all enjoyable to read.
The DaVinci Code in movie form was marginally enjoyable to watch (such a waste of a fantastic cast!).
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