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1、MyFairLady2AudreyHepburnisradiantandtouchingasthepoorflowersellerElizaDoolittlewhochallengeshermentor'smakeoverpowers,beforeeventuallypassingforaladyinLondonsociety...SheisskillfullytransformedintoanelegantladybyaspeechprofessorHenryHiggins(RexHarrison)andtaughttospeakproperly...Fromf
2、irstframetolast,thefilmisslick,graceful,gorgeoustobehold,withcostumesandsetsrichlyevokingtheEdwardianera...'MyFairLady'beginsinLondon,onarainyeveningoutsideCoventGarden,wherea'respectablegirl'issellingbouquetsofviolets...ProfessorHenryHiggins,aphoneticsandlinguisticsexpert,confrontsth
3、e'deliciouslylowsohorriblydirty'ElizaDoolittleforthefirsttime...Inthebesttradition,theirfirstsongsrevealtheircharacters:'Wouldn'tItBeLoverly?'expressesEliza'sownideasofwhatshedreams,whilein'WhyCan'ttheEnglishLearntoSpeak'HigginssingshisdespairoverthedeteriorationoftheEnglishlanguage,a
4、nddisplayshishard,irritable,intolerant,andelegantlyarrogantnature...LernerandLoewe'ssongsaresheardelightasthestorymovesfromHiggins'swagerwithsympatheticColonelPickering(WilfridHyde-White)thathecanchangethestreetgirlwithastrongcockneyaccentintoadifferenthumanbeingbyteachingher'tospeakb
5、eautifully'andpassheroffinanupperclassladywithinsixmonths...HigginsandPickeringarebothsinglemen,andthehousekeeper,Mrs.Pearce,hasmisgivingsaboutthewayinwhichtheyareproposingtoamusethemselveswithoutcaringabouttheconsequencesforthe"commonignorantgirl."Thesongsareextraordinaryintheirabili
6、tytoenrichourknowledgeofthecharacters...Higgins'earlysong'I'manOrdinaryMan'confirmsthatheisa'quietlivingman'withouttheneedforawoman...AlfredDoolittle's'WithaLittleBitofLuck'notonlystateshisgeneralphilosophyoflife,butexposestheperfectportraitofafriendlyscoundrel...Eliza'sfather,whocall
7、shimselfoneof"theundeservingpoor"isoneofShaw'sbestcomedycreations...WhenhearrivestoprotestattheimmoralityofHigginsandPickeringtreatmentofhisdaughter,itsoonbecomesclearthathejustwantstogainsomethingforhimselfoutofthesituation...Eliza,becomingsubjecttoHiggins'intimidation,beltsoutherdis
8、comfo