Talk:My Fair Lady

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Contents 1 Please some one add more to this article 2 Doolittle 3 Title 4 Spoiler warnings 5 Vague school image from User:Herrick 6 Fair use rationale for Image:Myfairlady.jpg 7 Potential Synopsis Expansion

[edit] Please some one add more to this article

There is no mention off of what orginal story this movie/play it was even based on. Or what they thesis, message, it was even trying to convey to audience.

This article is too plain, and doesn't live up to wiki standards.

[edit] Doolittle

Is there any reason why two characters here have the last name of doolittle and then the main guy character goes on to play dr. doolittle 3 years later?

Coincidence, most likely. ---J. Passepartout

Different spellings, though an amusing coincidence: Doctor Dolittle and Eliza Doolittle. Also, maybe in both cases, they wanted a guy who couldn't sing, as the leading man in a musical. (That might sound like POV, but in Rex's case, it worked). Wahkeenah 00:27, 26 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Title

Nobody's mentioned where the title came from. I've heard that it's how Cockneys would say Mayfair Lady. User: Chris

That's an interesting bit of trivia, if true. I'm trying to recall if the actual expression "My fair lady" was used even once in the play or the movie. I don't think so. Wahkeenah 00:27, 26 July 2005 (UTC)

No, the expression does not feature in either the play Pygmalion or in the musical. Conventional 'wisdom' suggests that it is indeed a play on words, as that's how a Cockney would pronounce 'Mayfair lady', although I have never seen any conclusive proof that this is what Lerner was thinking of. It is also, of course, the last line in the famous nursery rhyme, 'London Bridge is falling down', so it's a term that is perhaps associated from early childhood in the minds of many people with London. ChristopherW, 29 May 2006

There are a number of references to that question on the Internet. Somewhere in Thespian Heaven, Shaw and/or L&L are laughing at us and saying, "What took you so long to figure that out?" Wahkeenah 00:31, 26 July 2005 (UTC)

The origin of this play is complicated and hard to track. It would be hard to know who created the title -- that would be a great addition. It certainly wasn't Shaw who died in 1950 (6 years earlier) and forbade a musical of his play. Gabriel Pascal owned "the musical" until his death in 1954 and apparently sought out Lerner and Loewe originally. But of course he also died before it came to the stage. It might have been Pascal or it might have been Lerner and Loewe who crafted the title and changes to the ending. Such a history with citations, if anyone can find it, would make this a great article. Chris 14:13, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Spoiler warnings

A lively debate about the spoiler warning! I agree that the spoiler warning is unnecessary. Surprise: they fall in love. Besides, the fact that the section is a plot summary already alerts the reader that there will be spoilers. -- Ssilvers 22:35, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Vague school image from User:Herrick

Dear Herrick: Thanks for your contribution, but per Wikipedia:Image use policy and WP:Images, the image that you keep trying to add to My Fair Lady from a school production does not illustrate the article well and is both non-notable and un-encyclopedic. You cannot tell, from looking at the image, what show is being performed or what scene is depicted. It could be any school play. In addition, a school play photo of this famous musical is not a good illustration of its importance in theatre history. This article needs more images of famous productions, such as Broadway or West End productions, showing some of the famous actors who have appeared in it, or images of R&H at work creating the musical, etc. Best regards, -- Ssilvers (talk) 14:30, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Myfairlady.jpg

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BetacommandBot (talk) 21:23, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Potential Synopsis Expansion

I would like to expand the plot synopsis by adding more details, especially regarding song placement. If no one has any major objections, I will do that soon.MarianKroy (talk) 21:23, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks again! -- Ssilvers (talk) 21:48, 11 March 2008 (UTC)