George Bernard Shaw

How a Happy Ending Ruined Pygmalion

Arts, Culture & Media

We mostly think of George Bernard Shaw’s “Pygmalion” as the basis for the musical “My Fair Lady.” But Shaw’s play was a feminist tract, not a highbrow rom-com.  

Still from the movie Pygmalion

How Pygmalion went from feminist manifesto to chick flick

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