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Anna - 2009-12-24 01:28:31
LA, you are so right. When I find myself getting pissed off about where we are with gender now, I remind myself of where we came from. The film MASH always does it for me - Hotlips was a pain so it was reckoned to be OK to humiliate her sexually, in this film that was such a critical as well as popular success. It's all bollocks. I could go on for hours, but I think you know that. Huggy hugs, darling, huggy hugs xxx
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Amy - 2009-12-24 04:05:59
Wow, I interpreted that movie totally differently. I thought that the over-the-top Higgins' misogyny was an indication of his latent homosexuality and his selfish misery was the product of his frustration about it. When Eliza went away, she showed that she didn't need him but that he needed her. I saw no love in their relationship. I assumed that going forward that they would be strictly coworkers and that she would remain with Freddie. Maybe it's my naivete or my lack of exposure to overt sexism, but that was my honest to God interpretation of that movie.
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dichroic - 2009-12-24 08:16:18
I think Shaw gets some credit here. Not only does his Eliza *not* end up with Higgins (though the movie didn't bother me as much, since I always assumed that what he'd developed was a new respect for her - my own bias there) but his notes make it clear that in his mind she ends up with Freddy running a respectable "flahr" shop, and that the shop is a success entirely due to her strength of character.
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Stephanie - 2009-12-24 14:04:07
That scene you described with your da, as well as your mother's reaction to the carnage made my blood boil. My mother had (and created) a lot of mental problems, but you've made me realize that I can be grateful that she wasn't subservient.
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