Saturday, January 13, 2007
Went to watch the musical, My Fair Lady, with my family today.
I pretty much understood the storyline and what was happening as i've watched the show on DVD before. It's pretty interesting and it makes me think about the society.
The story was set in the 19th century and as you may know, they have a class system.
The father of Eliza (the main character) is a drunkard from not a very high class society who loves to drink... duh. haha. And he said that he doesn't want to be of the middle class and he doesn't like to the people from the Middle Class.
It sounds weird doesn't it? Normal people who are of a lower working class would strive their best to be of a higher class, to be respected by the higher class society. However, he chose not to be and didn't even WANT to be.
As the story proceeds, he is given a sum of money and was recommended to be a manager or some sort in a bank/some respectable company and he became richer all of a sudden. Many people would have been happier when they've earned more than enough money for survival and able to marry and etc etc.
However, he was reluctant and even cursed the person who recommended him to the company. He didn't like to be of the middle working class. He didn't like to have so much money with him. He wasn't comfortable. He was happier when he had lesser money...
Then, to Eliza. She was a flower girl at the beginning of the show. She had a horrible accent and she couldn't pronounce and speak proper English.
to her, ae=ai, ou=ow... However, she went to take phonics lessons with Mr Henry Higgins (mind my spelling. i didn't check the spelling of his surname) and she was taught to be a fine young lady. compared to her un-ladylike manner in the past.
she, however, started to feel lost and not what to do after mastering the skills of "Being A Lady". She somehow lost her identity. She didn't know what to do after she's completed her lessons. She was afraid that she wouldn't have anything to do.... She'd rather go back to be that poor and uncouthed flower girl.
Why?
It just makes me think. Why are we complaining about what we have when others actually try so hard to get what we want?
Have we become so comfortable with our "misfortune" that we'd rather give up the opportunity of being more "fortunate"?
What do humans want, exactly?
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*kendra :D
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