Pacal Wrote:
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> My list of all time horrid musicals includes.
>
> 1, Lost Horizon, nick named "Lost investments",
> 1972.


Ick. I watched this because pictures from the film were
in my copy of 'Lost Horizons'.

> 2, Grease, what they did to a great stage musical
> was positively criminal!, 1978.

I like Grease, but then I'm a total philistine and so lowbrow as to
be practically Neanderthal!

> 3,A Long Last Love, Just image a musical with Burt
> Reynolds and Cybil Sheppard. No wait you don't
> have to imagine, 1975.

Never seen it, and never will!

> 4, The Sound of Music, A saccarine horror.
> Christopher Plummer who was in the movie refrs to
> it as "The Sound of Mucus". Do not watch go get
> and listen to the original broadway recording with
> Mary Martin, 1965.

I admit my affection for this film may be mostly nostalgia.
I was about six when it came out and am reliably informed I sang
the songs for about a week afterwards - to the distress of my
parents since I could not then, nor can I now, carry a tune.

> 5, My Fair Lady, is on this list because the
> makers of the film insisted on turning it from a
> comedy into a tragedy by having Eliza go back to
> Prof. Higgins at the end.

As a matter of fact Shaw's play strongly implies Eliza returns to
Wimpole street, as does the afterword 'Eliza regards Wimpole street
as her home'. Of course I strongly disagree with Shaw's belief that
Eliza would marry Freddy, a young man who has absolutely nothing to
recommend him to an intelligent, strong willed woman a mate. Higgins on
the other hand provides a very tempting challenge with almost assured
victory at the end since he clearly needs Eliza badly. The only question
is is he worth the trouble of winning?

Shaw like most intelligent men of a certain age and experience was
convinced he understood women - and like most was quite mistaken. If
I, a woman, am sometimes mystified by the actions of my sex how can
a mere man expect to penetrate our mystery?