is an element of comedy in the sThere tory Pygmalion and in the film My Fair In the play and the film alike, a woman of the streets named LizaDoolittle is transformed from a dirty low-life from the streets to a respectablehigh-class woman in only six months by two wealthy gentlemen namedHiggins and Pickering. Pickering challenged Higgings to make this young girla respectable lady and this becomes the object of the story, which is filledwith several comical scenes dealing with the changing lifestyle of LizaDoolittle.There are several humorous situations found in this play. LizaDoolittles attitude is humorous in itself. She takes everything that Higginsand Pickering say to her seriously, even if they are only joking, for instancewhen Higgins referred to her as baggage and asked his colleague Pickeringif they should have her sit down or toss her out the window. Liza respondedwith her patented Ah-ah-ah-ah-ow-ow-oo-oo!!! and quickly tried to getaway from Higgins. There are several scenes like this throughout the playwhich I thought were all funny. Another scene I thought was humorous wasthe bath scene. Liza Doolittle, being a lady of the streets, had never taken areal bath before, and when she was asked to take her clothes off and get intothe tub, she through another fit and made a huge fool out of herself.Even though this film and play were both made a long time ago, thereare still parts of it that can still be considered funny by todays standards. Just imagining a bet between two distinguished gentlemen on whether or notthey can change a woman from the streets into a woman of high class can befunny. A movie that this can be compared to today is Pretty Woman starringJulia Roberts and Richard Gere. In this movie, Richard falls in love withJulia and changes her from a woman of the streets to a decent and beautifulwoman, much like Higgins fell in love with Liza Doolittle and changed her. Although the movie My Fair Lady made it big ...
