and to prove that I attempt to entertain myself, even when my sky is falling down

[aoboshi]

From alighiera.

Below are the greatest 100 American films of the 20th century accordingto the AFI. Bold the ones you have seen, strike through the ones you saw and hated, italicize those you've seen part of and put a star next to the ones you love.

Comments

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It's....complicated. When I saw it for the first time as a little girl, I absolutely loved it. I thought the songs were witty, Audrey Hepburn was gorgeous, and Rex Harrison very manly. But when I revisited it last year, something—I would venture to call it the underlining sexism accompanied by classism—left me very disturbed. The said traits became more evident near the film's ending

It's a charming tale, no doubt. But aside from the songs (some of which I still adore and sing to, like "A Hymn to Him", "Wouldn't It Be Lovely", and "With a Little Bit of Luck"), it did leave a rather peculiar bad aftertaste for people who overanalyze, like me.

[aoboshi]

From what I remember, Shaw meant to say a thing or two about class.

Yes, the movie certainly showed that class is a social invention. However, although it satirized this distinction (one of the two main points of the movie, IMO), it also had a complacency about it. I think I got seriously disturbed was when Higgins asked how can Freddy support a family, to which Eliza replied that she would find work (as a governess, if my memory serves me correctly), because "Freddy isn't meant to work" (or something to that effect). That was a very, in Asian netspeak, "ORZ" moment for me.