Pygmalion

Pygmalion

Reading Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw was so ‘dull’. However watching My Fair Lady helps me a lot in understanding the play. The theme has no difference between the musical film and this play, it is all about changing people for love.

She's All That

She’s All That

This film has the basic concept of Pygmalion where love needs people to change the person that he/she loved. As for Zach, he wants to change Laney into a beautiful lady, so that he can show off in the prom night. He almost succeeded. At the end of the movie Laney was able to point out to Zach that beauty is not everything and he cannot change her for his own personal purpose.

The story shows that clever girl might not be pretty (Laney). It also shows that man tend to change the woman physically, maybe it is just their nature that they want to see beautiful woman. However the end of the story is interesting where Zach admitted his fault and try to make up with Laney. This story is very much resembles the theme of pygmalion and Gallatea but being put in modern version where the man is modern and accepting woman's plight to be heard and not just seen.

In my opinion, this story is not suitable to be watched by Malaysian's students since there are so many discourteous scenes and not suitable for our students viewing and also our culture.

Submitted to:

Airil Haimi Mohd. Adnan

Course Tutor TSL570, UiTM Perak

My fair Lady

This musical film is very interesting. I have never watched this movie, but I did watch Mary Poppins, Sounds of Music, which to me is very interesting and open my heart in learning English in my early days. I add this movie into one of my favourite movie. To me it is interesting because it presented how learning English (phonetics) can be very appealing to students. It can be used as a material in teaching secondary students.

There are so many things that can be said about the characters, but I will tend to write a review of the story afterwards if I go into details of each of the characters. What fascinates me is how George Bernard Shaw's idea of Pygmalion and Galatea was well presented and put into a stage play. The idea of 'changing people' is very clearly stated in this broadway musical.

My comment on the film itself is mainly on the studio set where the film was taken. The set was great where I can not see any flaws exist. The music also fascinates me and that is the most interesting part (to me).

Submitted to:
Airil Haimi Mohd. Adnan

TSL570 Course Tutor, UiTM Perak

TSL570 My Literature & Media Blog Project

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The place where I will write my own funny idea regarding all the books that I read and film that I watched during this course that I attend in this semester.

Submitted to:
Airil Haimi Mohd. Adnan
TSL 570 Course Tutor, UiTM Perak.