Pygmalion

So I was unsure at first how I would like this show. Mainly because it was written by George Bernard Shaw. Now don't get me wrong, he is an excellent writer, but he only seems to write on social injustice and equality. His moral is that "poverty is the route of all evil" so most of his shows involve someone working their way from lower class to middle or upper class and the evils that are forced upon the lower class by the upper class. We've read two of his plays in class, and one was good, the other very dry. We're going to see the dry one, Major Barbara, tomorrow, so we'll see if it's any better on its feet than in the reading.
Despite my unsurity, Pygmalion was actually quite enjoyable. It followed the typical format and was almost more of a statement for socialism than it was a play, but the characters had depth and something actually happened in the play. And it wasn't a happy ending. I guess that's what I like about Shaw- he doesn't leave you feeling depressed, but you certainly don't leave feeling elated on magical feelings. You leave thinking and processing what you just saw. I spent fifteen minutes after the show in quiet self-contemplation trying to digest not only what I saw but what I could do about it. It is quite depressing, and hard to come up with an answer. I don't like Shaw's answer, but I do like the fact that he seems to believe that anyone who works their butt off deserves to have a good life.
Anyway, it was a good show and though not at the top of my list, it was certainly worthwhile.