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And mustn't the -malion fragment refer to Pygmalion, the legendary king who fell in love with his sculpture of a woman and persuaded Aphrodite to bring it to life?
Shaw's Pygmalion :
-Discounted student matinee Mainstage performances, where 4,000 students saw Pygmalion and 11 ,400 are scheduled to see A Christmas Carol.
A clichéd high school Pygmalion story is enlivened by some witty writing: "not a great movie, but it has its moments" (Roger Ebert, the Chicago Sun-Times ). Freddie Prinze Jr. plays a smart, rich, popular jock who (on a bet) transforms Rachael Leigh Cook, an earnest, morose art nerd, into prom queen material.
Both Pygmalion arguments are sound as well as altruistic; but at a time when certain civilizations and cultures are in danger of losing their spoken heritage, these slight, quirky renderings of native speech may prove to be as valuable as the archaeologist's fossil finds.