not so fair, my lady

By an large, I like musicals. I've watched a fair few musicals- international and local- before and I've generally enjoyed the experience. To be honest, I'm partial towards plays (I still rate "The woman in black" as one of THE best plays I've ever watched) but I always enjoy a good musical. Its usually a pretty entertaining experience.

Last Saturday the whole family went to watch "My Fair Lady"- dad scored us tickets. And I don't care how worldclass or award-winning this "version" is supposed to be- it was the by far the most boring, innane musical experience I've ever had to endure. The singing was sub-standard, the lead had the most annyoying whine/twinge (I don't know the exact musical term. Note to self: Ask Debbie) to her voice, the accents of old riff-raff England was terrible and I felt every single second of the almost three hours we spent in the theatre.

Let's put it this way, the best part of the whole ordeal- other than the curtain call- was the part when Professor Higgins offered to eat half of the chocolate he gave Elisa Doolittle after she says it might be drugged and a boy in the audience went (with unplanned but perfect, almost comedic, timing) "Ew...."