The other day, I was doing some work on the computer (some more research and data collection on various neighborhoods).  And to break up the monotony, I decided to put a movie into the DVD player.  Since the advent of Netflix, we stopped buying movies and just rent them.  However, we do have maybe 50+ or so "classics."  I wasn't really in the mood for Deep Throat or Debbie Does Dallas, so I popped in "My Fair Lady."  (Just kidding about the first two movies... or am I?!?)

I probably hadn't seen that movie in about 5 years, and I thought a musical would be good so that I can listen to the poorly dubbed songs while working.  (In before someone says, "WTF are you watching?!?)  Now in many movies, the director will ask you to suspend your disbelief of some aspect of the premise.  For some reason, I have no problem believing that an ogre can talk to a donkey and save a princess, or you can go into someone's dreams, or even that a black man can become president (O wait...)

But for some reason, throughout the entirety of that 3 hour movie, I just couldn't get over the fact that Henry Higgins and Colonel Pickering were taking no notice of Audrey Hepburn, as a woman.  You know, the screen goddess, who is probably one of the the top five iconic actresses of all time.  Yeah, she looks a little anorexic in some of the scenes, but c'mon!  I know some of their more well-known roles were as Dr. Doolittle and Dr. Goodfellow (respectively), I just couldn't believe they carried over Do-Little and Good-fellow over to this movie.  Is being gay a requirement to being a linguist?  Is it something about being British?  I mean I guess it *could* be understandable if say, Col. Pickering got his nuts shot off in The War, or something.  Don't ask, don't tell?  But what is Higgins' excuse?  Are there *that* many hotties who want to bump nasties with a dude who talk to animals?!?  Like everyone at the the ball noticed her right away but these two clowns lived with her for SIX MONTHS and nothing?!?

I see talking donkeys at the poker tables all the time.  But it seemed completely implausible to me that two dudes could ignore AUDREY HEPBURN for SIX MONTHS!  Whatever.  Maybe casting Julie Andrews was the better call.

Maybe I needed to put in Debbie Does Dallas instead.

And coincidentally (or maybe not), that's where I'm headed!