‘Himpathy’ Is a Societal Illness. But at Least We Have a Word for It
Lingua Franca 2018-09-30
Summary:
Rex Harrison as Henry Higgins: “Why can’t a woman be more like a man?”
Let us now sing “A Hymn to Him.”
No, not a title drawn from today’s newspapers, but a number from Lerner and Loewe’s 1956 megahit My Fair Lady. Professor Higgins is uncomprehending in the face of what he regards as Eliza’s lack of generosity (she’s performed brilliantly for him at the ball; he’s treated her like a laboratory rat).
Addressing Colonel Pickering in a tone only a wounded superior male can muster, the professor s...