There are a very limited number of core story ideas, so it pays to steal from the best. This other arrangement of Shaw lifts its thematic framework entire, but turns the original Higgins' bungalow with its interloper into the ground floor of what could become a family home, if our reluctant flatmates can get their act together. In a.manner never made explicit by one main character to the other in Pygmalion or MFL, these two people can assist each other to scramble free of the ruts into which they have trudged, and neither one has the whip hand which society (in GBS' original) bestows on Henry Higgins. A surprising number of the supporting cast also have a vibrancy which says they will still be here when the camera leaves.
Review of The Makeover
