article_snippet: The breezy comedy had all the key elements of romantic fantasy: a plucky, down-on-her-luck heroine, a rich, dashing prince and a Cinderella love story with a fairy-tale ending.
article_snippet: Like "My Fair Lady," the movie is another reimagining of "Pygmalion," the George Bernard Shaw play about a crass, impoverished girl given a redemptive makeover by a sophisticated male mentor.
article_snippet: 'Pretty Woman' may be a fantasy
article_snippet: but it's a deeply sexist, consumerist fantasy," wrote Rachael Johnson last year for Bitch Flicks, a feminist movie site.
article_snippet: Ideologically, 'Pretty Woman' is a love song to consumerism and capitalism," said Bitch Flicks' Johnson.
article_snippet: 'Pretty Woman' depicts a world where everyone is either a card-carrying member of the corporate caste or an obliging subordinate ...
article_snippet: Vivian dictates the way Vivian wishes to be treated; when Edward offers Vivian the status of a mistress, Vivian dictates the status of a full equal," writes Brigit McCone in a more recent Bitch Flicks piece titled, "Why 'Pretty Woman' Should Be Considered a Feminist Classic."
article_snippet: "Let us never forget that when the prince rescues Pretty Woman, Pretty Woman rescues the prince right back.
article_snippet: On paper "Pretty Woman," initially conceived as a gritty drama, shouldn't work.
article_snippet: (Is Stephanie Merry a feminist icon?
article_snippet: Is Stephanie Merry only worthy of love when in Rodeo Drive's finest?
article_snippet: Is this just "My Fair Lady" with sex?