In M. Butterfly David Henry Hwang takes the Japanese Opera "Madame Butterfly" and puts a whole new twist on it. In the Opera, it is about a Japanese Woman who falls in love with a French Seaman. In the End the White man ends up messing over the Japanese woman and breaks her heart. In M. Butterfly Hwang reverses the roles a bit. The leading man in this play is the French Rene Gallimard who falls for a beautiful Chinese Opera star who just so happens to be a man. In the story it is told from retrospect from Rene's view while in Jail.
He goes back to look at the relationship between him and his "perfect woman" (who is a man, yall). He goes Back through his history and recalls all the times he and his love were able to be together. This play really not only delves into the topic of love, romance and identity but also the importance of heritage and politics.
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