Butterfly, lost in the mysterious oriental complex

Hilton 2022-11-24 10:46:02

From the beginning of the story, the Frenchman has been immersed in his own mystical fantasy about the East. He is a man who likes fantasies perceptively. If you look at his analysis of the Vietnam War and the direction of China, you will have a clear view of his fantasies. He falls in love with his own vision - a perfect, mysterious oriental "woman". He was disappointed when he returned to France, and he waited for "her" to arrive. He loves "her" because he doesn't know anything about him, and this mystery produces beauty, full of his own wishful thinking and love.
Rennie hopes that his story is "Mrs. Butterfly", he will not live up to it, he is a good man, but the story is reversed, he becomes the party who is waiting for it, and finally his understanding, disguised as a butterfly, ended himself Life ended the story of Mrs. Butterfly, and he became "Mrs. Butterfly". So, who is the Butterfly King?
The actor played by Zun Long is full of oriental mystery and cunning. He uses his wisdom to live in a turbulent age. If he has to have a motive, it is to protect himself. From his contempt for the play Mrs Butterfly, we can clearly see that he will not be willing to be "Mrs Butterfly". "She" used her own wisdom to deal with Rennie and the irrational revolutionaries. In order to protect herself, he had to do this. In terms of feelings, there is no doubt that he loves Renni. He hopes that the years of getting along can make Renni's feelings transcend gender. He is wrong. Renni loves not his person from beginning to end, but the kind The mysterious atmosphere full of imagination is fascinated by people. Naturally he will be sad, but he will accept reality and move on with his life.
I think the author of the script must have tried to change the Western mindset of the East, which is a transcendence of "Mrs. Butterfly": Orientals are not fragile butterflies, we have weed-like vitality and resilience. He/she must be full of appreciation and yearning for the East.

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M. Butterfly quotes

  • Song Liling: The days I spent with you were the only days I ever truly existed.

  • Ambassador Toulon: You said the Americans would succeed in Vietnam. You were kidding, right?