Stereotypes in M. Butterfly

David Henry Wong's theater M. Butterfly is misunderstanding about cultural stereotypes and this problem. The play was inspired by a 1986 newspaper story about a Chinese opera actor who was originally a spy and a man with a former French diplomat. Huang dismantled him as a madame butterfly using the story of the newspaper and helped break the stereotype between the east and the west. Huang Yuxi's drama completely defeated the cliché of racist sex and racist discrimination in the east and the west and reaffirmed the cultural concept of western men.

In butterflies, the stereotype created by the Western world is an illusion of the world of Asia and its characteristics. The most obvious example of the impression of the stereotypes created by the French in the drama is the view of Galimardo against the politics of the West to the Asian world. The views of Gallimard are reflected in his discussions with Helga, Toulon, and of course Song. "Asians will always follow greater powers." (46) As this and the other Gallimard's opinions can benefit from them, Asians should be embarrassed in the face of greater powers It expresses perfectly the Western view that it is. French people firmly believe that the traditional culture that has been practiced by the oriental people should be replaced by better, more new ones. "I am walking around here, listen everyday, the age of this culture is everywhere." "Old" may be synonymous with "old" (18)

M. Butterfly shows a danger inherent in a life that is satisfied with shallow stereotypes and misunderstandings. Galimard's unique desire for obedient Eastern women is realized only in his mind. It even refused to accept the truth about Liling until he made him embarrassed about all the truth of his lover and he was naked in front of him. This was his first career, and his wife, and his dignity, and his lover, and finally his life. Even if he was facing the truth, Gallimard was only able to respond to him "I am loved by already and perfect women".

M. Butterfly is comparing Rene Gallimard and Pinkerton with Giacomo Puccini's Madada Butterfly (1904, published in 1935). Gallimard thinks that he is awkward, clumsy love, but somehow lucky is Song Liling, a perfect dedication of a beautiful oriental woman. Huang Yuxi used the word "orient" to convey the oriental view of exotic imperialism. Gallimard is addicted to Asian women's gender discrimination, distorting his idea. He neglected her, tested Fulin's devotion by giving humiliation, and eventually made her acknowledge that he was his "butterfly" and she publicly accused its role.