The western world seems to have this stereotype of Asians with Asian women in particular. One of the cultural differences between the western and eastern females appears to be the inability "to say no" which are often misconstrued by westerners as agreeableness, or even ,is interpreted by western men as a sign of romantic interest. In the play Madame Butterfly Pinkerton scorns his Japanese lover just as the West scorns the East, insisting the Eastern nations submit to Western powers. Ironically this brings about the downfall of the western man in the play turned movie M. Butterfly. While M. Butterfly was set in an occupation type colony a more recent play set in a settler invader type colony also talked about how the westerners work to subdue
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Butterfly was tragic another Asian American play set in the 21st Century was more comedic. Songs of the Dragons flying to Heaven begin with a dialogue between three people and slaps can be heard. Soon a video is shown of the playwright being the receiver of the slaps. The video ends and a rant from a Korean-American women begins. Her rant is shocking and hilarious as she starts with the assertion that Asian American are slightly brain dead from having brought up by monkeys who cannot speak English very well. She compares white men dating Asian women to " inferior brand so that you can afford more luxury features". She does however end her speech on the side of the Asian Americans and three Korean ladies dressed in traditional school girl clothes come dancing onto the stage. They playfully slap each other but when the Korean-American tries to join they proceed to gang up against her and beat her up. The lights dim and come back on with two of the three Koreans kneeling in a traditional punishment at Korean schools. The two girls revolt and get up while the third gives in and they share some snacks together. During this part of the play two of the three Koreans speak Korean while the third speaks Cantonese. While most of the dialogue between them is not really understood they say the word "sex" a lot. While there is drama between the Koreans an Korean- American we are introduced to a white couple who argue about nothing. From the was the women finds the man sub-par …show more content…
In the film the two cultures are merely presented side by side. The multicultural aspect of M. Butterfly can be seen in the use of Western theater and Chinese Opera. While the Chinese Opera singer, Song, does perform a the death scene of Madam Butterfly in Italian, Song clearly states his dislike for the play and invites Rene to see "some real theater," Peking Opera. Through out the film Rene clings to his western stereotypes of oriental women blinding him to the fact that Song is in fact male. Furthermore Song's calculated role-playing keeps the stereotypes real for him, but also caters to a broader sense of imperialist nostalgia. Rene and Song consistently compare how different their culture is throughout the film. In the beginning of the film when Rene first enters Song's residence Song states " There is an element of danger to your presence, " to which Rene states does not bother him and tells Song that this is not scandalizing in France, further demonstrating the lack of blending between
Butterfly was tragic another Asian American play set in the 21st Century was more comedic. Songs of the Dragons flying to Heaven begin with a dialogue between three people and slaps can be heard. Soon a video is shown of the playwright being the receiver of the slaps. The video ends and a rant from a Korean-American women begins. Her rant is shocking and hilarious as she starts with the assertion that Asian American are slightly brain dead from having brought up by monkeys who cannot speak English very well. She compares white men dating Asian women to " inferior brand so that you can afford more luxury features". She does however end her speech on the side of the Asian Americans and three Korean ladies dressed in traditional school girl clothes come dancing onto the stage. They playfully slap each other but when the Korean-American tries to join they proceed to gang up against her and beat her up. The lights dim and come back on with two of the three Koreans kneeling in a traditional punishment at Korean schools. The two girls revolt and get up while the third gives in and they share some snacks together. During this part of the play two of the three Koreans speak Korean while the third speaks Cantonese. While most of the dialogue between them is not really understood they say the word "sex" a lot. While there is drama between the Koreans an Korean- American we are introduced to a white couple who argue about nothing. From the was the women finds the man sub-par …show more content…
In the film the two cultures are merely presented side by side. The multicultural aspect of M. Butterfly can be seen in the use of Western theater and Chinese Opera. While the Chinese Opera singer, Song, does perform a the death scene of Madam Butterfly in Italian, Song clearly states his dislike for the play and invites Rene to see "some real theater," Peking Opera. Through out the film Rene clings to his western stereotypes of oriental women blinding him to the fact that Song is in fact male. Furthermore Song's calculated role-playing keeps the stereotypes real for him, but also caters to a broader sense of imperialist nostalgia. Rene and Song consistently compare how different their culture is throughout the film. In the beginning of the film when Rene first enters Song's residence Song states " There is an element of danger to your presence, " to which Rene states does not bother him and tells Song that this is not scandalizing in France, further demonstrating the lack of blending between