Butterfly?

Linnie 2022-03-25 09:01:20

Song Liling said that no Chinese woman would be proud to be praised like a Japanese, but Gao Renni called her a butterfly from beginning to end. This relationship was doomed to be misplaced from the beginning.

Still a little disappointed though. Although the performances of the two male protagonists are excellent, especially Jeremy Irons is impeccable, and several details are also very elegant. However, Westerners always seem to have misunderstood the artistic conception of Chinese traditional beauty, and they cannot be touched.

Fortunately, it wasn't Zunlong playing Farewell My Concubine.

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M. Butterfly quotes

  • Rene Gallimard: The Oriental woman: when she's good, she's very very very good. But when she's bad, she's Christian!

  • Song Liling: Comrade! Why in Beijing opera are woman's roles traditionally played by men?

    Comrade Chin: I don't know. Most probably a remnant of the reactionary and patriarchal social structure.

    Song Liling: No. It's because only a man knows how a woman is supposed to act.