| re: The revised and now published text of "M. Butterfly" (SPOILERS, inevitably) |
| Last Edit: Delvino 09:19 am EST 12/04/17 |
| Posted by: Delvino 09:15 am EST 12/04/17 |
| In reply to: re: The revised and now published text of "M. Butterfly" (SPOILERS, inevitably) - lowwriter 08:17 am EST 12/04/17 |
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To your astute point, the play is no less fascinating. And a large percentage of the audience -- most -- isn't privy to the original text, as I am.
I just wondered if the graphic how-to, never in the play, helped the storytelling. Does knowing how Song managed the deceit with the cis-born genitals really impact the revelations in the end? This is a question. I don't get how the speech that literally tells the audience how serves issues/themes of gender fluidity. The play as performed puts Song in male clothing for a major moment late in the play, potentially muddying the idea of fluidity or trans issues. Song self-presents as a woman, not to express but to trick. It just says: one cis-born man convinced another that he was a woman in the dark, knowing full well that the beneficiary of the deceit was (only) the cis-born man who was fooled. How does that illuminate the issues of the day specifically? Question, not critique. I can't help but feel that the conflation of this story -- about espionage-fueled trickery -- with trans sexual identity and expression could create confusion about the trans community, not enlightenment. I'm ready to be schooled. |
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