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gptkbp:instanceOf
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play
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gptkbp:adaptation
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film
opera
stage productions worldwide
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gptkbp:awards
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gptkb:Tony_Award_for_Best_Play
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gptkbp:basedOn
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real-life events
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gptkbp:criticalReception
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acclaimed
controversial
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gptkbp:culturalImpact
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discussions on race
discussions on sexuality
discussions_on_East-West_relations
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gptkbp:genre
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drama
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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M. Butterfly
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gptkbp:influences
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postcolonial theory
feminist theory
Puccini's_opera_Madama_Butterfly
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gptkbp:inspiration
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true_story_of_Bernard_Boursicot_and_Shi_Pei_Pu
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gptkbp:language
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English
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gptkbp:notableFeature
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gptkb:Song_Liling
gptkb:Tony_Award_for_Best_Direction_of_a_Play
gptkb:Rene_Gallimard
gptkb:Tony_Award_for_Best_Featured_Actor_in_a_Play
gptkb:Helen_Hayes_Award
gptkb:Broadway
gptkb:Tony_Award_for_Best_Featured_Actress_in_a_Play
gptkb:Obie_Award
gptkb:Edinburgh_International_Festival_Award
gptkb:L.A._Drama_Critics_Circle_Award
gptkb:New_York_Drama_Critics'_Circle_Award
Drama Desk Award
Theatre World Award
West End
GLAAD Media Award
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gptkbp:notableQuote
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"I am not a woman, I am a man."
"I will always be your butterfly."
"You are a butterfly, and I am a man."
"You are my dream, my fantasy."
Love_is_a_game_of_deception.
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gptkbp:premieredOn
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1988
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gptkbp:publishedIn
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book form
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gptkbp:setting
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gptkb:China
gptkb:Paris
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gptkbp:theme
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colonialism
cultural differences
gender identity
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gptkbp:wrote
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gptkb:David_Henry_Hwang
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