Who could not be possibly aware of the sex of his or her partner for over 20 years? When I first learned about Gallimard’s love affair with Song, the Chinese woman, who is actually a man, I imagined the text to be perhaps about homosexuality, sexual relationships or human sexuality itself. That is why this text is surprising to me. Because as a matter of fact, David Henry Hwang in M. Butterfly brilliantly uses his imagination to penetrate the conflict of gender as well as the stereotypes of race and the differences between eastern and western cultures. In this unusual humorous drama, the plot mixes between the present and the past, which made it a little confusing to me as a non-native English speaker. In addition, I had to read the text several times in order to have a clear understanding because the opera Madame Butterfly that is referenced throughout the play helps Gallimard to restage his past, identifying himself as Pinkerton. I realized that this concept of a play within a play was a clever deconstruction of Mr. Puccini’s opera and made the text audacious and truly interesting. I would certainly recommend it to my friends because like me, they will not remain impassive to Gallimard’s character, for instance. I initially pitied Gallimard’s character and his insecurities with girls and himself. However, we slowly discover that he is quite the representation of western civilization. In fact, he believes he will become a “real” man if he exercises power over a submissive oriental woman as Pinkerton did with Butterfly. Nevertheless, instead of being humiliated, he calls himself a celebrity and he experienced passion and vigorous emotions whether or not his “perfect woman” was a woman or a woman created by a man. Hence, my gut reaction towards this text is that it transgresses borders of gender. Reality versus illusion may change our perceptions and move us to actually transform Gallimard into a romantic hero. This pass